AAPI COMMUNITY
Three critical areas
that need immediate attention are the education of our children, public safety,
and economic stability.
In education, the performance of Nevada public schools is
among the lowest in the nation. While
our deficiencies in reading and literacy are at low levels, our legislature
focuses on passing legislation trying to reduce discipline and prevent
expulsion of those who disrupt and act violently in the schools. They offer leadership and focus on how to
segregate bathrooms based on gender and gender identity, or introducing gender
alternatives to children, or implementing assignments on white privilege and
racial victimization.
Our education will improve by promoting a better partnership
with parents. Many AAPI schoolchildren
are already performing better than their peers because of the involvement of
parents and the cultural importance placed on education in those
communities. If we promote educational
freedom, where parents are encouraged to know what their children are being
taught and can have a more of a meaningful say in directing their child towards
a school situation that is best for the child's needs, parental involvement
will increase. I will support the
creation of a parent's bill of rights, to set into law what parents should be
able to know and choose in the education of their children.
As far as public safety, we've had legislation and focus
that is more concerned about the treatment of those who break the law (and the
racial composition of lawbreakers) than about keeping the community safe. We've seen proposals to defund the police,
and we've seen bail reform policies that facilitates those involved with
violent crime to be on the streets faster and easier. With policy directions like this, everyday
Nevadans feel less safe in their communities than they should. Legislation should have a stronger focus on
public safety.
Thirdly, Nevada families face substantial economic
uncertainty, and while a lot of the problem is national, the state's laws are
often not helpful. When gas prices rose more
than five dollars a gallon, the US Congress considered implementing a national
gas tax holiday. In Nevada, there's a
law that says that any reduction in federal gas tax will be met with an
automatic increase in state gas tax.
This would have meant that Nevadans suffering under high gas prices
would get no needed relief.