Trump Research Book: on Education
Mike Pence:
COVID: Don't want CDC guidance on school reopenings
CDC's guidelines for schools to consider encourage teachers and students to stay home when possible, mitigating the contact between students and teachers who might be at a higher risk from COVID-19.
Pence was blunt in dismissing those guidelines in favor of a quick reopening. 'To be very clear, we don't want CDC guidance to be a reason why people don't reopen their schools,' he said." [4WWL-TV, 7/14/20]
Source: Trump Research Book on Mike Pence
Sep 22, 2020
Mike Pence:
No federal pre-K grant, but pre-K voucher for neediest
[On Pre-K funding]: "A Pence spokeswoman, Christy Denault, told the Star that Pence was concerned about additional conditions that come with federal grants. Advocates seeking the grant have estimated it could have helped Indiana serve up to 2,000 more
children from low-income families, the Star reported. The grant application also would have targeted millions of dollars toward improving the state's pre-K infrastructure." [Associated Press State & Local, 10/17/14]"Pence said he will work with the
General Assembly to propose a prekindergarten voucher program for Indiana's neediest families. He said the program would be voluntary and be usable for the school year or summer preceding kindergarten at public or private providers.
Families with household incomes up to 185 percent of the federal poverty level, which for a family of four is $43,567, would be eligible." [Evansville Courier & Press, 12/6/13]
Source: Trump Research Book on Mike Pence
Sep 22, 2020
Mike Pence:
Budget proposes more money for private school vouchers
["Pence has suggested an increase in school funding in his budget proposal. But, there is a catch: Most of that would go to private school vouchers and charter schools. Reported The Associated Press, 'It would give $1,500 more per student for charter sch
Source: Trump Research Book on Mike Pence
Sep 22, 2020
JD Vance:
Student loan forgiveness is a windfall for the rich
In June 2023, Vance voted for a joint resolution "for congressional disapproval of an October 2022 Education Department rule that allows for loan forgiveness of up to $10,000 in loan debt for federal student loan borrowers. Under the provisions of the
joint resolution, the Education Department rule would have no force or effect, canceling the loan forgiveness program and reinstating loan payments and interest accrual that was suspended under the rule." The vote was on passage. The Senate passed the
resolution by a vote of 52 to 46. President Biden vetoed the resolution. However, the Supreme Court struck down the rule. [Senate Vote 135, H.J. Res. 45, Congressional Quarterly, 6/1/23]Vance Tweeted: "Forgiving student debt is a massive windfall to
the rich, to the college educated, and most of all to the corrupt university administrators of America. No bailouts for a corrupt system. Republicans must fight this with every ounce of our energy and power." [Twitter, @JDVance1, 4/27/22]
Source: Twitter posting in 2024 Trump Research Book
Aug 2, 2024
JD Vance:
Vouchers partly overcome residence-based school segregation
In an op-ed by JD Vance in National Review: "This would require a conservative agenda that appealed to black Americans. Recent Pew polls suggest that black Americans care especially about residential segregation and access to good schools. Conservatives
have potential answers for each of these problems. Urban ghettos, created by racist housing policy and sustained by bizarre administration of federal housing programs, constitute one of the few entrenched problems amenable to policy interventions.
The administration of the federal Section 8 program, for instance, often ignores the importance of eradicating government-created concentrated poverty.
Conservative ideas on vouchers and charter schools have delivered better, if still imperfect, schools -- often with active participation from local [and progressive] school leaders." [Op-Ed by JD Vance--National Review, 8/29/16]
Source: National Review in 2024 Trump Research Book
Aug 2, 2024
JD Vance:
Give parents money for early ed, instead of Head Start
According to an op-ed by JD Vance in the National Review, "Not all early-childhood education is created equal. As progressives push for an expansion of the largely ineffective, federalized
Head Start program, there is a better option: subsidizing early education in the same way we subsidize college education. Give people money and let them decide how to spend it." [Op-Ed by JD Vance--National Review, 1/9/14]
Source: National Review in 2024 Trump Research Book
Aug 2, 2024
JD Vance:
Free tuition sounds great; but vocational training better
According to an op-ed by JD Vance in the Springfield News-Leader, "Democrats today, like Republicans four years ago, appear unable to consider the poor as they actually are. Free college tuition sounds great.
But the reason disadvantaged children don't attend college has little to do with finances and more to do with a lack of preparedness. Indeed, existing public and private need-based aid programs make most colleges affordable for the poor now.
Many European countries devote significant resources to non-university higher education -- vocational schools, apprenticeships and other skills-based training.
In Switzerland, more students opt for vocational training over a traditional education. Consequently, Switzerland has one of the lowest youth unemployment rates." [Op-Ed by JD Vance--Springfield News-Leader, 7/30/16]
Source: 2024 Trump Research Book
Aug 2, 2024
Joe Biden:
College loan forgiveness up to $20,000 per student
In June 2023, Senator JD Vance voted for a Joint Resolution that would "provide for congressional disapproval of an October 2022 Education Department rule that allows for loan forgiveness of up to $10,000 in loan debt for federal student loan borrowers
and another $10,000 for such borrowers who also received a Pell Grant. The rule limits eligibility for such loan forgiveness to borrowers with a maximum adjusted gross income of $125,000, or $250,000 for joint filers. The rule also extended, through the
end of 2022, the suspension of student loan payments, the cessation of interest accrual and the suspension of involuntary loan collections." The vote was on passage. The Senate passed the resolution by a vote of 52 to 46, thus the resolution was sent to
the President. President Biden vetoed the resolution and the House failed to override the veto. However, the Supreme Court struck down the rule. [Senate Vote 135, 6/1/23; Congressional Quarterly, 6/1/23; Congressional Actions, H.J. Res. 45]
Source: 2024 Trump Research Book
Aug 2, 2024
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