Protecting Education

 

Giving our state's students access to a quality education is both a moral and economic issue — and it is key to both our state’s economic recovery and children’s future.

• Take on the politicians at the capitol who have jeopardized our future by repeatedly slashing funding for our local public schools. Republicans approved massive education cuts, increased class sizes, pay cuts for thousands of teachers and elimination of critical programs that help students get ahead in the world wide economy.
  
  
• Prioritize our children’s future in the worldwide economy by protecting school funding. Right now Arizona spends less on our students than almost any other state in the country. Yet Republicans are proposing even deeper cuts to our local schools.
  
  
• Rebuild the infrastructure needed to economically rebound and create incubators for economic sectors like biosciences and renewable energy through universities and community colleges that will enable our state to weather future economic downturns through the creation of high-paying jobs.