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. But there's 200 billion. (05:35–05:42)
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