Issue Position: Education & School Financing

Issue Position

Bryan Hughes believes we have no higher priority than the education of young Texans, and he is working hard to provide an excellent education for all students. Bryan Hughes supports an across-the-board pay raise for all teachers because we must start paying our hard working educators the salary they deserve. Last session, Bryan voted against cuts to teacher health insurance, and authored legislation to remove costly Health Reimbursement Accounts and fully restore the teacher insurance pass-through. During the legislative session, Bryan fought to put $1.2 billion more into public education. Next session, Bryan will continue to protect benefits for our teachers and direct more money to the classrooms and teachers, not administrative overhead in Austin.

As the Legislature addresses school finance, Bryan will work to reduce the property tax burden on homeowners and he is opposed to a state income tax. As a member on the House Subcommittee on Completion and Dropout, Bryan Hughes is working to keep our kids in school and improve our graduation rates. Bryan Hughes believes our teachers and administrators are working hard to provide every student with a quality education, and it's time the state did its part to help ease the burden.

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