Senate page, Emmanuel Mwangi, asks Representative Clyde Shavers (D) and Representative Skyler Rude (R) about their opinions on the role of levies in school funding. Since the 2012 McCleary decision, legislators have had to grapple with how to fund basic education, which is the “paramount duty of the state”.
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