Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

Education is the great equalizer. My mission as your Assemblymember will be to support our public education system. We must demand excellence from our schools, bring the focus back to the student, and reconnect quality schools to the communities they serve.

I support a strong, healthy public education system where teachers are supported, systems are transparent, and children and families can thrive. We have an obligation to ensure that every child has access to a quality educational experience: one that supports creativity, imagination and growth.

Education is about so much more than just learning. It is about action, accountability and partnerships. LACCD is the largest community college district in the nation. Since being elected to its Board of Trustees, I have:

Established a Title IX task force on sexual harassment and misconduct;
Established the Small Business Advisory Council;
Passed resolution to establish an Equity Data Metrics Initiative, a dashboard to help the district monitor its procurement practices and evaluate opportunities to improve;
Supported the expansion of Project Match, a program that invites educators to intern with tenured faculty and encourage them to apply as faculty members;
Supported a rule to ensure that 30 percent of all companies with which the district does business are small, minority, veteran, or disabled-owned firms;
Passed resolution that supported the expansion of supportive services to former foster youth and formerly incarcerated students;
Established the Ad Hoc Workforce Development Committee to explore how the district can strategically connect to business and labor partners, and to strengthen and expand its career pipeline opportunities; and
Established HireLAX, an apprenticeship career pipeline that connects students at Southwest College with careers at the LAX airport.

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