Topics in the News: Vouchers
JD Vance on Education
: Aug 2, 2024
Vouchers partly overcome residence-based school segregation
In an op-ed by JD Vance in National Review: "This would require a conservative agenda that appealed to black Americans. Recent Pew polls suggest that black Americans care especially about residential segregation and access to good schools. Conservatives
have potential answers for each of these problems. Urban ghettos, created by racist housing policy and sustained by bizarre administration of federal housing programs, constitute one of the few entrenched problems amenable to policy interventions.
The administration of the federal Section 8 program, for instance, often ignores the importance of eradicating government-created concentrated poverty.
Conservative ideas on vouchers and charter schools have delivered better, if still imperfect, schools -- often with active participation from local [and progressive] school leaders." [Op-Ed by JD Vance--National Review, 8/29/16]
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Source: National Review in 2024 Trump Research Book
Nikki Haley on Education
: Jan 10, 2024
Let parents parent and let teachers teach
DESANTIS: Nikki Haley campaigned for governor saying she was going to do school choice, to give private scholarships to low-income families. When she was governor, she failed to deliver. She caved to the teachers union.HALEY: I have fought for school
choice in my entire career because I think parents know their children best, and I think we should always do that. We wanted school choice. I had a Republican legislature that wouldn't do it. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't do it across the country.
But we've got to get these programs down to the state level. We've got to let the focus be on teachers. Teachers right now have to be the guidance counselors, the pastors, the nurses and everything in between. That's not what teachers want.
Teachers want to do what they were taught to do. And that means math, science, reading, history, English, arts. That's it. Schools can't be all things to all kids. They need to let the parents parent. They need to let teachers teach.
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Source: CNN 2024 pre-Iowa caucus one-on-one debate
Ron DeSantis on Families & Children
: Jan 9, 2024
We lead the nation in protecting the rights of parents
We lead the nation in school choice. Last session, under the leadership of Speaker Renner, we enacted the largest expansion of school choice in American history. Florida has close to 1.5 million students enrolled full-time in various choice programs--
from private scholarships to charter schools to choice options within school districts.We also lead the nation in protecting the rights of parents. School systems are important, but they exist to serve the students, parents and the community, not
to supersede the rights of parents to direct the education and upbringing of their children. We were one of the first states to enact a Parents' Bill of Rights and curriculum transparency.
We protected women's sports--as the father of two daughters
I think it is important that they have the opportunity to compete with fairness and integrity. We protected our children from indoctrination and sexualized curriculum, and we stood up for parents against the woke mob
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Source: 2024 State of the State Address to the Idaho legislature
Chris Christie on Education
: Sep 27, 2023
We need innovative solutions, which teachers unions fight
Q: Students in your state are getting high marks on their report cards. But minorities are not doing well with math and reading. Black and Hispanic students averaging 29 points lower than white students in New Jersey. Would you address minorities first?
CHRISTIE: We have to address all students. Before I was governor, that gap was close to 50%. And what we did was institute more charter schools and more renaissance schools, and more public school choice in New Jersey with innovative solutions in
cities like Camden. It can be done when you give people choice.
But let's tell the truth to everybody of what this is. This public school system is no longer run by the public. It is run by the teachers unions in this country. [The unions are] taking
the worst of their members and defending them rather than advocating for our kids. A president of United States has to take on the teachers union. I did it New Jersey and I will do it as president of United States.
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Source: Fox Business 2023 Republican primary debate in Simi Valley
Nikki Haley on Education
: Sep 27, 2023
More vocational education and less DEI
Q: American students have lower scores in math and reading; chronic absenteeism is at record highs. You say school choice is the answer, but what would you do right now?HALEY: School choice isn't the only answer. We have to acknowledge the fact that
67% of our eighth graders are not proficient in reading or math. The first thing we've got to do is we've got to make sure we catch our kids back up. We have to make sure they can read.
We need to start building things in America again. Let's put
vocational classes back in our high schools. And let's get our kids building the things that we know that we can make. When we start to focus on that and really bringing that parental involvement, that's when we'll start to see a difference. But we've
got to get parents back included. We've got to quit spending time on this DEI and CRT, and instead focus on financial literacy on digital literacy, and on making sure that our kids know what they need to do to have the jobs of the next generation.
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Source: Fox Business 2023 Republican primary debate in Simi Valley
Mike Pence on Education
: Aug 23, 2023
We will give school choice to every family in America
We need a president who knows how Congress works, how the White House works, how states work. And on this education issue, Martha, I was fighting against No Child Left Behind when Republicans were doubling the Department of Education.
I will also shut down the federal Department of Education. And when I was governor, we doubled the size of the largest school choice program in America, and we will give school choice to every family in America when I'm in the White House.
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Source: Fox News 2023 Republican primary debate in Milwaukee
Chase Oliver on Education
: Aug 22, 2023
Let schools & parents decide on LGBTQ books in libraries
On "Don't Say Gay" bills such as in Florida, Oliver said school choice--a system wherein money follows the pupil, rather than everyone paying for public education--could give parents options in states with anti-LGBTQ school policies."I'm somebody
who wants to have inclusive education that focuses on critical thinking and age-appropriate curriculum, and I think we can certainly have that while being inclusive to LGBTQ people and families," he said. "Personally I think it's important to acknowledge
LGBTQ people exist. I believe personally, in my personal opinion, that should fall under the role of education--but as a candidate for president, ultimately parents and students should decide where to send their education dollars."
When it comes to
books about LGBTQ people or with LGBTQ themes being allowed in school libraries, Oliver said that's a decision best left to the schools and parents themselves. Competition from private schools may cause public schools to reassess.
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Source: Bay Area Reporter on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Education
: Jun 24, 2023
Invest in public schools but with vouchers & parental choice
- RFK Jr. is in favor of school choice and open to ideas like vouchers but emphasizes the importance of maintaining investment in public schools.
- The experience of the past few years has bolstered the case for school choice.
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He acknowledges the challenges of implementing a voucher system without harming public schools but believes that giving parents the choice to send their children to better schools is essential.
- "80% of black Americans want school choice. And I think we have to honor that choice. You know,
I had a choice of where I was going to send my kids to school, just because I have resources and it, and all Americans should have that choice."--RFK Jr.
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Source: PodcastNotes.org by Bari Weiss: 2023 presidential hopefuls
Mike Pence on Education
: Jun 7, 2023
Public schools can compete with our private schools
For a very long time, I have believed that parents ought to be able to choose where their children go to school, public, private, parochial or homeschool. I actually think by letting parents choose where their kids go to school, all the schools are
going to get better. I have confidence that our public schools can compete with our private schools, and they will be more responsive to the goals and the values of the people of their community when they have to compete for those students.
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Source: CNN Town Hall: interviews of 2024 presidential candidates
Nikki Haley on Education
: May 7, 2023
Signed a charter school bill that expanded school choice
Growing up in rural South Carolina, Nikki knows what a difference a good education can make. As governor, Nikki successfully pushed for education reform that focused on improving education for South Carolina’s poorest students.
She also signed a charter school bill that expanded school choice, and signed a bill eliminating the federal government’s Common Core standards.
Wanting to do more for kids growing up like she did, Nikki founded the Original Six Foundation, a nonprofit that offers additional educational opportunities to kids in rural South Carolina.
Now, 11 years strong, the Original Six Foundation has helped more than 20,000 students.
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Source: 2024 Presidential campaign website NikkiHaley.com
Vivek Ramaswamy on Education
: Apr 28, 2023
An advocate of school choice and government vouchers
Ramaswamy--who said, if elected, he would abolish the federal Department of Education and push against the unionization of public school teachers--held up institutions like the American Leadership Academy as vital to forcing public schools
to compete and therefore improve. Answering one of the student questions, he made clear he is an advocate of school choice and government vouchers to attend non-public schools.
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Source: Lexington County Chronicle on 2024 Presidential hopefuls
Ron DeSantis on Education
: Mar 27, 2023
Expands school choice program; ends financial requirements
HB1/SB202: Revises provisions relating to Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, FL Tax Credit Scholarship Program.ACLU-FL in opposition: Defunds our public schools and diverts billions of public taxpayer dollars to mostly private
Christian religious schools that lack standards of accountability and have a history of discriminating against LGBTQ+ students, students of minority religions, and students with disabilities.
Governor's P.R. in favor 3/27: Florida is
number one when it comes to education freedom and education choice, and today's bill signing represents the largest expansion of education choice in the history of the US. When you combine private scholarships, charter schools, and district choice
programs, Florida already has 1.3 million students attending a school of their choosing.
Legislative Outcome: Passed House 83-27-9 on Mar/17/23; passed Senate 26-12-2 on Mar/23/23; signed by Governor Ron DeSantis on Mar/27/23.
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Source: Presidential 2024 press release on Florida voting record HB1
Donald Trump on Education
: Mar 4, 2023
Parents should be able to fire the principal, elect another
I will fight for parents rights. Can you believe here we are? Because they took the rights away including universal school choice. We want the school principal to be elected by parents. We love the children more than the parents.
If any principal is not getting this done, the parents should be able to fire the principal and elect someone new. We will teach our values and promote our history and traditions to our children. We will, in other words, be proud of our country again.
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Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
Francis Suarez on Education
: Jan 28, 2022
Miami has always led on school choice
[On K-12 education]: "Miami has always led on school choice," said Suarez to express his support for the project that aims to push funding to students instead of schools. The proposal is that a child's education dollars should be for them to decide
where to receive their education, that could be the traditional public school, or that money could follow the child to a charter school, or to a private school, religious or non-religious. That money could also be used to cover the costs of homeschooling.
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Source: El American on 2023 Presidential hopefuls
Larry Elder on Education
: Jul 22, 2021
Will fight for school choice, charter schools
Without decent schools there can be no "equity," The radical's favorite word! The answer, school choice. Let the money follow the child. We have choice in higher education, why not in K-12? Well, it's because the powerful teachers' unions literally own
Newsom. I will literally fight for charter schools that so terrify Newsom and his cohorts.
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Source: 2021 California Governor campaign website ElectElder.com
Donald Trump on Education
: Jul 11, 2021
We will completely defund and bar critical race theory
These people are sick. We will completely defund and bar critical race theory. 1776, not 1619, if you don't mind. And if government run schools are going to teach children to hate their country, we will demand school choice that we already have.
If you listen to the media or watch the evening newscast, our country has really gone bad. All we talk about is race. That's all they talk about. Race. The whole show: race, race. We don't talk about our country being great anymore.
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Source: Speech transcript from 2021 CPAC Conference
Tim Scott on Education
: Apr 28, 2021
COVID: school closures are clearest case for school choice
I am saddened that millions of kids have lost a year of learning when they could not afford to lose a day. Locking vulnerable kids out of the classroom is locking adults out of their future.Our public schools should have reopened months ago.
Other countries' did. Private and religious schools did. Science has shown for months that schools are safe. But too often, powerful grown-ups set science aside. And kids like me were left behind. The clearest case for school choice in our lifetimes.
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Source: Republican response to the 2021 State of the Union address
Tim Scott on Education
: Sep 30, 2020
COVID: direct some relief funding to school choice programs
Senators Tim Scott and Lamar Alexander offered a bill during congressional negotiating over COVID-19 relief funding that would redirect some of that funding to school-choice programs. Tying it to the economic harms and school shutdowns was wise, because
it signaled to families who might not traditionally support conservative politicians that the GOP was taking seriously their concerns about being able to continue sending their children to the schools that are best for them.
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Source: National Review on 2022 South Carolina Senate race
Tim Scott on Education
: Aug 25, 2020
For choice: public, private, charter, virtual or home school
I realized a quality education is the closest thing we have to magic in America. That's why I fight to this day for school choice...to make sure every child, in every neighborhood has a quality education. I don't care if it's a public, private,
charter, virtual or home school. When a parent has a choice, their kid has a better chance. And the President has fought alongside me on that.
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Source: Speech at 2020 Republican National Convention
Mike Pence on Education
: Feb 27, 2020
Give parents right to choose: public, private, parochial
With four more years, we will give every parent in
America the right to choose where their children go to school: public, private, parochial, or homeschool.
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Source: Remarks by V.P. Pence at the 2020 CPAC Conference
Donald Trump on Education
: Feb 4, 2020
Opportunity Scholarships for 1M trapped in failing schools
[We should make] sure that every young American gets a great education and the opportunity to achieve the American Dream. Yet, for too long, countless American children have been trapped in failing government schools. To rescue these students, 18 States
have created school choice in the form of Opportunity Scholarships. The programs are so popular, that tens of thousands of students remain on waiting lists. One of those students is Janiyah Davis, a fourth grader from Philadelphia. Last year,
Pennsylvania's Governor vetoed legislation to expand school choice for 50,000 children. Janiyah, I proudly announce tonight that an Opportunity Scholarship has become available, it is going to you, and you will soon be heading to the school of your
choice!
Now, I call on the Congress to give 1 million American children the same opportunity. Pass the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act--because no parent should be forced to send their child to a failing government school.
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Source: 2020 State of the Union address to Congress
Ron DeSantis on Education
: Jan 14, 2020
Parents should have public school choice
All Florida parents, regardless of income or zip code, should have the ability to choose the best school for their children. This isn't limited to scholarship programs but also includes public school choice.
When we increase educational choice and provide innovative learning opportunities, we can help students reach their full potential. Results matter and accountability is needed.
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Source: 2020 Florida State of the State address
Ron DeSantis on Education
: Mar 5, 2019
Expand Tax Credit Scholarships for school choice
Florida has expanded opportunity through the Tax Credit Scholarship program for students from low-income families. More than 100,000 students--nearly 70% of whom are African-American or Hispanic, with an average family income of roughly
$26,000 per year--are utilizing the scholarship. More low-income families would like the opportunity to obtain a scholarship for their kids. Let's stand with working moms and empower them to choose the best learning environment for their kids.
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Source: 2019 State of the State address to the Florida legislature
Joe Maldonado on Education
: May 15, 2018
No vouchers for school choice
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Vouchers for school choice"?
A: NO.
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Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Oklahoma Governor candidate
Donald Trump on Education
: Feb 28, 2017
School choice is civil rights issue of our time
To achieve the future [we envision], we must enrich the mind--and the souls--of every American child. Education is the civil rights issue of our time. I am calling upon Members of both parties to pass an education bill that funds school choice for
disadvantaged youth, including millions of African-American and Latino children. These families should be free to choose the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school that is right for them.
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Source: 2017 State of the Union address to Congress
Jill Stein on Education
: Nov 8, 2016
No charter schools; yes public; no Common Core; yes local
Q: Do you agree that free-market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.Stein: "Charter schools are not better than public schools--and in many cases they are far worse.
They cherry-pick their students so they can show better test scores. The treasure of our public schools system has been assaulted by the process of privatization."
Clinton: Does not like voucher programs. While she does support school choice as it
exists as a form of public education, Clinton has always been opposed to allowing public funds to be used toward private and religious schools.
Q: Should the federal government establish Common Core as a nationwide academic standard for high school
graduation?
Stein: Replace Common Core with curriculum developed by educators, not corporations, with input from parents and communities.
Trump: "I believe Common Core is a very bad thing. I think that it should be local education."
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Source: 2016 AFA Action iVoterGuide on 2016 presidential hopefuls
Donald Trump on Education
: Sep 9, 2016
Money follows student to public, private or religious school
This proposal [for competition to improve public schools] begins with a $20 billion block grant from the federal government for states to pursue school choice programs. However, because 90% of education spending is at the state level, I will campaign to
get the states to reallocate another $110 billion of their education budgets to school choice programs.If we do this, that would mean $12,000 in school choice funds for every disadvantaged student in America. The money will follow the student to the
public, private or religious school that is best for them and their family. In so many ways, you're going to have choice.
My administration will partner with anybody in the inner cities of America willing to run a pilot program--to provide school
choice to every child in that community. As your president, I will be the biggest cheerleader for school choice you've ever seen, because I know it can turn things around. Common Core--we're going to end it. We're bringing education local.
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Source: 11th Annual Value Voters Summit - 2016
Mike Pence on Education
: Jul 15, 2016
Pro-voucher so parents decide how to educate their kids
Each year since his election, Pence has spoken at an annual school choice rally, affirming his support for publicly funded vouchers to pay private school tuition for low- & middle-income families and for charter schools. "Children in this state ought to
be afforded opportunities for quality education. Those decisions should be made in the best interests of our kids, and those decisions should be made by parents." Pence has pushed to expand charter schools & vouchers, with some legislative wins in 2015.
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Source: ChalkBeat.org on 2016 Indiana gubernatorial race
Donald Trump on Education
: Nov 3, 2015
Let schools compete: charters, vouchers, and magnets
Competition is why I'm very much in favor of school choice. Let schools compete for kids. I guarantee that if you forced schools to get better or close because parents didn't want to enroll their kids there, they would get better. Those schools that
weren't good enough to attract students would close, and that's a good thing.For two decades I've been urging politicians to open the schoolhouse doors and let parents decide which schools are best for their children. Professional educators look to
claim that doing so would be the end of good public schools. Better charter or magnet schools would drain the top kids out of that system, or hurt the morale of those left behind. Suddenly, the excellence that comes from competition is being criticized.
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Source: Crippled America, by Donald Trump, p. 53-4
Donald Trump on Jobs
: Nov 3, 2015
Teachers unions are obstacles to improving schools
In our educational system, one huge obstacle is the strength of the teacher unions. Teacher unions don't want school choice because it means a potential reduction in union-protected jobs. Thanks to strong contracts negotiated by the New York City teacher
union, it's become almost impossible to discipline a teacher, much less actually fire one.When there is a legitimate complaint against a teacher in the New York system, rather than having a quick hearing to determine the validity
of the complaint, teachers are assigned to an area known as "the rubber room" while they wait for their hearing.
And they wait.
They sit in empty classrooms or converted closets and do nothing--but still get paid their whole salary. Some teachers spend several years waiting. No wonder they call it the rubber room--the whole concept is insane.
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Source: Crippled America, by Donald Trump, p. 55
Bernie Sanders on Education
: Sep 5, 2015
Vouchers redirect public education dollar to private schools
School voucher programs are generally funded by state governments and offer parents reimbursements for the amount that it would cost to educate their children in public school to be used towards private school tuition. Proponents of the voucher system
argue that they offer low-income families quality school choices, while critics argue that vouchers funnel public funds into private and religious institutions.The two largest teachers unions both strongly oppose vouchers. The AFT labeled them an
attempt "to undermine or otherwise diminish the role of public education in our society." The NEA "opposes school vouchers because they divert essential resources from public schools to private and religious schools, while offering no real 'choice' for
the overwhelming majority of students."
Like the two largest teachers unions in the country, Bernie is "strongly opposed to any voucher system that would re-direct public education dollars to private schools, including through the use of tax credits."
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Source: 2016 grassroots campaign website FeelTheBern.org, "Issues"
Mike Huckabee on Education
: May 6, 2015
Some homeschooled kids are the most successful kids
On homeschooling, on "The Kelly File" on Fox News on May 5, Huckabee said, "If they want to homeschool their kids let's accommodate that. I was the first governor in America that appointed a home school parent to
the state board of education. That was controversial. This is a growing movement in our country. And some of the homeschooled kids are the most effective and absolutely the most stunningly successful kids there are."
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Source: Forbes Magazine "2016 Candidates Want You to Know" series
Tim Scott on Education
: Mar 6, 2014
Kids, not unions, should be focus of our public education
My Opportunity Agenda understands the necessity of a good education. It believes that kids, not unions, should be the focus of our public education, that parents and not bureaucrats in Washington, should decide the path of their child's education.
They should be free to choose homeschooling, public schools, charter schools, parochial schools. It should be the parent's choice, because when the parents have the choice, the kids have a chance.
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Source: Speech at 2014 CPAC convention
Chris Christie on Education
: Jan 8, 2013
Combine $8.9B in more funding with needed reform
A top priority must be to continue New Jersey's record of excellence in education, and to fix problems where we are failing:- Ensuring accountability by passing the first major reform of tenure in 100 years;
- Establishing performance-based pay in
Newark through hard-nosed collective bargaining;
- Implementing inter-district school choice, which has tripled its enrollment in the last 3 years and will grow to 6,000 students next year;
- Growing the number of charter schools to a record 86 in NJ;
- Signing the Urban Hope Act to turn failing schools into Renaissance Schools in Newark, Trenton, and Camden;
And finally, investing the largest amount of state aid to education in NJ history- $8.9 billion in this year's budget, over
$1 billion higher than in Fiscal Year 2011. In NJ, we have combined more funding with needed reform. Both money and reform of our schools are essential, but neither alone is sufficient. In NJ, we are leading the way for the nation by providing both.
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Source: N.J. 2013 State of the State Address
Mike Huckabee on Education
: Sep 17, 2007
Tax-credited programs for Christian schooling
Q: I'm 17, and I'm the product of school choice. In the public schools I repeated the 7th grade three times, because of my deficiency in math & English. My mother then sent me to New Generation, a Christian school. After one year, my math improved 5
grade levels, and my English improved 3. Will you support school choice for other students like me with similar tax-credit programs?- HUCKABEE: Yes.
- TANCREDO: Yes.
- COX: Yes.
- BROWNBACK: Yes.
- PAUL: Yes.
- HUNTER: Yes.
- KEYES: Yes.
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Source: [Xref Keyes] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate
Tim Walz on Education
: Nov 7, 2006
Vouchers for public schools; tax incentives for college
Indicate which principles you support regarding education. - Allow parents to use vouchers, (equal opportunity scholarships) to send their children to any public school.
- Increase funding for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings,
infrastructure, technology).
- Increase funding of programs such as Pell grants and Stafford loans to help students pay for college.
- Support federal tax incentives to help families save for college.
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Source: 2006 Congressional National Political Awareness Test
Marco Rubio on Education
: Nov 1, 2006
$4,500 voucher saves state $10,000 in per-student cost
Florida's school choice programs are comprehensive yet simple. Florida stands out partly because some of its choice programs are unique, but mainly because Florida simultaneously offers multiple programs. Each program is relatively pure, in that sense of
being designed around a particular, classic vision of school choice. In short, Florida offers a tapestry of school choice programs, and the success of the state's choice initiatives depends on this tapestry approach to coverage.Vito Fossella (R-NY)
introduced a House bill to create a federal tax credit of $4,500 per family to offset the cost of private or parochial school tuition. Florida school districts, meanwhile, receive about $10,000 per student enrolled in a public school. That is why school
choice means more money for education without raising the tax burden.
Thus the answer to Florida's education woes is not more spending but smarter spending. Success is not defined by per student spending or classroom size but by learning outcomes.
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Source: 100 Innovative Ideas, by Marco Rubio, p. 37
Donald Trump on Education
: Jul 2, 2000
Bring on the competition; tear down the union walls
Our public schools have grown up in a competition-free zone, surrounded by a very high union wall. Why aren’t we shocked at the results? After all, teachers’ unions are motivated by the same desires that move the rest of us.
With more than 85% of their soft-money donations going to Democrats, teachers’ unions know they can count on the politician they back to take a strong stand against school choice.
Our public schools are capable of providing a more competitive product than they do today. Look at some of the high school tests from earlier in this century and you’ll wonder if they weren’t college-level tests. And we’ve got to bring on the
competition -open the schoolhouse doors and let parents choose the best school for their children.
Education reformers call this school choice, charter schools, vouchers, even opportunity scholarships. I call it competition-the American way.
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Source: The America We Deserve, by Donald Trump, p. 80-81
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