+ Education
"Governor Schwarzenegger's cuts to public education are
wrong. California's economy cannot grow without an
educated workforce and equal opportunities."
- Kelly Hayes-Raitt
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Kelly's Leadership for Education
Kelly Sues President Bush Over "No Child Left Behind"!
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Kelly has long recognized that public education is one of the best things government does. Her mother, an elementary school teacher, taught her the importance of quality education from early childhood on. She tells audiences, "California's economy cannot grow without an educated workforce and equal opportunities."
Kelly will continue the fight for opportunities for all Californians:
- Working with local college students created Put the Community Back in Our College Campaign to restore vocational programs at community college
- Championed regulation to phase out dirty diesel school buses with the Dump Diesel Campaign
- Served as spokesperson and fought Ron Unz to defeat Proposition 227 to support children's choice for bilingual education
- Recruited members for the California Faculty Association
- Publicized a reading of banned books for the American Library Association "Freedom to Read" Event
- Created the Smoke `Em Out Campaign to expose tobacco companies' donations to legislators
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© 2006, Kelly Hayes-Raitt for Assembly. All Rights Reserved.
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