Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Our littlest Alaskans are worth our time and money.

Every dollar we spend on preschool programs saves the state of Alaska about $7 later on down the line in the form of fewer Alaskans on welfare or locked-up in prison. Pre-K education results in more kids graduating high school and a better chance they'll go on to college. As a result they'll earn more as adults, have a better standard of living, and raise more prosperous children.

Chris Tuck Delivers

Pushed to budget $8.8 million for early education -- includes Head Start, pilot PreK, Best Beginnings, Imagination Library, Parents as Teachers, and all other early learning programs.
Had six hundred thousand dollars added in House Finance for use with PAT or Best Beginnings early education.
Jobs for Alaskans are the fruits of education and training for Alaskans.

The plumbers, doctors and teachers of tomorrow are the children we see in our neighborhoods today. The time is now to offer those strong, young hands the training they need to build our next great project, and to build a brighter future for all.

Chris Tuck Promises

To push for legislation that will encourage students to finish high school;
To fight for more assistance and resources for early childhood development;
To work for a bill to help working parents help their children at home;
To push for student loan relief for young Alaskans who return to the state after college graduation.
For our children to stay and build Alaska, there have to be decent jobs available to them when they graduate college or complete their apprenticeship. Jobs in the marketplace generate a need for education and training, which in turn generate more jobs for Alaskans.

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