Jim Abeler on Education

Oppose nationwide Common Core standards

Abeler: Strongly Disagree

Oppose Common Core's centralized federal oversight

"The current nationwide trend is to centralize federal oversight of education programs. Lured by the bribe of 'free' money, states are willing to implement Common Core's mediocre standards, give up state and local decisionmaking, and surrender private student information to national data banks. So far, Minnesota is still in charge of its education destiny. But for how long? Looking around, we see that many other states have submitted to an untested, experimental, one-size-fits-all model. Already we are hearing stories of buyers' remorse.

"To preserve the integrity of our K-12 system I have prepared legislation that would create a firewall between Minnesota state government and the federal government. I believe Minnesotans need to be allowed to run their own state."

Resident tuition rates for immigrants if they follow rules

1. high school attendance within the state for three or more years;
2. graduation from a state high school or attainment within the state of the equivalent of high school graduation; and
3. in the case of a student without lawful immigration status, the filing of an affidavit with the institution of higher education stating that the student has filed an application to legalize the student's immigration status or will file an application at the earliest opportunity the student is eligible to do so.