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Mark Pocan: “Some of the kids that need it most, especially in special…”

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

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Representative Mark Pocan Town Hall in Madison January 2025

Published | Video Starts at 1:03:54

In Wisconsin, the law was cleaned up, but in many of these states, they will do things like this if we do this. And you're taking that money directly out of public education. And Some of the kids that need it most, especially in special education, they're not going to those voucher schools. because they're not welcoming them. So then you make the public schools have bigger costs and be able to do less. (1:03:54–1:04:03)

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Asserts that voucher schools do not typically serve special education students.

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