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 Bill Richardson's State of the State Address
HIGHER EDUCATION
Financial Aid
Preserve the Lottery Scholarship Fund. We also need to expand opportunities by adding a two-year wait-out period for students not ready for college right after high school, giving students a second chance if their grade point average slips below the minimum 2.5, and providing access to Native American students if they attend an accredited tribal college in New Mexico.
Establish a need-based scholarship through the College Affordability Act.
Hold all students on scholarship accountable by maintaining the 2.5 GPA standard.
Fully fund higher education with a 31.6 million dollar increase. And we will help universities recruit and retain faculty by increasing their salaries.
Hold universities accountable by creating a Secretary of Higher Education to coordinate efforts and enforce standards. We can save money, ensure cooperation, and target resources, while preserving the authority and autonomy of each institution and local regents board. And we will link state funding to graduation rates to make sure our universities and colleges prepare New Mexicans for high-wage jobs.
K-12
Finance
For K through 12 education, we need good teachers, better student performance, and more investment in early childhood education. We need to close the achievement gap, keep students healthy, and hold our schools accountable.
My plan achieves these goals with $97 million in new funding, and $41million from the education "lockbox" for several important initiatives.
Teaching Quality
· Fully fund the next phase of the three-tiered licensure system for teachers,
· Increase teacher salaries and hold them accountable for results in the classroom,
· Boost professional development for pre-Kindergarten teachers,
· Create the New Mexico Teacher Corps program to train teachers for work in failing schools.
Early Childhood Education
· Fully fund full-day Kindergarten,
· Invest in before- and after-school programs,
· Take the first step in my pre-Kindergarten initiative.
Health
· Create 34 new school-based health centers across the state
· Expand physical education courses
· Curb child obesity (phase out junk food in schools and encourage vendors to provide healthy meals and healthy choices)
· Bring breakfast programs to our elementary schools
. Create an immunization registry so that children's shot records will have one central location accessible to all providers.
Finance
· Take a fresh look at the way funding works,
· Ask school districts to look for efficiencies and savings,
· Discuss how we can make changes to use education funds more effectively
. Address the multi-billion dollar pension shortfall facing our educational retirees by forming a 30-day task force to review pension issues and make sensible proposals we can consider this legislative session
. Allow a one-day, back-to-school "sales tax holiday" to help working families cut costs, spur greater retail activity, and keep more dollars here in New Mexico.
Accountability
· Test 11th graders to better track student performance,
· Provide financial incentives for schools to improve.
http://www.governor.state.nm.us/press.php?id=71
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