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John James: “50% of the money we're spending on school isn't even making…”

Featuring: John James, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 10

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US Congressman John James sits down with Local 4

Published | Video Starts at 16:51

In addition to that, you're looking at the population of our school age kids going down while spending in school is going up. 50% of the money we're spending on school isn't even making it to the classrooms, isn't even making it to our great teachers. isn't even making it to our students. What if we just give our students more resources so they can start skilled trades in middle school? (16:51–16:57)

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Asserts that 50% of school funding does not reach classrooms or teachers.

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