Tina Mollica

Mollica wants to increase safety in schools by creating a “centralized control system with key card swipes” and a panic button to assist in lockdowns. She wants to provide social workers, behavior specialists, and counselors to allow for early intervention in students’ behavior [1].

Mollica wants more state funding for public vouchers and opposes the ESA voucher expansion. She wants to eliminate the Aggregate Expenditure Limit [1] and focus on prioritizing teacher and staff salaries, including counselors and social workers [5].

Mollica wants to make teacher salaries competitive with other states. She wants to improve teacher retention [1].

Mollica wants to improve student outcomes and proficiency scores [5]. She is opposed to focusing on curriculum restrictions and book bans and supports Career and Technical Education and Dysart’s partnership with West-Mec [1].