So we started a categorical can only be used to fund salaries for teachers. It started off, I think, at a few hundred million dollars, which was pretty big deal at the time. And This budget I'm assigned, I think it's $1.58 billion, including 202 million that goes exclusively to teachers with 10 years more of experience. And part of the reason doing that is because we did a big emphasis on getting the average minimum salary from 39,000 to 50,000, which is good. (10:52–11:05)
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