Overview
- Horne urged renewal of Prop 123 to send state land‑trust dollars directly to educators, calling teacher retention an emergency.
- He asked for added funding to expand armed officers on campuses, citing district requests and an increase from 190 to 565 officers in three years.
- He said he will remove DEI language from standards and sought authority to withhold funds from entities he deems to be teaching DEI.
- He proposed a tougher third‑grade reading gate that would prevent promotion for students who do not pass a harder literacy test.
- He touted ESA participation topping 100,000 students but acknowledged the state lacks outcome data for voucher students as costs are projected to reach $600 million by 2027.