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Jeff Smith: “We thought we were raising the funding for special ed…”

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

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Jeff Smith Show: 12-30-25

Published | Video Starts at 21:27

You can get our votes, but we need to do certain things. Now, did we get everything we wanted? No, we did not fund our schools nearly enough. We thought we were, and I say We thought we were raising the funding for special ed, though by a considerable amount. And we. And there were a few. Oh, we funded our university system properly, considering they were going to cut the university system. We actually managed to save some campus closures by. (21:27–21:33)

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