Jack Hoogendyk on Education Republican Senate challenger

Supports tuition tax credits and charter schools

A: Undecided. I do support tuition tax credits and giving parents more choice through charter schools, as an example.

Abolish Department of Education; parents direct education

• I am opposed to federal spending on public education. The Department of Education should be abolished.
• I am a supporter of local control over community schools. The best schools are those controlled by the parents and their designated board and administrators at each local district.
• I support the fundamental right of parents to direct the care and education of their children.

Ten Commandments & voluntary prayer in public schools

Hoogendyk supports the following principles regarding education:
• Support teacher testing and reward teachers with merit pay.
• Support displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools.
• Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
• Require public schools to administer high school exit exams.
• Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
• Support abstinence-only sexual education programs.