They're going to quit school and they're going to go get a minimum wage job or they're going to try to get some trade programs. And you associate that change in standards. Representative with less funding of public education? I believe so. I believe that after years of lack of funding, proper funding, we still rank at the bottom of the nation in terms of how we fund our children per child. So therefore. Absolutely. It's taken years for us to get here and our kids are not prepared to be in the workforce. (19:12–19:22)
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Asserts that Texas ranks at the bottom nationally in per-child education funding.
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