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Melissa Hughes: “$300 million for special needs education is a bundle of…”

Featuring: Melissa Hughes, Secretary and CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

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WI Gubernatorial Candidate Missy Huges Speaks at CoCo Dems Headquarters

Published | Video Starts at 29:22

Wisconsinites are struggling right now. People are paying a lot of money for gas. And who are we to say that $600 or $300 is enough or not enough? And $300 million for special needs education is a bundle of money and desperately needed. So we should have looked at it. We should have had good conversations about it rather than calling it gimmicks and bribes and just all the name calling. (29:22–29:27)

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Asserts that $300 million is allocated for special needs education and is urgently needed.

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