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Mark Pocan: “A good chunk of students in charter schools and the new…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Published | Video Starts at 25:43

In fact, Mike Pence came before the committee when he was a governor, and I got a chance to talk to him because it was right after the numbers in Wisconsin showed that A good chunk of students in charter schools and the new expansion already went to those schools. So it was really a tax program, a write off for rich people rather than. And people who chose to send their kids to religious schools rather than being. (25:43–25:49)

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Asserts that many students have moved to charter schools due to new expansions.

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