This budget also strengthens our teacher pipeline by increasing our investment in the student teacher stipends, a wildly successful initiative we began just a couple years ago. As a result of last year's investment of $20 million, we were able to pay stipends to 2,000 student teachers, putting more teachers in the classrooms with our kids where they belong. This year, we weren't satisfied with that. Instead, we increased it to $30 million to ensure that student teachers get paid for their hard work. (01:05–01:18)
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