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Kelda Roys: “Most of the money that they are talking about is just buying…”

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

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Senator Kelda Roys on Wisconsin's Failed Budget Surplus Deal | Wisconsin Governor Race 2026

Published | Video Starts at 03:42

And again, that's almost a billion dollars that they wanted to spend on that. Second, they falsely described it as putting a bunch of new money into schools. Most of the money that they are talking about is just buying down the property tax levy. It's not money that can be used to pay. Teach to keep the lights on. They're just replacing local property tax dollars with state dollars. (03:42–03:47)

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Asserts that proposed funds are primarily for reducing property tax levies, not new school funding.

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