Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

I believe great education policy starts locally, with parents, teachers, and the community working together. All three need to be involved in making our school districts the strongest in the nation. That level of involvement has created historically excellent education achievements in Wisconsin. I believe our state will continue to demonstrate why education is our most important economic driver.

As a father of 4 school aged children, quality education is a personal concern for our family. As a State Representative I will carry the concerns of hard working families by supporting policies that ensure all of our state's children have the educational advantages they deserve.

I believe education is a bi-partisan issue and should be lead by our education leaders on the front lines. That is why I developed a coalition of leaders from diverse education settings to work together on critical state issues that effect every school system. Those ideas have resulted in important bi-partisan legislation that will have positive impacts statewide.

Our 2018-2019 budget contained a historic $11.5 Billion dollar investment in our K-12 school system. More money than ever is going directly into our classrooms so that our teachers have the resources they need to educate our children.

Every family should have the ability to choose a school they believe gives their child the best opportunity to learn and succeed.

Every child deserves to attend a school where they are safe and protected. That is why I supported Governor Walker's $100 million investment to insure schools in every community are the safest they can be. I will continue to push for investments that add critical security measures in all of our schools.

To remain globally competitive we must also continue to innovate our approach by connecting middle and high school classrooms with the marketplace in order to prepare our young people for the careers of today and tomorrow.

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