<span>Deal has dedicated more than 50 percent of state funds to education every year he’s been in office, devoting a higher percentage of the budget to k-12 funding than any governor in the past 50 years.Deal worked closely with the General Assembly to save the HOPE Scholarship from bankruptcy to ensure its availability for future generations of college students.Deal expanded the HOPE Grant, a scholarship that pays 100 percent of tuition for students to attend technical colleges to learn skills that are in high demand for Georgia’s workforce.Deal established the REACH Georgia Scholarship, a public-private partnership that provides scholarships to promising middle school students from low-income families.Deal created the Education Reform Commission to provide recommendations intended to improve our educational system, increase access to early learning programs, recruit and retain high-quality instructors and expand school options for Georgia’s families.Deal also created the Teacher Advisory Committee, comprised of 90 educators throughout the state, to review recommendations from the 2015 Education Reform Commission in order to provide feedback for implementation. hope this helps!</span>
