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 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. Now, the recently passed state budget had. Zero new dollars for general school aids. Zero despite high inflation and raising costs, rising costs that we're all suffering under. (00:38–00:45)
CLAIM
Asserts that funds intended for public schools have been redirected to voucher programs.
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