And so we're keeping within that and we're going to be able to do more debt, retirement early, all this other stuff. But we're also doing some really, really big things. And so in the budget I'm proposing, We are setting aside a record of $1.56 billion solely for teacher pay increases. And so we started this program a few years ago, actually probably five or six years ago now because, you know, people would say, you know, pay teachers more. (04:57–05:07)
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