Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Public education is a better option than private schools. For-profit institutions are looking after investors not the welfare of children.

To make our public educational system the best it can be we must increase funding for both capital improvements and staff. For many years we have failed to fully fund our educational formula. Finally last session we changed the formula not the funding.

We need to listen to our educators. To become a teacher in the state of Missouri requires a great deal of work and expertise. Having teachers in local schools have representation on the local board would benefit us all.

We need to let our locally elected school boards have more control over their own districts. Missouri is vastly different in its geography, population dispersal, and demographics. Decisions about things that seem as simple as transportation are never one size fits all. Jefferson City can't be left to dictate how each district should best meet its needs.

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