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Mark Pocan: “You're taking that money directly out of public education.”

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 1:03:51

Now you can't do that anymore. 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 where it costs more, they're not going to those voucher schools because they're not welcoming them. (1:03:51–1:03:55)

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Asserts that private vouchers take funding away from public education.

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