Senator Travis Holdman's 2013 Legislative Survey

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1. Indiana is projected to have a budget surplus next year. Do you favor A) returning the surplus to taxpayers, or B) using it to increase funding for state services?

2. If a student changes schools during the year, would you support or oppose redirecting the state education funding to the student’s new school?

3. Do you support or oppose giving the highest-achieving schools extra state funding in order to incentivize school improvement?

4. Do you support or oppose rewarding the highest performing schools by exempting them from certain regulations to help promote innovation in the classroom?

5. Do you support or oppose increasing state spending to create a state financial-aid program to help low-income families pay for preschool?

6. Do you think the state should increase spending to provide more vocational and technical education in public schools?

7. Do you support or oppose the state establishing rules for the appropriate use of physical restraint on students in schools?

8. Do you support or oppose requiring law enforcement to collect a DNA sample from criminal suspects in addition to their fingerprints?

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9. Under Obamacare, Indiana can expand Medicaid to cover more Hoosiers, but it would cost taxpayers over $1.4 billion by 2020. Do you support or oppose expanding Medicaid?

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10. Do you support or oppose allowing professionals like police and teachers to report child abuse directly to local caseworkers rather than to a statewide hotline?

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11. Do you support or oppose increasing state spending to hire more staff for the state’s child-abuse reporting hotline, in order to reduce wait times?

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12. Do you support or oppose giving more state funding to public colleges that meet performance goals like improving on-time graduation rates?

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