Brian on Education Reform

Brian believes that education is the key to our states success. South Carolina for too long has been clawing its way from the bottom of the barrel and he believes the time for a change is now. He supports education reform that puts our children first. He also believes we need to find a way to fund a statewide 4K Kindergarten program to give children an early start. Our parents and their children should be offered choices in their education, because our common goal is to provide the best solution so our children can graduate and continue on to college or a tech school.



Our Senate district has been very fortunate to have some of the best schools in the state. They have great parental involvement and educators who are dedicated to the cause, but at the same time our state is failing as a whole. As your next Representative, I promise to fight and keep our schools the best in the state, but I also feel that we need to find a way to improve the failing schools we have statewide. As you next Representative, I will pursue excellence in our schools by recruiting the best qualified teachers available, I would encourage looking into a variety of educational programs, and finally we must demand accountability. If we do these things South Carolina schools can get out of the cellar
and into the national spotlight, Something we can all be proud of.

South Carolina does have a budget problem when it comes to education, we have a spending problem. The fact Is we do not need more money, we need more education for our money. As your next Senator I promise I will work to reform the education budget and still find a way to improve our education here in South Carolina. We must break our budget into two categories, an administrative budget and a teaching budget. Since the classrooms are only seeing 43% of the total monies allocated to them with the rest being spent on administration and capital projects ,I suggest we cut the administrative budget by 10 to 12% and add that to our teaching budget.

This will improve the way of life for our students in the classroom. This has already been tested in some states and it can work here in South Carolina.

We must Cut cost, Give the school districts more control and follow all the money that is allocated to school districts leaving Columbia. We must allow parents to have a choice when it comes to their children’s educational needs but we must find the proper way of funding this!