Issue Position: Education, Career Training & School Choice

Issue Position

As a Father and Grandfather Representative Torbett knows the power of a good education and the miracles that occur in the classroom with excellent teachers. He has worked from the position of PTO President of his daughter's schools to legislating the fastest growing Teacher pay state in the country. He believes that Teachers in classrooms best prepare our students for the jobs of the future and has supported numerous successful efforts to increase funding for that educational training. He believes Parents, not a system, should have the ultimate choice on where their children attend school. He also is Chairman of the important School Safety Committee addressing the funding for mental and behavioral health needs of students and providing funding for the security technology and Student Resource Officers needed to better secure our schools.

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