Bipartisan school-finance bills put students over systems

I’m proud of these bipartisan policies that will help hold our government more accountable. I spent 26 years in the U.S. Army where accountability for performance and potential was not only expected but often the difference between life and death. Now that I am two years in as a state legislator, I have seen the dire need for our state government to be held accountable for how taxpayer dollars are spent. By funding individual students instead of systems, and by leveraging data-driven insights, my fellow policymakers and I can work to ensure resources are allocated efficiently, and that there are real feedback loops between businesses and our education system to strengthen our workforce and promote student success.