Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Improving education is a priority for Robin. She will never vote for a budget that hurts our children, and she opposes the huge state funding cuts that are resulting in teacher layoffs, larger class sizes and reductions in programs.

Our children are our future and the key to the state's economic growth. Robin will find ways to help our schools have adequate funding and resources to keep our students in a positive learning environment and teachers in the classroom. She will fight for more funding for full-day kindergarten to give our children a jumpstart that has proven to be beneficial later in life and study ways to offset the costs of textbook that continue to increase at an alarming rate.

A college education should be within the reach of all Hoosiers. Robin supports limiting potential increases in college costs and will explore innovative ways to offer additional assistance and scholarships to students. No student should be denied the opportunity to receive a college education.

Robin will also focus on our state's literacy rate to make sure everyone has a chance to obtain a good job and improve his or her quality of life. She will partner with neighborhood resource centers to increase volunteer participation in this effort and help groups pursue national and state reading grants. Everyone wins when our communities increase the literacy rate.

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