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Jeff Smith: “We are funding two separate systems, a private system and…”

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

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Jeff Smith Show: 4-3-26

Published | Video Starts at 14:08

State it is now, all private schools are eligible for vouchers. I don't blame them. It's still a legislative and statutory problem that now We are funding two separate systems, a private system and the public system with tax dollars. And those tax dollars have accountability in the public system, but not in the private system. So it's a strange system, isn't it? Yeah, that's right. (14:08–14:16)

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Asserts that tax dollars are used to fund both private and public education systems.

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