John,
I have no words.
For the last two days I have been trying to wrap my head around this administration's proposed budget for the 2021 fiscal year.
$6.1 billion slashed from education funding.
While it cuts essential grants and programs, it includes huge increases in funding for private schools - $46 billion over ten years, or up to $5 billion a year. It also includes $5 billion for tax credit voucher scholarships that will divert already scarce funding away from public schools.
Perhaps most shocking of all is Elsie Arntzen has vocally supported this budget.
Maybe Ms. Arntzen doesn't realize this proposal means Montana will see a $30 million cut to our public schools.
This budget is abhorrent and Ms. Arntzen should be ashamed to support such devastating cuts to programs that support our state's rural and reservation schools, students with disabilities, homeless students, nutrition assistance programs, and so much more.
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Our teachers, parents and students deserve an education advocate leading the Office of Public Instruction, someone who will fight for them every single day - not someone who supports subsidies for private schools at the expense of public education for all Montana children.
I will be that superintendent, but I can't get there alone. Join my campaign today and help me restore real leadership at the Office of Public Instruction.
Thank you for your support,
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