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Michael Bennet: “Our kids now get 160 days of school. And in the rest of…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

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Phil Weiser, Michael Bennet on TABOR

Published | Video Starts at 05:22

And we've got to change tabor to make the right investments, to do right by our kids. Did you want 10 seconds, Senator? Sure. I just want to say again that you, in Colorado, Our kids now get 160 days of school. And in the rest of America, kids get 180 days of school. This is an urgent crisis that we have to deal with and unfortunately, it hasn't been dealt with by the folks in Denver. (05:22–05:36)

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Asserts that Colorado students attend school for 160 days, compared to 180 days in the rest of the U.S.

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