Zach Lahn on Education

Truly believe educational savings accounts are foundational

Sand: We have to make sure that we pay teachers a competitive wage. The other thing I think is important is we add oversight into the school vouchers program. Right now there is only one thing a private school can't do with public money. They can't pay a rebate to the family. Anything else they want to do is legal.

Lahn: The issue here is not just funding. The issue is we lack innovation in our public schools. We don't have the ability of teachers to meet the needs of students. We can create school choice in our public schools where the best models will rise to the top. A school superintendent said to me, "I'm not worried about the education savings accounts. I'm happy to compete. The difference is they are free to innovate and I'm not. I want to be unburdened." And that's the goal. When it comes to education savings accounts, I truly believe they're foundational. Parents deserve to have more say where their kid goes to school, where their tax dollars are spent.

Make public schools good to compete with private schools

Revoke Teaching Licenses for Political Indoctrination
• If a teacher is caught pushing a political agenda in the classroom, teaching license will be revoked, period.
• The Governor Must Be the #1 Advocate for Public School Kids
• Focus on making public schools so good they are competing with private schools.

Supports state voucher program for private schools