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 Budget Address
Finance
Increase of $517 million for K-12 education.
Pensions
$100 million of the budget will help school districts meet a 42% increase in growing pensions.
Science
Invest $10 million to upgrade science curriculum in elementary schools throughout the commonwealth with the "Science: It's Elementary" program.
High School – Technology
$200 million so that by 2009 every public high school classroom will have an Internet-equipped laptop computer on every student desk and multimedia technology at the teacher's desk.
Teacher Professional Development
Invest in professional development for Pennsylvania teachers and school leaders to teach them how to use new technology in the classroom.
Tuition
Increase funding to the New Economy Technology Scholarship Program from $3,000 a year to at least $4,000 a year for students who choose STEM disciplines and agree to stay and work in Pennsylvania after graduation.
Counseling
Help high schools upgrade their college and career counseling programs.
High School
Double funding for the Project 720 high school reform initiative, which should permit at least 100 public high schools to retool their curricula so students are prepared to succeed in today's world.
Finance
$50 million to continue the Education Accountability Block Grant, which helped enroll 30,000 more children in full-day kindergarten; helped reduce class size in elementary grades; provides funds permitting 39,000 more student to receive tutoring; and helped pay for thousands of hours of additional teacher training.
Leadership
$2 million to reward principals and superintendents who meet ambitious targets for boosting student skills in math and reading.
Teacher certification
Offer incentives for teachers who work to meet the standards of teacher excellence, these funds will help 500 of our teachers earn the coveted National Board certification.
Community Colleges
The budget boosts operating funding for community colleges up by 4%, and adds $4 million to support $40 million for Community College capital expansion programs. |  |
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