David Clements on Education

Reduce taxes so families can pay for private schools

Critical decisions should be made locally. This would allow parents, teachers and community leaders, instead of out-of-touch Washington bureaucrats, to determine the most efficient use of resources.

While there is a need for state-funded public education, I firmly believe that education starts with the family. Accordingly, I will support any measure that relieves the tax burden on all hard-working parents so they can allocate more of their own resources to alternatives such as home-school and private schools.