Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

The rapidly-changing, information- and technology-based workplace of the 21st century requires a well-educated, highly-skilled workforce. Without a quality public education system, Montana cannot compete.

Mary Quote: "The legislature has a constitutional obligation to adequately fund quality public education. We have often fallen short on our commitment. I will continue to stand up for our schools, teachers and students. Our kids deserve it."

* Mary, the "CHIP Champion," believes healthy children make healthy students.
* Mary helped make sure that children who are deaf and hard of hearing have equal access to education.
* As a solution to poverty, Mary has promoted the program Parents as Scholars for over a decade, so that parents who are low income can get access to higher education.
* Mary has been endorsed by the MEA/MFT in her past elections. Parents as scholars program

"Mary brought her passion for fairness and equity to her three terms in the Montana House and she will take that same conviction and courage into the Montana State Senate." - Denise Juneau, Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction

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