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Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 4, 2017 a news conference:
In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 6, 2017
Karen Lewis
Karen Lewis
stated on September 4, 2017 a blog post:
The new Illinois school funding formula "created a tax shelter for the wealthy and a voucher program…"
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • September 12, 2017
Glenna Hodge
Glenna Hodge
stated on July 20, 2017 testimony before a Texas Senate committee:
"Schools in Austin Independent School District are teaching children as young as 4 years old that their gender is fluid – that they’re not a boy or a girl and they can choose whichever gender they want."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 8, 2017
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 21, 2017 a digital ad:
Says Tony Evers "allowed a middle-school teacher found guilty of spreading pornographic material at school to keep teaching students."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 12, 2017 a Republican party meeting in Orlando:
"We're still doing dumb things like telling the parent of an 11-year-old that it's against the law for them to tell their parents what they were tested on ... That will end when I'm governor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 7, 2017
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on August 2, 2017 a campaign video.:
Eighty percent of the school tax bills in the state of Pennsylvania went up over last year.
Half-True
By Anna Orso • August 9, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on July 22, 2017 a press release:
As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 1, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 13, 2017 a press conference:
"Of all the money we spend on education, less than 32 percent goes to teachers."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on July 13, 2017 an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board:
"We went from zero A elementary schools when I took office to 16 when I left, and our total A and B schools went up by 260 percent."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • July 21, 2017
Joe Straus
Joe Straus
stated on July 16, 2017 an email blast:
"One" Texas school "district alone -- Austin ISD -- is expected to lose more than $530 million in local property taxes to Robin Hood this year."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017
Evan Smith
Evan Smith
stated on July 10, 2017 as quoted in a story in The New Yorker:
"The last majority-Anglo high school class in Texas graduated in 2014."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on June 8, 2017 an oped commentary in newspapers including the San Antonio Express-News:
"When colleges and universities are added, education spending is the biggest item in the state budget — about 52 percent of all state dollars."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 23, 2017
Jesse Kremer
Jesse Kremer
stated on May 11, 2017 a legislative hearing:
"The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 8, 2017
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on June 1, 2017 a tweet:
"The waiting list for Pre-K is over in the House budget."
True
By Will Doran • June 6, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 24, 2017 a hearing:
In Wisconsin’s school voucher program, "two-thirds of the money" in the "tax vouchers" went to people "making more than $100,000."    
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 31, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on May 12, 2017 a tweet:
It is a myth that Florida's education legislation was "negotiated in secret."
False
By Amy Sherman, Kristen M. Clark • May 17, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 8, 2017 his budget speech:
"We are investing more money into education than ever before in the history of Wisconsin."
Mostly False
By Alison Dirr • May 17, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on May 6, 2017 a tweet:
Says the Florida House of Representatives allocated $24 billion, "the greatest investment in education in Florida history!"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 15, 2017
Nate Walker
Nate Walker
stated on March 20, 2017 on MissouriNet.com:
"(Charter schools in Missouri) are actually failing in a greater capacity than the public school systems."
Mostly False
By Jen Para • May 13, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 2, 2017 a web post on ihavethetruth.com:
A University of Texas "student pulled out a concealed handgun" on a knife-wielding suspect "and made him back down."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017
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