Let us think critically about the recent bipartisan support of further investment, and let us make informed decisions about who our leaders are and where they plan to take the state. This austerity that this and previous legislatures have insisted on for our schools is starving our public education system. Our schools and children deserve investment. We deserve investment because investing in public schools is an investment in us too. Public schools can be and should be creators of opportunity. (29:33–29:42)
CLAIM
Claims that current and past legislative austerity measures are harming the public education system.
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