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 Joe Manchin's State of the State Address
Rural
Protect and support every one of our state's small, rural, community- based schools. For many of our children they are more than just places to learn; they are places to get a hot meal and some much-needed positive attention
Health
Proposing a three part Healthy Start Initiative that will give children the skills they need to fight the growing epidemics of childhood obesity, Type II Diabetes and heart disease.
Career/Technical Education
Every child should have a marketable skill. There will never be another meeting under my watch without education and economic development working together. We need to do a much better job of educating our children about their career choices. As I've said many times, while every child needs some form of post-secondary education, not every child is meant to receive a 4-year college degree. In fact, the demand for skilled blue-collar workers is now steadily on the rise. Therefore, some students would excel with a 2-year community college degree or specialized technical school training, and we should give those options equal attention when talking with today's students.
Distance Learning
Improve the state's distance learning initiatives by improving access to specialized class choices and ensuring that children have access to the latest and greatest curriculum.
Teachers, Service Learning
Every child should be taught to be a caring adult and be given an opportunity to serve their communities.
Community Involvement
Continue what was a very successful effort in the Secretary of State's office - the SHARES program – Saving History And Reaching Every Student.
Drugs
Put an end to the creation and use of meth labs by limiting access to key ingredients used in the production of methamphetamines.
Developing a seamless education system
The State Constitution requires that we offer a "thorough and efficient system" of education for students from elementary through high school. The Constitution also requires us to pay for it. However, the State Constitution does not require us to offer or pay for a system of higher education for students to attend after high school. During our history, we have wisely chosen to create a system of higher education, consisting of technical centers, community colleges, public colleges and universities, and I believe these institutions are essential to our future. But because higher education is not a fundamental right under our state's Constitution, colleges and universities must continually demonstrate that the taxpayers' investment in higher education is worth it.
Remove the shackles from higher education and give them the flexibility to compete and succeed. We cannot stifle productivity and efficiency and then expect our colleges and universities to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Working with the Legislature, I want to give higher education the capacity to meet these challenges.
Economic Development
-- Coordinate statewide activities related to the development of our workforce – assisting individuals seeking employment and providing a trained/skilled workforce to existing and anticipated businesses in our state.
-- The state's two largest universities, Marshall and West Virginia University, are keys to this competitiveness. Alone, each can accomplish much. Together, they can accomplish much more. At my direction, West Virginia University and Marshall University will be working in a new spirit of collaboration to promote the state's economic interests by creating new jobs, conducting scientific research, and generating high-tech economic development. Need to help them and every other college and university in West Virginia by reducing over-regulation and increasing flexibility in higher education.
Finance
Proposed budget has been cut by over $75 million from the budget that was first compiled.
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