Jindal releases education plan while ramping up for 2016

Published February 9, 2015 1:30pm ET



Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who is expected to run for president in 2016, released a K through 12 education plan through his national policy nonprofit on Monday morning. The plan would expand school choice policies to children nationwide and push back against Common Core, among other significant educational reforms.

“All parents deserve to choose the education that fits their children best. Any change to education policy should be measured, first, by whether it will empower them to choose or take that choice away,” Jindal writes. He goes on to say that public funding of education should follow a child to their school of choice, including certain private and charter schools. A somewhat similar portable federal funding proposal is included in a recent bill introduced by Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the chairman of the House education committee.

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