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Michael Bennet Education Plan Promises Free Preschool

DENVER (AP) - Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet is vowing to implement free preschool and community college if he becomes president. Colorado's senior senator is in a crowded field competing for the Democratic presidential nomination. He was superintendent of Denver Public Schools before entering the Senate.

Democratic Presidential Candidates Attend Iowa Democratic Party Hall Of Fame Celebration
Democratic presidential candidate and Colorado Senator Michael Bennet speaks at the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame Dinner on June 9, 2019 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Nearly all of the 23 Democratic candidates running for president were campaigning in Iowa this weekend. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

On Thursday he released a sweeping education plan from preschool to college.

Besides free, universal preschool and free community college, Bennet says he wants to eventually have debt-free public colleges. In K-12 schools, Bennet wants to increase federal spending to reduce local education disparities that lead to wealthy areas getting more school dollars than poorer ones.

Bennet says he'd fund the plan by repealing President Donald Trump's tax cuts.

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