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 John Baldacci's State of the State Address
Higher Education, Economic Development
-- Invest in our growing industries (capital investments) (including universities and colleges) through a strategic and targeted bond package.
-- The budget and bond proposal will support the creation of a new graduate school of biomedical sciences at its Bangor campus. This will join a new College of Allied Health Professionals, also at the Bangor campus, a joint venture of the University of Maine and Eastern Maine Community College.
-- Eastern Maine Health Care, the Jackson Laboratory, and the University of Maine are joining together to create a new Maine Institute for Human Genetics and Health.
-- Budget proposes new efforts to support the creative economy at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, at our film office, in arts education, and at our new Office of Innovation.
-- We must continue to embrace arts, culture and technology as an economic engine. We must embrace innovation and entrepreneurship in our schools and workplaces. We must celebrate that our young people are thriving in our revitalized downtowns. We must celebrate that our extraordinary natural resources attract new residents, tourists, and the jobs that come with them. As I promised in last year's budget address, together we will support our tourist economy. With the support of my budget, the University of Maine and the Community College System will educate tourism workers and entrepreneurs, and launch a new center for tourism research in Maine.
Technology
Connect Maine, a broad and aggressive telecommunications strategy, will give nearly every Mainer the opportunity to plug into the global economy from their community. It will ensure that 90% of Maine communities have broadband access by 2010; 100% of Maine communities have quality wireless service by 2008; and Maine's education system has the technology infrastructure that leads the nation.
Financial Aid, Access
-- Establish the Early College for Me program. We will match the grant of the Osher Foundation and help non-traditional students get into and succeed in community college.
-- Announcing a new student assistance program offered by the Finance Authority of Maine. The board of directors voted to authorize $2 million in new scholarships for the school year beginning next September. This new scholarship money will assist 2,500 of Maine's most needy students to access higher education.
Career/Technical Education
Support the Sunrise Business and Career Center, a vocational education center that will provide secondary education and career re-training for adults adversely affected by the changing economy. It will also have a small business incubator to stimulate new job growth in its part of the state.
http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=Gov+News&id=5168&v=Article
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