So much money that has taken away an opportunity for new teachers to be hired, for teachers, assistants to be hired, more support staff to be hired, to even go back to the previous question, Mental health professionals aren't able to be funded in a lot of school districts because of state mandates that require them to pay for SROs themselves. This is a huge problem that we have and it's not productive. And again, this is all part of a Republican controlled legislature's policy to be able to enact their will of school districts that they have zero regard for. (47:52–48:03)
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Asserts that state mandates requiring funding for SROs prevent funding for mental health professionals.
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