2024 MT Senate race: on Education


Tim Sheehy: It's important to have more choice in our education system

Parents must be at the forefront of their child's education, and it's important that we have more choice in our education system. We need to get politics out of the classroom and end the woke social agenda infecting our schools. Let's focus on the fundamentals of reading, writing, and arithmetic. And above all, we need leaders in Washington to stop things like drag queen story time from replacing the Lord's Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance in our classrooms.
Source: 2024 Montana Senate campaign website TimForMT.com Jun 27, 2023

Jon Tester: Ban cell-cultivated meat from school breakfast & lunch

Senator Jon Tester introduced the School Lunch Integrity Act, a bipartisan bill with Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) to ban cell-cultivated meat from being provided through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP).

Currently, the USDA sets nutritional requirements for the meals that are able to be served to students through the NSLP and SBP, but has not issued any guidance on the use of cell-cultivated protein in those programs. Tester's bipartisan bill would fix the lack of standards by banning cell-cultivated meat from the programs.

"Montana ranchers grow the best meat in the world, that's a fact--and our students ought to be getting the best in their school breakfasts and lunches every day," said Tester. "This commonsense bill will make sure our schools can serve real meat from our ranchers, not a fake substitute that's grown in a lab."

Source: Senate press release on 2024 Montana Senate race Jan 26, 2024

Tim Sheehy: End the woke social agenda infecting our schools

Education: Tim Sheehy (R)Limit teaching of issues around racism and gender identity?Yes. Would "end the woke social agenda infecting our schools.... Let's focus on the fundamentals of reading, writing, and arithmetic."

Jon Tester (D): No. Sponsored a 2015 bill banning "harassment and discrimination against" LGBTQ students. As a former public school teacher, calls public education "our nation's great equalizer."

Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Montana Senate race Sep 9, 2024

Tim Sheehy: Take a loan, pay it back: no loan forgiveness

Student Financial Aid: Support lowering interest on student loans and/or forgiving them?

Tim Sheehy (R): No. Supported the Supreme Court's decision striking down Biden's proposal to forgive some student loan debts: "Take a loan, pay it back." No position found on interest rates.

Jon Tester (D): Mixed. Voted against Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. Taxpayers shouldn't have to "cover the tab." In 2013 voted to lower student loan interest rates.

Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Montana Senate race Sep 9, 2024

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Candidates and political leaders on Education:
Candidates for President & Vice-President:
V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA)
Chase Oliver(L-GA)
Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA)
Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL)
Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH)
Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN)
Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ) 		2024 presidential primary contenders:
Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE)
N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R)
N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R)
Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R)
S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R)
Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R)
Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN)
Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH)
S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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