Jim Pillen on Education

	Jim Pillen on Education

Utilize community colleges to train students in the trades

I am recommending that the state assume responsibility for funding our community colleges. We all agree that our kids are our future. We need more of them to pursue their degrees here. We need to attract more students from other states. [Today], 50% of our kids are not obtaining any training beyond high school. The success of utilizing community colleges in Nebraska for students best suited for trades is a game changer.

Our kids want to stay in Nebraska and get their post-secondary education here. My budget provides $39.4 Million to fund over 4,200 scholarships for Nebraska students who attend any of Nebraska's institutes of higher education. This helps us to compete for our kids and keep them here. We need to reach out to K-12 and build relationships with our kids and give them hope. Scholarship them so that they can get an education and work in your business for a minimum of five years in return.

Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Nebraska legislature , Jan 25, 2023

$50 million for scholarships outside of public education

Focusing on all kids, I am recommending a $50 Million dollar investment for scholarships for Nebraska kids whose needs are best met outside of public education. Opportunity scholarship tax credits will provide scholarships for kids who live in poverty, foster care systems, and those with special needs. We can't let one kid fall through the cracks. Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Nebraska legislature , Jan 25, 2023

Committed to K-12 education, I support options for parents

I am fully committed to K-12 education in Nebraska. Our schools must prepare our kids to compete in a global workforce. I support options for parents and making sure our students have a pathway to a great job in Nebraska's workforce upon graduation. That could mean learning a trade or getting a degree at NU or one of our great state or private colleges. Nebraska schools should continue to reflect commonsense Nebraska values. Source: 2022 Nebraska Gubernatorial campaign website JimPillen.com , May 12, 2022

Ban the teaching of sex education in public schools

Gross, inappropriate sex education standards, whether they go by "health standards" or another name, have no place in Nebraska. Parents, not the government, should be teaching children these sensitive topics. We need a bill to ban the teaching of sex education in public schools to keep liberal activists from grooming our children and hijacking their impressionable minds. Source: 2022 Nebraska website JimPillen.com "The Pillen Playbook" , May 12, 2022

Teach children America is the greatest country in the world

Our children should learn that America is the greatest country in the world. They should learn that the sources of our greatness are the conservative and Christian values our country was built on. They should learn about the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution and how these documents helped form and ground our country. We should teach our children to love our nation and its heroes, from George Washington to Ronald Reagan. Source: 2022 Nebraska website JimPillen.com "The Pillen Playbook" , May 12, 2022

We should be teaching the next generation to love God

Put God Back Into Schools. The erosion of Christian faith is hurting America. Secular humanism has taken over our schools because we allowed radical ideologues to silence our nation's Christian convictions. God is the cornerstone of what makes Nebraska great. We should be teaching the next generation to love God. We need to put prayer back into our K-12 schools. There is no greater lesson we can be teaching our children than to be thankful for the gifts He has given us. Source: 2022 Nebraska website JimPillen.com "The Pillen Playbook" , May 12, 2022

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