The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2005 state of the state addresses. To assure that this information reaches you in a timely manner, minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) or format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the state.
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| Governor Ernie Fletcher's State of the Commonwealth Address
"My vision for Kentucky is a Commonwealth where there is so much economic opportunity, and our quality of life is so high, that people who are born here can stay here, and people who aren't fortunate enough to be born in Kentucky, can look forward to locating here."
Reading/Literacy
Budget includes funding for Read to Achieve.
Teacher Compensation
-- Budget provides 26 million dollars in addition to the two percent raise for all state workers. This money will fund a flexible compensation plan aimed at retaining and recruiting quality teachers.
-- Budget provides for a 20 percent increase for state and teacher health insurance, keeping the current benefits intact for an additional 6 months under a self insured structure.
Finance
-- Proposing a three year pilot program where we will invest a portion of the economic development severance money in the 24 lowest performing school districts in coal counties – recognizing that education is an essential element for economic development.
-- Budget includes Rep. Damron's "Back to School Sales Tax Holiday" (time during which families can shop for school supplies, etc. without paying tax on goods).
-- Fund technology
Tax modernization plan would provide additional funds. How the governor would like the extra money to be spent:
- 35 million dollars to primary and secondary education.
- 10 million dollars additional to flexible teacher pay program for a total of almost 36 million dollars.
- An additional 10 million dollars for a total of 22 million dollars to post-secondary education to help restore the funding cuts they've suffered over the last few years.
- 26 million to the reserve fund along with additional funding of debt service, which allows us to maintain our bond rating while building pharmacy and research buildings at UK and U of L as well as 500 million dollars worth of other projects that will build careers and create opportunity all across the Commonwealth. Need an adequate place for NKU to host their special events. It will better serve those students and be an important tool for economic development.
Early Intervention, Readiness
Use early childhood health and readiness assessments
School Improvement
Fund targeted intervention.
Accountability
Fund longitudinal student tracking.
Fund end of course assessments for students
Teacher Professional Development
Fund professional development for educators.
Economic Development
Tax plan includes incentives to help promote education and economic growth.
Financial Aid
Proposing a tuition tax credit of up to 500 dollars for each student going to Kentucky colleges and universities. This will help working families cope with the rising cost of tuition.
http://governor.ky.gov/Speeches/2005StateoftheCommonwealth.htm
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