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VP snub Gov. Josh Shapiro touts $1.1 billion increase in his state’s public school funding

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Josh Shapiro , a Democrat , visited an elementary school in Reading , Pennsylvania on Friday to highlight the $1.1 billion in additional public education funding.

This comes just days after Shapiro was shunned as Kamala Harris' running mate for November 's presidential election.

Shapiro and Pennsylvania Education Secretary Dr. Khalid N. Mumin met with students, teachers and legislators at the elementary school to celebrate the record funding.

Last year , Shapiro supported a school voucher program to give families $100 million for private school tuition and school supplies before abandoning the proposal amid pressure from fellow Democrats and deciding to do a line-item veto to remove that funding from that year 's budget, saying in July 2023 he did not want Pennsylvania to be "plunged into a painful, protracted budget impasse while our communities wait for the help and resources this commonsense budget will deliver." Original article source: VP snub Gov. Josh Shapiro touts $1.1 billion increase in his state’s public school funding.