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Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 11, 2017 an op-ed
"Ninety percent of people born in the 1940s ended up doing better financially than their parents. But those born in the 1980s, the much-maligned Millennials, have only a 50-50 chance of doing better (financially) than their parents, despite being the best-educated generation in our history."
True
By Chris Nichols • October 27, 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
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
Sara Stevenson
Sara Stevenson
stated on April 3, 2017 to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman
Says a Texas Senate committee considering "private school voucher" legislation randomly called people to testify regardless of when the people submitted requests to testify.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2017
The Coalition for Public Schools
The Coalition for Public Schools
stated on January 23, 2017 an emailed press release
"Texas legislators have filed voucher proposals in every legislative session since 1995, but all of them have failed to become law."
True
By Fauzeya Rahman • March 17, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 1, 2017 remarks at a student rally for the Orthodox Union
"I’ve given the religious schools in my budget more money than ever before in history."
True
By Dan Clark • March 6, 2017
Bono
Bono
stated on February 17, 2017 a speech at the Munich Security Conference
"For every extra year a girl goes to school, her income goes up 12 percent."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 22, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on February 7, 2017 remarks at a rally at Buffalo State College
New York state subsidizes private colleges "probably more than any other state except maybe one."
True
By Dan Clark • February 16, 2017
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on January 30, 2017 a state budget hearing on local governments
Graduation rates in Buffalo’s school district, which were "around 48 percent are now up to 64 percent" since Say Yes Buffalo launched.
True
By Dan Clark • February 10, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 9, 2017 a State of the State speech in New York City
"More college graduates are living at home than in decades."
True
By Dan Clark • January 9, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2017 an announcement
In New York, "Average college debt - $30,000 per student."
True
By Dan Clark • January 5, 2017
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on November 29, 2016 a panel discussion about the 2017 legislative session
"In Austin, Texas, the average homeowner is paying about $1,300 to $1,400 just for recapture," meaning funds spent in non-Austin school districts.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 7, 2016 a debate
Social Security "was basically invented" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; "that's where Franklin Roosevelt got the idea."
True
By Jonathan Anderson • December 16, 2016
Virginia
Virginia "Jennie Lou" Leeder
stated on October 17, 2016 an interview with the Austin American-Statesman
Texas spends "more per day to house an inmate than we do on a student."
True
By Fauzeya Rahman • November 18, 2016
Paul Bettencourt
Paul Bettencourt
stated on August 24, 2016 a press release
Says a change in law he carried stopped a $100 million tax increase in the Dallas school district.  
True
By Bobby Cervantes • September 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 8, 2016 a rally in Cleveland
"We spend more per student than almost any other major country in the world."
True
By Nadia Pflaum • September 21, 2016
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on August 23, 2016 a press conference by Austin Democrats
Child care costs "in some states now exceed the average price tag for college tuition."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 2, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2016 x
Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."
True
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • September 1, 2016
Colorado Democratic Party
Colorado Democratic Party
stated on August 23, 2016 a news release
Says GOP U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn "wants to eliminate the Department of Education" and jeopardize college funding for 320,000 Coloradans.
True
By Alan Gathright • August 31, 2016
Lisa Moore
Lisa Moore
stated on August 7, 2016 an interview for NPR's "All Things Considered"
Says there are "concrete examples" of University of Texas job applicants or prospective applicants and students as well as invited speakers changing their minds because of handguns being allowed in campus buildings and classrooms.
True
By Eleanor Dearman, W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016
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