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Melissa Hughes: “The 2/3 funding formula was really put in place to create a…”

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

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June 11th 2026 - Governor Candidates Education Forum - Indivisible South Shore - Camera 2

Published | Video Starts at 16:21

I want them to say, I would absolutely and will absolutely send my kids to Wisconsin public school because they are the very best. And the funding formula, The 2/3 funding formula was really put in place to create a partnership between the state and local districts. to make sure that local districts had the control to be able to provide for their students, but that the whole state was participating in making sure we were providing the education that our children needed. (16:21–16:29)

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Asserts that the 2/3 funding formula was designed to create a partnership between state and local districts.

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