Our children deserve to learn in a safe and robustly funded environment. Our teachers should earn a wage that allows them to live in the communities they teach in. Our young adults, especially those fighting to keep our community safe, should not be saddled with crushing student loans simply for wanting to work hard to better their lives.

David knows that education can be the great equalizer. Public education is what allowed his family to go from being sharecroppers and migrants to teachers, pilots, nurses, entrepreneurs, nonprofit managers to elected leaders. David will work tirelessly and build coalitions around bold and creative funding ideas that will provide a safe and equitable learning environment for our children and young adults without overburdening our taxpayers. 

In his first term, David helped our students and schools by

• Creating the Educator Pay Raise fund, which invests funding into our school districts to increase our teachers’ salaries.

• Making the School Leadership program permanent, so our principals are given the training and resources they need to provide quality education for our students.

• Creating the Post-secondary Services Advisory committee, which will improve higher education for students with disabilities.

• Requiring institutions of higher education to permit veterans to audit courses, aiding them in their future careers.