2020 CO Senatorial race: on Education


Cory Gardner: Filed brief for tax dollars for private religious schools

Q: Use public funding for private and/or for-profit schools?

Corey Gardner: Yes. Filed a Supreme Court brief supporting the use of public funds to pay for educating children in private religious schools.

John Hickenlooper: No. Supports parents selecting the best schools, but "would not support the use of publicly funded vouchers for private or religious school education."

Source: CampusElect on 2020 Colorado Senate race Oct 10, 2020

Cory Gardner: Let employers donate tax free to employees' student loans

Q: Support free or subsidized tuition for lower-income individuals? Support lower interest or forgiveness on student loans?

Corey Gardner: No general stand found. Did introduce bill allowing employers to contribute tax free to employees' student loans. Discharge federal student loans for the permanently disabled.

John Hickenlooper: Reduce federal student loan interest to 2.5% or less, with "expanded loan repayment and forgiveness programs, tuition-free community college"; minority scholarships.

Source: CampusElect on 2020 Colorado Senate race Oct 10, 2020

John Hickenlooper: Opposes vouchers for private or religious schools

Q: Use public funding for private and/or for-profit schools?

John Hickenlooper: No. Supports parents selecting the best schools, but "would not support the use of publicly funded vouchers for private or religious school education."

Corey Gardner: Yes. Filed a Supreme Court brief supporting the use of public funds to pay for educating children in private religious schools.

Source: CampusElect on 2020 Colorado Senate race Oct 10, 2020

John Hickenlooper: Expanded student loan repayment and forgiveness programs

Q: Support free or subsidized tuition for lower-income individuals? Support lower interest or forgiveness on student loans?

Hickenlooper: Reduce federal student loan interest to 2.5% or less, with "expanded loan repayment and forgiveness programs, tuition-free community college"; minority scholarships.

Corey Gardner: No general stand found. Did introduce bill allowing employers to contribute tax free to employees' student loans. Discharge federal student loans for the permanently disabled.

Source: CampusElect on 2020 Colorado Senate race Oct 10, 2020

Angela Williams: Student loan debt is ball and chain on young people's lives

On student debt: "We waste a lot of money in this country, and if we're not investing in education, we have our priorities wrong," Williams said, adding the need for more skilled worker programs in lieu of traditional four-year college. "Student loan debt is a ball and chain on young people's lives. We have an entire generation of people not buying homes because they're too afraid of being able to pay their student loans. That would be moving money back into the economy."
Source: Summit Daily News on 2020 Colorado Senate debate Oct 24, 2019

Alice Madden: Drive more money into K-12 and higher education

As a minority member of the Colorado House, she says, "I was able to make some bad bills better, and I was able to stop some bad bills. But probably most importantly, I was able to drive more money into higher education, which is on the chopping block constantly, and K-12 funding, and create a state revenue stream for transit funds that didn't exist until then. We had RTD, but we didn't have a fund that went directly into transit, just regular transportation. So that was one of my prouder moments."
Source: Westword.com on 2020 Colorado Senate race Oct 11, 2019

Dan Baer: Education is a social benefit & an investment in our country

Baer's time with the Colorado Department of Education has convinced him "that we need to no longer think about education as purely a social benefit and start to think about it as an investment in the United States in respect to AI and automation. We need to make sure Coloradans have the skills we need to have good jobs in the next ten to twenty years, and the federal government needs to take a leadership role on the R&D side. That's why there's some portion of education spending that should come from the Defense Department budget--and that's a conversation I'd like to have, because education is a national security issue."
Source: Westword.com on 2020 Colorado Senate race Apr 30, 2019

Ellen Burnes: Grads struggling with student debt deserve better

On student debt: "To the recent college graduate struggling with the crushing burden of student debt; the single parent juggling two jobs, living paycheck to paycheck to put food on the table for their children; the senior who has to choose between paying their mortgage and paying for their life-saving medication--you deserve better, and that is why I am running for the U.S. Senate," she said.
Source: Denver Post on 2020 Colorado Senate race Apr 17, 2019

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Candidates and political leaders on Education:

Democrats running for President:
Sen.Michael Bennet (D-CO)
V.P.Joe Biden (D-DE)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I-NYC)
Gov.Steve Bullock (D-MT)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Sen.Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Secy.Julian Castro (D-TX)
Rep.John Delaney (D-MD)
Rep.Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Sen.Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Mayor Wayne Messam (D-FL)
Gov.Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
CEO Tom Steyer (D-CA)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Marianne Williamson (D-CA)
CEO Andrew Yang (D-NY)

2020 Third Party Candidates:
Rep.Justin Amash (L-MI)
CEO Don Blankenship (C-WV)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Howie Hawkins (G-NY)
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Howard Schultz(I-WA)
Gov.Jesse Ventura (I-MN) 		Republicans running for President:
Sen.Ted Cruz(R-TX)
Gov.Larry Hogan (R-MD)
Gov.John Kasich(R-OH)
V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
Gov.Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Pres.Donald Trump(R-NY)
Rep.Joe Walsh (R-IL)
Gov.Bill Weld(R-MA & L-NY)

2020 Withdrawn Democratic Candidates:
Sen.Stacey Abrams (D-GA)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC)
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen.Mike Gravel (D-AK)
Sen.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Gov.John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Gov.Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Rep.Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Rep.Beto O`Rourke (D-TX)
Rep.Tim Ryan (D-CA)
Adm.Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Rep.Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
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