State of New Hampshire Archives: on Education

Andru Volinsky: Control college debt; provide alternatives to college

Bernie Sanders: Tax Wall Street and make public universities free

Colin Van Ostern: Increase young women and girls in STEM school programs

Derek Dextraze: Public money should stay in public schools

A:Strongly oppose - If we let students go to what ever school they want to with public money, how do we pay for our schools and teachers? Public money should stay in public schools.

Hillary Clinton: New College Compact: federal match for state investment

CLINTON: There is a lot we can do in college affordability. I have debt-free tuition plans, free community college plans, getting student debt down.

Q: How does your plan differentiate from your opponents'?

CLINTON: Well, I have what I call the New College Compact. Because I think everybody has to have some skin in this game, you know. #1: States have been dis-investing in higher education. States over a period of decades have put their money elsewhere; into prisons, into highways, into things other than higher education. So under my compact, the federal government will match money that the states begin to put back in to the higher education system. #2: I don't believe in free tuition for everybody. So I have proposed debt-free tuition, which I think is affordable and I would move a lot of the Pell Grant and other aid into the arena where it could be used for living expense.

Jeanne Shaheen: Goals 2000: Maintain national standards

Shaheen indicates she supports the following principles concerning education:
• Maintain the national standards and goals set forth in "Goals 2000".

John Lynch: Ensure every child the opportunity for a great education

Jon Lavoie: No vouchers: children should go to school where the live

A: No, I believe children should go to school where the live.

Maggie Hassan: Our public schools are essential to best-trained workforce

Maggie Hassan: $4 million more for scholarships; $35M for state colleges

In exchange, the leadership of both the community college and university systems have assured me they will go to their boards with a plan to freeze tuition for the next two years.

This budget includes $4 million in UNIQUE funds to support need-based scholarships that can be used at both public and private colleges. New Hampshire's young people must be developing the skills, knowledge, and innovative thinking needed in a 21st century economy.

Maggie Hassan: Open new charter schools, & add to existing charter schools

In addition, this budget will help encourage innovation by providing funding to allow new charter schools to open and to allow existing charter schools to accept new enrollees.

At the same time, these charter schools have a responsibility to live within their budget, and so this budget sets new parameters and provides authority for the Department of Education to prioritize new charter school approval to underserved communities.

To help pay for these investments, this budget repeals the voucher tax credit that would have diverted millions of dollars in taxpayer money to private and religious schools with no accountability.

Mark Connolly: Future of NH built on pillars of education & innovation

Growing up in Bedford, Mark and his brother were raised by a single mom who worked as a secretary. With money tight, the family moved often. Mark and his brother struggled to adapt to constantly changing schools, but in seventh grade a very special teacher transformed his life, taking the time to help Mark find success academically, a path that would lead to Dartmouth College and an MBA earned at night from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Throughout these experiences of making a life in New Hampshire, Mark has come to believe individual hard work and determination are crucial to success, but we all need a helping hand. Support and opportunity offered by neighbors and community, good schools, and a strong economy are vital to helping every Granite Stater achieve his or her dreams.

Martin O`Malley: Income-based college loan repayment plan for all students

SANDERS: We have some colleges and universities that are spending a huge amount of money on fancy dormitories and on giant football stadiums. Maybe we should focus on quality education with well-paid faculty members [instead of] vice presidents who earn a big salary.

Q: Governor, how do you propose lowering some of these costs?

O'MALLEY: My plan actually goes further than Senator Sanders' because a big chunk of the cost is actually room and board and books and fees. So as a nation we need to increase what we invest in Pell grants. Yes, we need to make it easier for parents to refinance. I propose a block grant program that will keep the states in the game as well. I believe that all of our kids should go into an income-based repayment plan. There're families all across America who aren't able to contribute to our economy because of this crushing student loan.

Steve Marchand: Quality public education from pre-K to H.S. to college

Too many people think we have to choose: Either we help working people and their families, or we focus on growing our economy. But my experience shows me that the right priorities do both: We must deliver America's best educational outcomes for our kids--from pre-K on up to high school and college. We have to support our small businesses and striving entrepreneurs.

Steve Marchand: $5M for debt-free college in needed programs

Marchand: The pilot program between higher education and New Hampshire businesses I would pursue that would cost approximately $5 million a year in three programs: computer science, nursing, and education because those are three places where we don't have enough talent to match the demands. It would create a debt-free college experience for students that enter the program.to work with New Hampshire-based companies or entities. And if they did that, kept their nose clean, kept their grades up, and then worked for one of those New Hampshire-based employers for a period of years after graduation, they would have no debt. It would be half-paid by the private sector participants and half-paid by the targeted state grant for these programs.

Steve Marchand: Prioritize public school districts and we will see results

A: First, you've got to have the credibility as a candidate and then as a governor to instill confidence that when you say something, that you need that math, that you need those dollars, and you prioritize it very high, that people will see it's the result of a process that they can trust. The number one thing businesses tell me is, if the school district around where they're thinking of putting a business or expanding a business, if it is seen as outstanding, they will win time after time the tiebreakers for the kind of talent, particularly from out of state, that we have to get if we're going to be where we want to go in the next twenty years.

Chris Sununu: More funding for Charters, double Education Freedom Accounts

Cinde Warmington: Tax dollars should not be subsidizing private schools

Chuck Morse: Expand education freedom accounts

Morse said the state's recent efforts to broaden school choice, both through the increase of charter schools and vouchers, would strengthen the state's existing public schools. "Because it just makes people compete for the child for the right reasons," he said. "And I think that's a good thing."

Andru Volinsky: Fund schools fairly; teachers should be paid well

Kelly Ayotte: Vetoed bill allowing parents to ban books from schools