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Mandela Barnes: “We need to immediately do is, is get to the state's…”

Featuring: Mandela Barnes, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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… priorities in Wisconsin missing the mark, this is how we end up with a surplus, because our schools don't have the funding and the resources that they need. So what We need to immediately do is, is get to the state's constitutional commitment of 2/3 funding. We have to make sure our schools are fully funded. When our schools are fully funded, that burden doesn't fall on the property tax rolls. (30:44–30:51)

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Asserts that Wisconsin should fulfill its constitutional commitment to fund two-thirds of school costs.

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