And it's a little esoteric, but it's a big, big sucking hole in their budget all the time. And you know, and again, The state with its broader and fairer taxing capacity ought to be helping out those districts and not forcing them to rely on the local property taxpayer as much as they are now. I think people now, though, Jamie, are acutely aware of what kind of cost teachers take out of their own pockets. (17:02–17:15)
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Asserts that the state should use its taxing capacity to help school districts instead of relying on local property taxes.
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