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Jeff Smith: “Our majority in the legislature has chosen a different tact…”

Featuring: Jeff Smith, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 31

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Jeff Smith Show: 4-3-26

Published | Video Starts at 09:53

And every school district in our state now has had referendum over the last decade or so. And this is caused by the fact that Our majority in the legislature has chosen a different tact and that is to fund voucher schools with more and more and ignoring the needs of school districts. and giving them less our public schools and giving them less and less enforcing them to have these referendums to be able to continue to operate at a high level. (09:53–10:10)

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Asserts that the legislative majority is increasing funding for voucher schools while ignoring public school districts.

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