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Todd Novak: “You've got 20% that can't read or only can read, you know…”

Featuring: Todd Novak, Republican | Wisconsin State Assembly, 51st District

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Published | Video Starts at 19:03

We've got a 50, I believe I'm talking off the top of my head. So these numbers be off. You got 50% graduation, some of the schools rate. You've got 20% that can't read or only can read, you know, like 80% that can't read or write someplace. And then like it just baffles me. They just went to referendum for 253 million and immediately right afterwards, two years later, they're $43 million deficit and they're laid on their reports. (19:03–19:11)

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Asserts that 80% of students in some Milwaukee schools cannot read or write.

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