ECS
2005 State of the State Addresses
Education-Related Proposals

Education Commission of the States • 700 Broadway, Suite 810 • Denver, CO 80203-3442 • 303.299.3600 • fax 303.296.8332 • www.ecs.org

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 Arnold Schwarzenegger's State of the State Address
Teacher Compensation, Teacher Tenure
Reward good teachers: Tie teacher pay to merit, not tenure. And tie teacher employment to performance, not to just showing up.

Finance
Show parents and taxpayers how their education dollars are spent,

Further charter schools

Increase vocational education.

Governor Schwarzenegger has called a special session to address these and other issues.

http://www.governor.ca.gov/state/govsite/gov_htmldisplay.jsp?sCatTitle=%20&sFilePath=/govsite/spotlight/010505b_update.htm


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