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Jill Underly: “We have 850,000 plus kids in our public schools.”

Featuring: Jill Underly, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Capital City Sunday: Dr. Jill Underly

Published | Video Starts at 05:30

Would you be willing to even discuss that? You know, no, because the thing is, it's really looking at holding our public school kids hostage. When you think about funding, funding voucher Systems. We have 850,000 plus kids in our public schools. And the legislature is balking at trying to fund the one system that we have. Certainly shouldn't be in a position to consider how we should fund a second public system of schooling. (05:30–05:35)

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