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
At-risk students
Budget proposes new funds for at-risk students.

ESL
New funds for English language-learnings.

Math and Science
Set up a residential math and science high school for the state's best and brightest.

Teacher Quality
Support teachers with competitive pay, in-service training and the materials they need to teach in safe classrooms.

High School Graduation
Improve graduation rates within 6 years to achieve 90% high school graduation rate.

College Graduation
Improve college graduation rates within 6 years to achieve a 55% college graduation rate.
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