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Melissa Ratcliff: “When they remove a child from their private voucher school…”

Featuring: Melissa Ratcliff, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, 16th District

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Published | Video Starts at 49:32

Additionally, private voucher schools have the opportunity to remove any child they don't feel like they can provide an education for, and that includes our LGBTQ youth and special needs youth. When they remove a child from their private voucher school, the child is then sent to public schools, but the private voucher school retains the public tax dollars for that student. And that's what's leaving gaping holes in our school's budgets. And then that's being put on property owners to fund with referrals. (49:32–49:43)

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Asserts that private voucher schools keep public funds even after transferring students to public schools.

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