Now, when we talk about education and the juvenile justice system, we are indeed at a crossroads. So with the passage of the budget, Wisconsin is estimated to spend roughly $15,477 per child per year on average per student in public education. On child care, the legislature passed $330 million over the biennium for an estimated 270,88,000 children statewide. So that breaks down to roughly about $400 per child per year. (06:12–06:24)
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