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John Leiber: “We have to give everything we make to school districts. So…”

Featuring: John Leiber, Republican | Wisconsin Treasurer

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Ep.32 - Candidate Spotlight: John Leiber for Treasurer | 12/8/25

Published | Video Starts at 06:18

So it started out, when I first took office, it was only 1.4 billion. So it's actually gone up. And of that we invest the money, and per the state constitution, We have to give everything we make to school districts. So this last year, we gave over $70 million to various school districts. which help defray the cost of. Well, it helps lower property taxes in the end because that's less money they have to levy to raise to fund their school libraries. (06:18–06:26)

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Asserts that the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands gave over $70 million to school districts last year.

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