Issue Position: Elevate Public Education

Issue Position

Our schools should never be on the chopping block, even when budgets are tight. Now is the time to strengthen our education system and make it more affordable to all, so that students are prepared for jobs in a post-COVID economy.
Support K-12 Public Schools

Due to the strain COVID-19 has placed on local government budgets, many school districts are facing budget cuts. Our historic public school system should never be on the chopping block, even when budgets are tight. That's why Alexandria voted for the HEROES Act, which would provide funding to state and local governments and hopefully prevent many of these cuts to public education.

Tuition-Free Public College

Rising tuition costs have made college and trade school inaccessible for millions and saddled millions of others with student loan debt. That is why Alexandria is working to liberate people suffering from student-debt and make our public college system affordable once again.

In her first year as a Member of Congress, Alexandria co-sponsored the College for All Act, a law that will establish tuition-free public college and trade school, and through the Student Debt Cancellation Act of 2019, we will forgive outstanding federal and private student loans of all previous and current students in our education system. In doing so, we'll create an easier pathway to economic stability and provide a $1 trillion boost to our economy over a 10-year period.

Alexandria is working to:

Protect our public schools from corporate greed and budget cuts;
Enhance the public school curriculum to educate and prepare our children for the high demand, skilled trades of the present and future;
Make public college tuition-free for everyone; and
Cancel all student debt
Enact H.R.3472 - College for All Act

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