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PRESS RELEASE - 08/29/2019

Joe Sestak launches pioneering new policies on education and "training for a lifetime" in Muscatine, Iowa
Joe says, "Education is our best homeland defense, and on-the-job training is our national promise to our workers and the key to prosperity"
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Yesterday, in Muscatine, Iowa, I presented my education and 'training for a lifetime' policy - which plans for skill training and retraining throughout one’s career, as well early education through post-secondary. You can read it in full here [[link removed]] .

People are often surprised when I say that “education is our best homeland defense,” given my 31-year service in the military, but I firmly believe that education is the bedrock of a successful society. We need a skilled population that can out-innovate our competitors and create the jobs of the future.

As a father, I know that America’s youth are our national treasure. It is they who will continue to make our country prosper for generations to come. But sadly, too many of our nation’s youth are unable to get a world-class education or training today. As President, I will work every day to improve our educational and training system and ensure that every American can access the high-quality education and skills they deserve.

My priorities are below (read the full paper here [[link removed]] ):

*
Expand
early
childhood
education
to
all
4-year-olds.
*
Expand
free
lunch
programs
to
all
students
in
low-income
communities.
*
Support
state-led
efforts
like
Common
Core
to
create
unified
benchmarks
for
success.
*
Increase
broadband
Internet
connectivity
across
the
country,
especially
in
underserved
rural
and
urban
areas.
*
Fix
crumbling
schools
and
create
a
healthy,
safe
environment
for
all
children
as
part
of
a
national
infrastructure
program.
*
Support
transitioning
to
9am
–
5pm
school
days
to
help
working
parents
and
give
students
more
time
for
much-needed
sleep,
as
medical
studies
show
adolescents
in
particular
need
more
sleep
than
most
get.
*
Create
more
opportunities
for
technical
training
and
workplace
experience,
along
with
college
preparatory
academics,
which
ties
in
well
to
my
Training
for
a
Lifetime
plan,
described
below.
*
Increase
availability
of
tutors
for
students
who
need
them,
especially
through
existing
programs
like
the
“Silver
Scholarship
Program”
I
created
while
in
Congress
to
encourage
senior
citizens
to
perform
community
service
(in
exchange
for
scholarship
funds
transferable
to
a
grandchild
or
other
young
person).
*
Pay
teachers
as
professionals,
and
subsidize
teacher
pay
as
necessary
in
underserved
rural
and
urban
school
districts.
*
Increase
access
to
higher
education
by
providing
states
with
grants
to
support
tuition
at
community
colleges
and
public
universities.
*
Reduce
costs
of
higher
education
by
making
federal
student
aid
and
loans
contingent
upon
each
university
keeping
annual
tuition
increases
at
or
below
inflation.
*
Restructure
federal
student
loans
so
the
government
no
longer
makes
a
profit
off
of
students
attempting
to
improve
themselves.
*
Reform
and
expand
the
REPAYE
(Revised-Pay-As-You-Earn)
program,
an
income-based
repayment
plan
that
currently
allows
for
debt
forgiveness
after
20
years
of
borrowers
paying
10%
of
their
discretionary
income,
regardless
of
the
original
terms
of
the
loan.
(With
consideration
of
reducing
both
years
and
percentage
of
income,
especially
for
lower-income
individuals.)
*
Establish
a
national
college
credit
transfer
system.
*
Develop
a
national
apprenticeship
program.
*
Create
a
“Training
for
a
Lifetime”
program
to
increase
opportunities
for
job
training
and
continuing
education.

For more, read the full paper here [[link removed]] .

To read all of my policy papers, please click here [[link removed]] to check out my "Plan for America."

For more information, visit my site ( here [[link removed]] ) to read more about who I am and where my campaign is going next, or contact my press team on [email protected] [[email protected]] .

Respectfully,
Joe Sestak



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Joe Sestak
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United States

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