Gretchen Whitmer: “We funded schools at different levels... So we leveled it…”

“It actually should be the reverse. Kids in tougher socioeconomic circumstances need more resources to level the playing field. So it should have been the opposite, but it was like this. So We funded schools at different levels... So we leveled it out and then we built in additional supports for students who are at risk, students who have special needs, students who are English language learners. And that's how we right. Size it. And then we put historic supports in and around our students from mental health to, you know, literacy assistance, et cetera.” (40:49–41:25)

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