​Education is the simplest way to strengthen our state’s economy and quality of life for everyone. Kansas children deserve high quality education to deal with the challenges that we all face in an ever-changing world where competition is global. When legislative leaders in Topeka favor policies that strip funding from our public schools, budget shortfalls and school closures are the consequences. Kansans deserve better.

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Funding Kansas schools has been a problem since the failed Brownback tax experiment and Kansas schools, teachers, and students have suffered as a result. My opponent was elected as a Brownback supporter and has voted against increased public-school funding despite his rhetoric saying otherwise. Our public schools need increased funding – especially special education, and I will fight for that because it is the right thing to do for all Kansas children who represent our future.