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 Jennifer Granholm's State of the State Address
Economic Development
Will ask Michigan voters to support the 21st Century Jobs Initiative by amending the state Constitution to allow the state to invest $2 billion in bond money to create 21st century jobs – without raising taxes. Asking the Michigan Legislature to put this 21st Century Jobs Initiative before the voters this fall.
Jobs Today, Jobs Tomorrow plan outlines a three-pronged strategy to create jobs immediately and diversify and grow Michigan's future economy. It will:
-- Create 72,000 high-wage jobs by investing $2 billion to establish Michigan as a global center of research in new technology and emerging industries.
-- Create 36,000 jobs over three years and make Michigan a better place to live and do business by accelerating $800 million in critical state infrastructure projects, by giving local communities new tools to carry out their own public investment projects, and by sparking private development projects.
-- Give children in school and adults in the workforce greater access to higher education and to the skills they need to fill both the jobs of the future and job vacancies that exist in Michigan today.
Deploy the MI Opportunity Partnership to conduct immediate, rapid-response training to quickly and comprehensively train and place out-of-work citizens to fill the openings that employers have today, particularly in health care. Combine state and federal resources and tap the tremendous potential of our community colleges. Match up to 30,000 Michigan residents with jobs that are going waiting today. And keep working to close this skills gap over the next five years.
Higher Education--Completion
Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth has been working on recommendations of how to reach Governor's goal of doubling the number of college grads in Michigan. The Commission made 19 recommendations, once of which is: We must expect all high school students in Michigan to earn a college degree or its equivalent by continuing their education for at least two years beyond high school.
Financial Aid
A new MERIT scholarship will ensure that every child will have the opportunity to attend at least two years of study beyond high school. Beginning with the class of 2007 – today's high school sophomores – Michigan will ensure $4,000 for every student who completes two years of college – whether they earn an associate degree from a community college, achieve junior status at a four-year institution, or complete a technical program off-campus.
In future years, raise the bar higher for students and provide greater financial support to those who clear it. But, one thing is clear today. The days when we define merit as success in high school are over. Michigan will now define merit the way the economy does – by rewarding those who earn college degrees.
High School
Provide financial assistance to school districts that adopt a high-expectations curriculum for all students. At the same time, let all students know they've got what it takes for college by replacing our high school assessment exam with one that doubles as a college admissions test. And, we will create new high school opportunities, particularly small high schools, to help the tens of thousands of students who now leave high school without a diploma stay on a path that leads to success in college and beyond.
Early Learning
Bring new resources to bear on early childhood education and care in Michigan through the creation of the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC). This unique public/private entity will consolidate state early childhood efforts and tap the resources of the private sector to make sure the hours our children spend in child care are hours spent learning and growing. We have already begun this work by overhauling the child care regulations so that day care centers become places of active learning, not just babysitting. If the MEDC is our job growth agency, the ECIC will be our brain growth agency.
Safety
Will initiate proposals to shield children from the coarse daily assault on their senses from popular media -- by passing bill to restrict the sale of mature, ultra-violent video games to children.
http://www.michigan.gov/som/0,1607,7-192--110164--,00.html |  |
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