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Jodi Emerson: “Last school year, we had 2% of a population could be on…”

Featuring: Jodi Emerson, Democratic | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 91

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Published | Video Starts at 04:21

… and so I'm not going to say I think we need to do away with it completely, but I certainly don't think we should be expanding it like we are. Last school year, we had 2% of a population could be on vouchers. This next year is going to be 3%. So, you know, 2 to 3% isn't a whole lot of difference. But when we look at the money that is involved in that, that is a huge difference across our state, and it's gutting our public schools. (04:21–04:28)

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