Richard Mourdock on Education

Transfer federal education role to state & local level

Donnelly touted his support for funding Pell Grants for low-income students, as well as a measure that kept student loan interest rates at 3.4 percent rather than 6.8 percent. Donnelly opposed eliminating the Education Department. "Our ability to compete as a state, our ability to compete as a country, depends on our education level," he said.

Education decisions best made at local level

• Do you believe education decisions are best made at the local level, and will you support efforts to allow states to opt out of the No Child Left Behind law?
• [The SCF endorsed Mourdock].

Supports student-led prayer in public schools

A: I support the rights of students to have student-led prayer during appropriate times in the public schools

Vouchers in DC; local control elsewhere

A: Education is a local issue. However, I do support the idea of vouchers where the federal government has a role (i.e. DC Public Schools)