And so what's happened is they, they've made consecutive decisions about limiting how much school aid is provided for schools, public schools, and, and it's not keeping up with inflation at all. And so if you look at the disparity between, okay, The per pupil spending that is coming from the state tax roll, essentially our general aid, it is $3,400 below costs, keeping up with inflation. So every student, every school for every student is getting 3, $400 less than what would be keeping up with inflation. And this has happened year after year and year. (12:46–13:02)
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Asserts that per pupil spending is $3,400 below what would be needed to keep up with inflation.
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