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Kelda Roys: “80% of people with early childhood education degrees do not…”

Featuring: Kelda Roys, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, District 26

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Published | Video Starts at 46:57

How will we pay for the state portion? We're going to legalize weed, we're going to legalize cannabis. The other thing we need to do is fix the workforce issue. 80% of people with early childhood education degrees do not work in the field. because the average wage is $13 an hour for an early childhood educator in Wisconsin. And that is why we have tens of thousands of potentially licensed, already existing spaces that are not filled because we don't have teachers in those classrooms. (46:57–47:04)

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