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 Frank Murkowski's State of the State Address
Finance
Asking the Legislature to approve an additional 126 million dollars over the next two years to fund momentum related to education. A two year education budget will give teachers, administrators, school board members, and parents the budget certainty they need—as well as hold our education system accountable for quality performance. These dollars will let teachers focus attention on increasing student achievement and on delivering the promise of a solid education for every child. If approved, the 126 million proposal will have together increased per student funding by 29% since this administration assumed office.
Including 37.5 million dollars in the budget to cover the higher costs of retirement system for local governments over the next two years. This buys them time to find local solutions that meet their local financial responsibilities.
Health
"Bring the Kids Home" initiative will return over 300 children that had to go out of state for residential psychiatric treatment. There are three major goals of the initiative: 1. to build and sustain community-based and residential services in Alaska for these kids; 2. to develop a system that provides the least restrictive setting possible for these kids consistent with quality care; and 3. significantly reduce the number of kids who must go out of state for care.
Work to improve the Child In Need of Aid process. This problem requires more interaction with children, which means smaller case loads per social worker: Proposing to add 30 social workers to the Office of Children's Services.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/speeches.php?id=1497
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