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Big Gamble NJ
stated on November 13, 2012 in a website:

"In 2011, our state-run lottery funded New Jersey classrooms by over $930 million."

Mostly True

By Erin O'Neill • November 19, 2012

Dan Patrick
stated on November 8, 2012 in a Texas Tribune interview.:

Says the state of Texas rates as "unacceptable" almost 500 of the state's 8,000 public schools.

True

By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2012

Jason Isaac
stated on October 22, 2012 in a League of Women Voters guide for Texas and Austin voters:

Says that over the past 20 years, Texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.

Mostly False

By Sue Owen • November 12, 2012

Bill Haslam
stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.:

Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."

True

By Richard Locker • November 11, 2012

Stand For Children Tennessee
stated on October 24, 2012 in in a post on Facebook.:

Says that "Tennessee law requires that schools receive half of proceeds -- $31 million per year" -- from a half-cent increase in the Shelby County sales tax.

True

By Zack McMillin • November 4, 2012

New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on October 18, 2012 in a campaign mailer to New Hampshire residents :

Says Ovide Lamontagne wants to eliminate kindergarten.

Mostly False

By Maryalice Gill • November 3, 2012

Tere McCann
stated on October 30, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:

Says opponent Chad Chadwell "wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 27, 2012 in a campaign ad:

Says Mitt Romney’s plan makes "catastrophic cuts to education."

Half-True

By Molly Moorhead • October 30, 2012

Donna Howard
stated on August 30, 2012 in East Austin meetup of Texans for Obama.:

"We’re talking right now about a $12 billion hole in our current, so-called balanced" state "budget."

Half-True

By David Barer • October 29, 2012

Tom Kean Jr.
stated on October 17, 2012 in an interview with reporters at William Paterson University:

"New Jersey is the only state in the union that spent less on higher education than it did at the beginning of the decade."

False

By Erin O'Neill • October 28, 2012

Rick Perry
stated on October 1, 2012 in a press conference.:

Says fewer than 30 percent of Texas college students graduate in four years and only 58 percent graduate within six years.

True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012

Rob Moshein
stated on October 14, 2012 in a letter to the editor.:

Says the University of Texas can afford to build a medical school because it has a $7 billion endowment and its football program had a $50 million profit last year.

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 19, 2012

John G. Morgan
stated on September 13, 2012 in Testimoney to the U.S. Senate Education Committee:

"Tennessee students now cover about 67 percent of the cost of their education at public universities, and some 60 percent at community colleges."

True

By Richard Locker • October 13, 2012

Carl Hosticka
stated on September 5, 2012 in a guest column:

Says Julie Parrish "voted to divert $160 million from public schools to private for-profit schools."

Mostly False

By Janie Har • October 13, 2012

National Education Association
stated on September 27, 2012 in a television ad:

Says that Josh Mandel voted to let insurance companies deny coverage for autism

Mostly True

By Stephen Koff • October 12, 2012

Priorities USA Action
stated on October 8, 2012 in a campaign ad:

Says Romney wants to "take away early childhood education, slash K-12 funding, and cut college aid … to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires."

Mostly False

By Molly Moorhead • October 10, 2012

Bill Powers
stated on September 27, 2012 in his "State of the University" address.:

"We confer more PhDs each year than any other university in America except Berkeley."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2012

Steven Teske
stated on September 18, 2012 in an article:

High school students arrested on campus are twice as likely not to graduate and four times less likely to graduate if they’ve appeared in court.

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on September 25, 2012 in a Web ad:

"In Romney's first budget (in Massachusetts), he cut $248.7 million from K-12 education."

Half-True

By Becky Bowers • October 8, 2012

Joe Straus
stated on September 23, 2012 in a breakfast at the Texas Tribune Festival.:

Says Texas lawmakers last year expanded public education’s share of state spending.

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 8, 2012

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