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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 3, 2015 the State of the State address
Education funding of $7,176 per student is a "historic level."
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By Joshua Gillin • March 3, 2015
Rebecca Blank
Rebecca Blank
stated on February 12, 2015 a public meeting
UW-Madison "spent down reserves" as it was told to do two years ago and, facing new state budget cuts, has "no more reserves to spend down."  
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February 20, 2015
Marjorie Sanfilippo
Marjorie Sanfilippo
stated on February 16, 2015 a Florida Senate criminal justice committee hearing
"200,000 students attempt suicide every year on college campuses."
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By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on February 12, 2015 an interview
Ninety-six percent of failing schools are spending above $8,400, the average annual per student expenditure, and 26 percent spend considerably more than that.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • February 17, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 a speech in Detroit
Hispanic students in Florida perform "the best" of any Hispanic population in the United States.
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By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2015
X posts
X posts
stated on February 2, 2015 Twitter posts
"Scott Walker to cut $300 million from universities, spend $500 million on a pro basketball stadium."
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February 6, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 1, 2015 interview on Fox News Sunday
Under Common Core standards, it takes "more than a minute" to teach a student "how to add nine plus six."
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By Lauren Carroll • February 3, 2015
Jim Moran
Jim Moran
stated on November 22, 2014 a Facebook post.
Graduation rates of players at major football colleges "are still twenty points below their male campus peers and worsened in the past three years."
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By Nancy Madsen • December 30, 2014
James Crowley
James Crowley
stated on December 6, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol."
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By Katie Mulvaney • December 21, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2014 an email blast
University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Joy Pullmann
Joy Pullmann
stated on November 11, 2014 an opinion piece
Scott Walker "couldn’t get his own party" to back more than a 500-student increase in Milwaukee’s school choice program, but in Indiana, "Mitch Daniels’ voucher program is approaching 30,000 students two years after opening."
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By Dave Umhoefer • November 21, 2014
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 14, 2014 a television ad
Says David Perdue wants to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, which would cost Georgia schools $1 billion a year and eliminate millions in student loans.
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By April Hunt • October 22, 2014
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on October 21, 2014 a CNN debate
Rick Scott says he supported in-state tuition for Dreamers while Charlie Crist was against it.
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By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2014
Kay Hagan
Kay Hagan
stated on October 7, 2014 a debate
Says Thom Tillis "has cut $500 million from public education."
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By Lauren Carroll, Max Fischer-Zernin • October 8, 2014
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 30, 2014 a TV ad
Under Rick Scott, there has been a "historic $20 billion in funds for education."
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By Amy Sherman • October 6, 2014
Jason Carter
Jason Carter
stated on August 27, 2014 press conference
Georgia can substantially increase its funding for education by going after $2.5 billion in uncollected taxes.
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By April Hunt, Nick Fouriezos • September 23, 2014
Mark Emmert
Mark Emmert
stated on August 10, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"More (student-athletes) graduate than the students who aren't student-athletes."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 10, 2014
Cormick Lynch
Cormick Lynch
stated on August 3, 2014 a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers
The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2014
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech to the NAACP in Las Vegas
The Obama administration's policies "have reduced minority dropout rate by 25 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech at Catholic University
"Having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college."
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By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014
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