A
Yeah.
B
So, so what ended up happening was, was a, was a shift. We went to sixty-five per cent state funding to sixty-five per cent local funding in a matter of four years. And, uh, I mean, Oh, complete, complete. It's all shifted to local districts, and now, even the money that's been raised for the local districts is being, is going to be siphoned off and sent to other parts of the state. That's right, and, and I have, I have no problem, with, uh, a certain, uh, floor level, minimum level, that's a standard --
A
Yeah.
B
-- uh, that everybody, uh, ought to be able to have, uh, but, I am opposed to, w-, any attempts to restrict, um, local communities from taxing themselves above that to provide above the minimum.
A
Yes, I see what you're saying. Uh, I, uh, I, I do, I, I guess I am a s, uh, a strong and staunch supporter of some subsidy for any forms of education. I mean, by that I mean, I'm a product myself, I have, uh, a, a, a, a background of, uh, being, uh, getting my college education through the G I Bill.
B
So did I. My Masters, anyway.