I haven't met one parent or one teacher in Missouri who thinks we should balance the budget by taking money from kids' classrooms.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.
I strongly believe that more money needs to be spent in the classroom.
We should empower teachers to do their job by cutting wasteful spending and crippling bureaucracy, not classroom resources our educators and students need.
States should not balance their budgets on the backs of students.
We need to increase education budgets.
In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future.
I believe that those closest to the children should be making the decisions about how funds should be spent, what the curriculum should look like, and what's the best way to help our students.
I don't think the schools are getting as much money as they should.
I want to see us add more dollars to the classroom.
As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies. I feel strongly that the federal government should help make up for their personal financial burden.