Jim Hood on Education

	Jim Hood on Education

Increase teacher pay until state reaches regional average

"It's an area that likes public education and many of the issues that I support people down here support," Hood said. He's calling out state leaders including Lt. Governor Tate Reeves on using teacher pay as election year politics. Hood has committed to a teacher pay increase until the Southeastern average is met. "I think we ought to do it every year until we get to the Southeastern average --is to commit to pay our teachers for all the things that they put up with ." Source: WJTV.com on 2019 Mississippi gubernatorial race , Apr 17, 2019

Keep students here by keeping college debt down

Some of these kids have $70,000 in debt. They can't come back to a two-lane town. They're going to Nashville, Austin and Atlanta. The way to keep those kids is to keep college debts down." Source: The Meridian Star on 2019 Mississippi gubernatorial race , Apr 12, 2019

Statewide, universal, public pre-kindergarten program

Education is the building block to success. Investing in Mississippi's public education system means investing in every Mississippian. As your governor I will:

Advocate for a statewide, universal pre-kindergarten program
Focus on making community colleges and universities more affordable
Improve our public-school system

Source: 2019 Mississippi governor campaign site HoodForGovernor.com , Dec 31, 2018

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