From expanding Pre-K opportunities and providing students with more hands-on experiences in the classroom to investing in school safety and mental health efforts  — I’m fighting to prioritize school funding so children in our lakeshore community can have a promising future. 

Track Record

• Championed over $800 million to improve school safety and student mental health, allowing schools to hire more counselors and social workers and modernize security systems.

• Secured funding for the Michigan School Meals Program, which ensures every child can learn on a full stomach while saving parents an average of $1,000 per child every year.

• Unlocked over $600 million in flexible funding for school districts across Michigan to invest in school safety, mental health, and teacher salaries, and more.

• Saved teachers money by eliminating their required contribution to the Michigan Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) fund.

• Provided teachers with the tools they need to help students with dyslexia and other reading difficulties achieve literacy.

• Equipped schools to safeguard students’ health by ensuring every Michigan school has an AED and trained personnel ready to quickly respond to medical emergencies on and off the field.

• Passed legislation to ensure students and teachers have access to clean drinking water in school.

• Secured funding for local schools to bolster their Career and Technical Education programming, increase their number of available Pre-K slots, modernize technology systems, and improve their infrastructure.