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Kelda Roys: “An inflationary increase [for public schools] has not been…”

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

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'Our kids deserve better': Sen. Kelda Roys acknowledges impact of decades of underfunded schools

Published | Video Starts at 00:33

For years, we've had multi billion dollar surpluses at the state level, but still. Republican politicians have punished every public school and every property taxpayer in this state. By failing to give our kids even. An inflationary increase [for public schools] has not been provided for 15 years. During the same period, they've shoveled billions of taxpayer dollars that were meant for our public schools to unaccountable voucher schemes. Our schools cannot take it anymore. (00:33–00:37)

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Asserts that public schools have not received an inflationary funding increase for 15 years.

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