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Jeff Smith: “You elect school boards in your public system. You don't…”

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

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Jeff Smith Show: 4-3-26

Published | Video Starts at 14:24

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. You elect school boards in your public system. You don't elect the officials in your private schools who make decisions and spend your money. Plus, special need kids go to public schools. They generally end up there. Yeah. Public schools where the funding may be going or may not be going. Yeah. It's a struggle. (14:24–14:33)

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Asserts that public school boards are elected, unlike officials in private schools.

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