"Mental health is significantly--has to be significantly greater in how we educate our students moving forward."
"Parents are the most influential and most important teachers that our children have."
"I believe we need to fund public schools so that every student that attends a public school can have a high quality education."
"There has to be an equal part, support and accountability."
"We do want to see that continue and continue to expand to close those gaps that were established."
"I will have my team, who has more specific information, reach back out to you about the timeline for that."
"I firmly agree that--and the research shows that when students are bilingual there are more opportunities."
"I opened with I am a beneficiary of public schools and everything that this budget asks for, and I expect that for all students across the country."
"I trust that... our schools should not be the place for cultural wars."
"We recognize the numbers are climbing across the country. We also know that we have tools now that we didn't have before. We know what works to keep our schools safely reopened."
"Our students learn best and our schools thrive when students are in person."
"We recognize this as a challenge. I think everybody across the country want to see our children in schools full time and I think that's our goal."