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Jimmy Panetta on Education
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Focus on expanding pre-K and early education
Late last year, Congress finally scrapped the No Child Left Behind policy that burdened our schools with federal regulations but provided no funding to make our schools better. Jimmy is committed to making sure the Every School Succeeds Act
(ESSA) achieves its goals of providing opportunity to every child, reducing the overreliance on standardized testing, and bringing educators into the decision-making process. He will also fight to fund Head Start--which since its inception in
1965--has given over 32 million low-income children educational, nutritional and health opportunities.He will also focus on expanding pre-K and early education options for families and improving the Migrant Education
Program to help immigrant children meet the challenges of enrolling in American schools. Jimmy's goal is to establish national service programs that provide educational benefits to those willing to serve the nation.
Source: 2016 CA House campaign website JimmyPanettaForCongress.com
, Nov 8, 2016
Make higher education both accessible and affordable
For those interested in college, Jimmy is committed to making higher education both accessible and affordable. Jimmy attended Monterey Peninsula Community College (MPC). He knows firsthand the impact our community colleges can make by giving students
the academic foundation, job training and skills for a path to success. That appreciation led Jimmy to give back to MPC through his work as the chair of the MPC Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. Jimmy also [worked with] the University of California
at Santa Cruz to help ensure that high school students from Salinas were exposed to and, ultimately, attended that world-class university. Jimmy worked on the deal for California State University at Monterey Bay (CSUMB) to purchase the
NSC building in order to help that amazing university reach the students of the Salinas Valley. In Congress, Jimmy is committed to making college loans more affordable and finding innovative ways to help students reduce their debt.
Source: 2016 CA House campaign website JimmyPanettaForCongress.com
, Nov 8, 2016
Opposes states adopting federal education standards.
Panetta opposes the PVS survey question on education standards
The Project Vote Smart Voter Guide inferred how candidates would respond to the question, 'Education: Do you generally support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?'
Project Vote Smart notes, "in response to the increasing unwillingness of candidates to answer issue questions, Project Vote Smart has researched Congressional candidates' public records to determine candidates' likely responses on certain key issues. These issue positions, from the year 2016, are provided [for candidates who] refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests. Historically, candidates have failed to complete our test due to the advice they receive from their parties and advisors and out of fear of negative attack ads."
Source: Political Courage Test 16PVS_Q7 on Nov 8, 2016
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