Clinton has proposed a plan to make college more affordable.
- Includes lowering the cost of college through a $3,500 tuition tax credit, enough to cover more than 50% of the cost of tuition at the average public institution for many families.
-Clinton plans to increase Pell Grants
-Hopes to improve college graduation rates and provide additional aid for people who do public service.
-Wants to simplify the student aid process.Clinton says she plans to implement universal pre-kindergarten for all children.Paying for the plan: New college tax credit and other initiatives will cost approximately $8 billion per year. Costs will be financed without increasing the deficit by eliminating the guaranteed student loan program and allocating a portion of the savings from freezing the estate tax at $7 million per couple rather than allowing it to be completely repealed. Say that freezing the estate tax at $7 million per couple will have no effect on 99.7% of estates. It will mean instead that the 10,000 wealthiest estates in the U.S. do not receive a further tax cut. http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=3671Merit pay: Clinton opposes merit pay for individual teachers but supports school-wide incentive pay, meaning every teacher in a building would get a bonus if the school improved on state assessments. No Child Left Behind: Clinton voted for the “No Child Left Behind Act” in 2001, but she has vowed to fix it. She has called it an “unfunded mandate.” Clinton says she doesn’t believe children should be “walking tests.” Clinton is opposed to vouchers saying they take money away from public schools: “I do not support vouchers. And the reason I don’t is because I don’t think we can afford to siphon dollars away from our underfunded public schools.” (9/2000)Clinton picked up the American Federation of Teachers endorsement on October 3, 2007. Children: Sent Chelsea to public schools in Arkansas, but not in Washington, DC.
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