Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke announced a plan to forgive 100% of student loan debt for all public school teachers, as part of a far-reaching plan for massive investment in public education.
O'Rourke also called for a massive influx of cash into the public school system, including a $500 billion education fund.
Sen. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, greets the crowd of people gathered to walk in the Independence Fourth of July parade with him on July 4, 2019, in Independence, Iowa.to forgive 100% of student loan debt for all public school teachers, as part of a far-reaching plan for massive investment in public education.
"Those educators struggling under these conditions, providing that kind of wraparound care for every child entrusted within their care, I want to make sure they can focus on that job, that child in front of them and not have to work a second or third job, as so many do," he said at a candidate forum organized by the National Education Association.
At the forum Friday, O'Rourke also called for a massive influx of cash into the public school system, including a $500 billion education fund aimed at decreasing disparities between majority-minority and majority-white school districts, among other areas.
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