Issue Position: Education for All Students

Issue Position

Mia introduced legislation to allow more predictability in funding for schools and has voted every year to forward fund education. Mia has voted to increase education spending every year and voted to increase the Base Student Allocation.

Mia is an award-winning high school government teacher and has worked with disadvantaged youths who are behind in reading and writing. Mia bases education policy on "best practices" -- what has been shown to garner results in our classrooms. Mia knows that meaningful vocational education helps students who are entering the job market and students who go on to college. Job readiness is important to Mia and she supports teachers who are on the front lines of educating Alaska's students every day.

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