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Jeff Smith: “We promised to go to 45% state funding for special ed and…”

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

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Jeff Smith Show: 4-3-26

Published | Video Starts at 12:57

And we have a bill, I have a bill that I introduced to change that this session right now, this budget because We promised to go to 45% state funding for special ed and we're going to be back at 32% or something where we have been at instead. So it's going to be a huge bump to the school districts who are now preparing by going back to referendum again to try to continue to operate. (12:57–13:07)

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Asserts that the state promised 45% funding for special education but will remain at approximately 32%.

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