Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

K-12 education is the future of our country. However, education should be completely controlled by states and local governments, not the federal government. The federal Department of Education has no business in our children's education and should be abolished. Until it is shut down, and the money in the department budget returned to the states, I would support legislation like APLUS to start dismantling the Department's control on education funding and requirements and give that money back to the states as block grants. As a strong supporter of parental choice in education, I have championed every attempt in the State Senate to create and advance school choice, but not at the expense of K-12 education. Opportunity scholarships should be provided from separate funds, thus assisting parents who make a choice other than public education without hurting those students who would best be served in public education. It is the parent--not unelected bureaucrats--who is best suited to determine the ideal environment where their child can learn.

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