ECS
2006 State of the State Addresses
Education-Related Proposals

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The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2006 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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State of the State Address
Teacher Compensation
$27 million dollar increase for teacher salaries, moving the base salary from $27,500 to $30,000 a year.

Physical Education
Reform physical education curriculum.

Math and Science
Increase math and science curriculum requirement from two to four years.

Finance
4.89% budget increase (first-ever appropriation over a billion dollars) for education.

Finance (Postsecondary)
4.8% budgetary increase for postsecondary education

Facilities
$4.5 million dollars for school construction.

Community Colleges
$5 million dollars to create a new statewide community college network, using other state facilities for expansion.
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