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Ned Lamont: “We had increased funding for education by about $500 million…”

Featuring: Ned Lamont, Democratic | Governor of Connecticut

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Eyewitness News Extra: Speaking with Governor Ned Lamont

Published | Video Starts at 08:04

What made you make the jump because you hadn't done it in previous budgets to give the schools this money. Like what, what prompted you this time to do it? Well, remember We had increased funding for education by about $500 million over the previous six, seven years. You know, we've continued to increase the ECS education. Well, they, they tell me it hadn't been touched in 13 years, just not right. Okay. You know, we've increased it. (08:04–08:11)

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Asserts that education funding increased by about $500 million over six to seven years.

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