When I came in office, 24% of education funding was coming from the state, the average state in the United States, 46% comes from the state. We were the worst. Yeah. Now we're at about 40. We're getting better. I've been working on that ever since I took office. But I really don't think. I mean, I understand the question you're asking. I don't think you have to make the choice that you're describing. (42:09–42:12)
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Asserts that Illinois' state education funding has increased to about 40%.
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