ECS
2006 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 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
Finance (Postsecondary)
Restore 40% of the cuts to high education from the General Fund in two years by raising the per-student stipend to $2,580.

Financial Aid
Increase financial aid by 6%, with a total higher education appropriation of $658 million.

Tuition
Limit tuition increases to no more than 2.5%.

K-12 Finance
Increase the General Fund appropriations to $126 million for next year.

Financial Aid
"College in Colorado" will provide financial aid to low-income students who take responsibility for preparing for college while in high school.

Tuition
Students whose parents are reassigned out of state in the middle of their schooling will still receive in-state tuition.

Tenure
Work with the Commission on Higher Education to establish a basic threshold for tenure common to all state schools.
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