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Mike Schaufler
Mike Schaufler
stated on May 8, 2012 campaign mailer
Says Jeff Reardon cut elementary school music classes, art instruction, teaching positions, basketball and volleyball programs, and he voted to raise school lunch prices. 
Mostly False
By Janie Har • May 11, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on April 4, 2012 a policy paper.
Says when he was governor, "we expanded participation in Virginia in early childhood programs by nearly 40 percent."
True
By Nancy Madsen • May 11, 2012
Rudy Moise
Rudy Moise
stated on May 1, 2012 a campaign website
The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 7, 2012
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 15, 2012 a news release
Says the average Ohio student graduates from a four-year college or university with nearly $27,000 in tuition debt.
Half-True
By Tom Feran • May 7, 2012
Loretta Weinberg
Loretta Weinberg
stated on April 30, 2012 an op-ed published on NorthJersey.com
Says Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal "would effectively double the interest paid out on existing and future student loans."
Mostly False
By Erin O'Neill • May 6, 2012
A C Wharton
A C Wharton
stated on April 16, 2012 an interview about his city budget proposal.
"We will not ask for a tax increase to run city government."
Mostly True
By Zack McMillin • May 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 3, 2012 a graphical tool on the campaign website
"Under the Romney/Ryan budget, interest rates on federal student loans would be allowed to double."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2012
David Dooley
David Dooley
stated on April 8, 2012 a TV news show.
"We have to recognize that our salaries for faculty are the lowest in New England with the exception of the University of Maine."
True
By Alex Kuffner • May 3, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on April 17, 2012 a speech before the Atlanta Press Club
Before the HOPE scholarship, "70 percent of the high school students who made 1400 or above on their SAT left the state of Georgia. Now, 70 percent of those stay in the state of Georgia."
Mostly False
By Willoughby Mariano • May 1, 2012
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on April 24, 2012 a Twitter post
"Student loan rates set to double because a Democratic-controlled Congress voted to double them."
Mostly False
By Tom Feran • May 1, 2012
Charlie Hales
Charlie Hales
stated on March 28, 2012 campaign material
Says "I worked with our Mayor and other commissioners to help save the school year when a budget crisis in Salem threatened to cut four weeks of the school year," including  negotiating with teachers to work for free.
False
By Janie Har • April 27, 2012
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on March 24, 2012 remarks at a Texas Capitol rally
Says legislative cuts mean Texas is "spending on average $500 less per student."
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • April 26, 2012
R2RMerge
R2RMerge
stated on April 15, 2012 a flier
Says George Norcross said the "TAKEOVER OF RUTGER$ CAMDEN WILL COST NEW JER$EY BILLION$."
False
By Erin O'Neill • April 26, 2012
Forbes blog
Forbes blog
stated on April 22, 2012 a blog post
"The University of Florida announced this past week that it was dropping its computer science department ... Meanwhile, the athletic budget for the current year is $97.7 million, an increase of more than $2 million from last year."
Half-True
By Kim Wilmath • April 24, 2012
Michael Adams
Michael Adams
stated on April 15, 2012 a newspaper article
Georgia’s HOPE scholarship is "still the richest scholarship program in America."
Half-True
By Willoughby Mariano • April 23, 2012
Sara Stevenson
Sara Stevenson
stated on April 4, 2012 an op-ed column.
"The Austin school district calendar lists 64 different dates for either a state-mandated test or make-up test."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 20, 2012
Susan Combs
Susan Combs
stated on April 4, 2012 a public appearance.
The 2011 Legislature did not cut Texas public school funding.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2012
Jefferson Smith
Jefferson Smith
stated on March 10, 2012 a candidates' forum.
Says "at the state level we're spending more on tax expenditures than we are on public safety, health care and education combined."
Mostly True
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 10, 2012
Sandra Williams
Sandra Williams
stated on March 21, 2012 a news conference
"99.97 percent of the kids live in poverty that attend Cleveland public schools."
Half-True
By Reginald Fields • April 10, 2012
Jeffrey Hernandez
Jeffrey Hernandez
stated on March 23, 2012 a letter to the Providence School District.
Says his reform efforts improved performance at all 10 low-performing schools in Palm Beach, Florida.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 8, 2012
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