Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and I am a product of the Clark County School District. I believe in the transformative power of public education.

I now have two nieces and two nephews that mean the world to me who are enrolled students in the Clark County School District. It is no secret that the Clark County School District underperforms compared to other districts across the nation, and there is no single solution that will solve every problem within our public schools. I believe that many of the steps taken in the 2015 legislative session to increase school funding will help, and I support evaluating the effectiveness of each of those new and expanded programs next session. I also support efforts to allow parents to be more involved in their local schools, and to allow school administrators to have more flexibility over things like budgetary decisions.

As your next State Senator, I will work on four key areas: reducing the teacher shortage that is a burden on existing teachers and students, making schools and administration more responsive to student needs and parental concerns, reducing classroom overcrowding by adequately funding school construction and renovation projects, and expanding alternative educational programs that will prepare Nevada's children for the jobs and career paths of the future.

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