Now we're at 30 billion. So we have 8 billion more than what we were doing back then. And we've dedicated 7 billion specifically for teacher salaries. Our minimum salary has increased by about $10,000 over the last five years. And that's basically a way to recruit and retain folks. The budget that I'm signing has 1.56 billion just for teacher salaries, but 200 million of that because we focused a lot on the average minimum going up, which we needed to do. (05:25–05:32)
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