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Sarah Keyeski: “The other option is property taxes. And that's why there's…”

Featuring: Sarah Keyeski, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 14

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Sarah Keyeski

Published | Video Starts at 12:48

Right, the other alternative for where schools get most of their funding. Right. We have. We have the. The general school aid, which in the last budget, there was zero dollars for inflation. Zero. So The other option is property taxes. And that's why there's so many referendums to just simply pay for operational costs. Operational costs like food, like busing, like maintenance, like teacher salaries, just the things that keep them going, not even above and beyond, like specialty things like a new, you know, roof or things. (12:48–12:56)

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Asserts that many referendums are due to reliance on property taxes for school operational costs.

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