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Jodi Emerson: “The goal with that 855 million is to maybe get us up into…”

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

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It's not a either or, it's a both. And, and right now we are funding our, our public universities. 44th in the nation. Used to be 43rd. We slipped. Yeah. If we don't. The goal with that 855 million is to maybe get us up into the mid 10s, their mid 20s. You know, we're not looking for the, you know, cream of the crop. We're looking at like, can we just be middle of the road with funding. (31:05–31:12)

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Asserts that the goal of the $855 million funding request is to improve Wisconsin's ranking to the mid-20s.

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