And we wanted to make sure we had the best public schools who would be able to compete with school choice. That is why We provided the largest funding increase ever for public education, more than $8 billion. And why we invested in the most important product for education. And that is the teachers who are educating our students to be able to attract and retain the very best teachers for our classrooms. (20:56–21:03)
CLAIM
Asserts that Texas provided over $8 billion in funding increases for public education.
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