2018 Gubernatorial Race
What are the steps that the state and local districts
need to take to address the challenges you identified?
What impact will that have on classroom teachers?
We need to listen our local school districts: our
administrators, teachers and parents.
I think we
have moved away from listening to the people in our
communities when we make decisions in Nashville. We
trust our kids to these men and women daily - we can trust
them to make decisions in their best interests. Another
way we can make sure that we are doing our part in state
government is to fund programs outside the BEP. This
past session I sponsored the Education Investment Act,
which will distribute funds to school districts to spend on
programs not covered by the BEP, such as school nurses,
reading enrichment programs, etc. This allow those
closest to the issues facing our schools to target their own
unique needs.
Any final thoughts you’d like to share with our
educators?
My wife and daughter were both educators, so it truly is
close to my heart. Not every person has interacted in with
a banker, a lawyer, or a politician, but every person has had
a teacher make a difference in his or her life. Education is
our shared experience in society, and we must ensure that
the experience is the best that is can be.