Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

All children deserve to receive the best quality education available and the opportunity to pursue a college degree.

Coming from a family of educators, Jim recognizes the value of education. Over the years, he has worked alongside parents, students, educators, and school officials to achieve creative solutions to balance the education budget and protect core services.

Despite a huge budget deficit, Jim helped to pass a budget that gave increased funding flexibility to local school districts and prevented devastating cuts to special education, K-3 class size reduction, and the school lunch program. He also voted to place a constitutional provision on the ballot that would require the state to increase annual school funding by $9.3 billion in futures years.

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