Issue Position: Elementary Education Funding

Issue Position

We shouldn't have to choose between bringing jobs to our state and making sure our kids are prepared for those jobs. Elementary education funding is paramount to our states continued growth and prosperity. We rank near the bottom in every study of children's education attainment and that's because we are also near the bottom in funding education. This year, we started to turn that around as we have increased the funding for the first time in 11 years and also gave our teachers and support workers a raise. Our teachers are more than babysitters -- they light the path for kids future success and they deserve to be paid fairly for it. We must continue to increase the size of the pie, not divvy up the same education funding pie more.

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