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Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference:
"There's no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on March 13, 2017 a the GOP response to Roy Cooper's State of the State speech:
Says Republican legislators in North Carolina raised the average teacher's pay "by more than 15 percent in just three years."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • March 16, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 13, 2017 a Facebook post:
"Wisconsin’s graduation rates have grown to over 90 percent" since Tony Evers became state school superintendent.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 10, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on January 17, 2017 his state of the state address:
"Over 200 of our 520 school districts did not have a single student in physics."
Mostly False
By Grace Hase • February 24, 2017
John Humphries
John Humphries
stated on January 12, 2017 a Facebook post:
"We've dropped from a top 10 state in elementary reading to 30th in the nation" under State Schools Superintendent Tony Evers’ watch.  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 6, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on January 11, 2017 a letter:
Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer, Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2017
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 15, 2016 an interview with KEYE TV:
"Our university campuses by federal law do not check the immigration status of their students just as our public schools don’t."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 28, 2016
Kurt Schaefer
Kurt Schaefer
stated on November 13, 2016 an ad in the Columbia Daily Tribune:
The 2016 and 2017 Missouri budget includes more funding for the University of Missouri than any time in the last 15 years.
Mostly False
By Ellen Cagle • December 19, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on November 2, 2016 a debate:
Kelly Ayotte "voted for a budget that had $90 billion of cuts to Pell Grants."
Mostly False
By Lola Duffort • November 5, 2016
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on October 17, 2016:
"Jack Berry voted for a plan to cut $23.8 million from our schools."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 31, 2016
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 8, 2016 an ad:
Maggie Hassan "raised tuition, making it the highest in America."
Mostly False
By Lola Duffort • October 6, 2016
Yes on 55
Yes on 55
stated on August 23, 2016 a television advertisement:
California’s Prop 55 "prevents $4 billion in new cuts to our schools."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • September 13, 2016
Ted Gatsas
Ted Gatsas
stated on September 1, 2016 an ad:
Chris "Sununu supported Obama’s Common Core agenda, taking away local control of our schools."
Mostly False
By Allie Morris • September 12, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 29, 2016 posts on social media:
"Under Pat McCrory, (North Carolina) has fallen to 41st in teacher pay."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • September 2, 2016
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on August 17, 2016 a speech at the Illinois State Fair:
Democrats "are cutting our school funding. Four times in the last 10 years before we came into office."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • September 1, 2016
No on 56 campaign
No on 56 campaign
stated on August 16, 2016 radio and online advertisements:
"Prop 56 cheats schools out of at least $600 million."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 26, 2016
Tina Rosenberg
Tina Rosenberg
stated on June 14, 2016 an article:
In Liberia, "a girl is more likely to be married by 18 than to know how to read."
Mostly False
By Kate Wilkinson • August 1, 2016
Ritch Workman
Ritch Workman
stated on June 20, 2016 an online ad:
Says he "voted to remove Common Core from our schools."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • July 11, 2016
Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson
stated on June 27, 2016 a TV broadcast:
President Barack Obama attended  "an Islamic madrassa."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in Raleigh, NC:
"Thanks to (North Carolina’s) governor and the legislature, the average teacher salary can barely support a family."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • June 28, 2016
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