2018 MI Governor's race: on Education
Bill Schuette:
Grade schools A-F, with performance-based grants
Q: Increase funding for K-12 education? Bill Schuette (R): No statements found on overall funding. Focus on literacy. "Grade schools on an A-F scale, giving schools performance-based grants as incentives."
Gretchen Whitmer (D):
Yes. Expand full-day universal pre-K. More resources for hard-to-educate children. Ensure School Aid Fund money goes to K-12 education, close tax loopholes that erode funding.
Q: Support vouchers to send children to private schools with public money. Expand charter schools?
Bill Schuette (R): Yes.
Use vouchers to send children to any participating school (public, private, religious). Expand charters.
Gretchen Whitmer (D): No. Opposes vouchers. Stronger oversight of charters. "Stop the dismantling of public education."
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Michigan Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Bill Schuette:
Support more trade & vocational offerings
Q: Increase state funding for higher education?Bill Schuette (R): Unclear. Support more trade & vocational offerings. The proposed tax cut would likely reduce general fund, so may risk higher education funding.
Gretchen Whitmer (D): Yes. Apportion $100 million to give qualifying students 2 years of debt-free post-secondary education, whether in vocational schools or colleges.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Michigan Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Gretchen Whitmer:
Opposes vouchers: Stop the dismantling of public education
Q: Increase funding for K-12 education? Bill Schuette (R): No statements found on overall funding. Focus on literacy. "Grade schools on an A-F scale, giving schools performance-based grants as incentives."
Gretchen Whitmer (D):
Yes. Expand full-day universal pre-K. More resources for hard-to-educate children. Ensure School Aid Fund money goes to K-12 education, close tax loopholes that erode funding.
Q: Support vouchers to send children to private schools with public money. Expand charter schools?
Bill Schuette (R): Yes.
Use vouchers to send children to any participating school (public, private, religious). Expand charters.
Gretchen Whitmer (D): No. Opposes vouchers. Stronger oversight of charters. "Stop the dismantling of public education."
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Michigan Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Gretchen Whitmer:
2 years of debt-free post-secondary education
Q: Increase state funding for higher education?Bill Schuette (R): Unclear. Support more trade & vocational offerings. The proposed tax cut would likely reduce general fund, so may risk higher education funding.
Gretchen Whitmer (D): Yes. Apportion $100 million to give qualifying students 2 years of debt-free post-secondary education, whether in vocational schools or colleges.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on Michigan Governor race
Oct 9, 2018
Bill Schuette:
Give parents more choices for their kids' education
Michigan's school test scores are among the worst in the nation. Bill will change this by giving parents and students more choices, and ensuring all kids can read by the third grade. When we give parents a choice, we give children a chance.
Bill will provide transportation scholarships for families that can't afford the transportation costs for their children to escape failing schools and gain access to special programs.
Source: 2018 Michigan Governor campaign website BillSchuette.com
Aug 31, 2018
Bill Schuette:
Advocate of partnerships between schools and companies
He's an advocate of partnerships between schools and companies to provide students with valuable apprenticeships. And he wants to combat the state's "outrageous" third-grade reading levels.
To do so, Schuette plans to grade schools on an A through F scale, provide grants to high performing schools, install a literacy director in the governor's office, and create a Michigan Literacy Foundation.
Source: The Detroit News on 2018 Michigan gubernatorial race
Jul 25, 2018
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