Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2012

Provide full and equal funding of public education while making the cost of education less dependent on real estate taxes.

Support a tax swap that calls for an increase in state income tax to support schools
while lowering property taxes.

Mandate that casino and lottery revenues go into the state's education fund.

Provide year round day care/Head Start programs to better prepare children for school.

Provide tuition incentives to recruit students into the teaching profession.

Make "Bring Your Parents to School Day" a statewide initiative.


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