The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2007 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 Chet Culver's Budget Address
Early Learning
Invest an additional $20 million dollars to expand early learning opportunities.
Finance
Invest an additional $165 million toward K-12 education.
Teacher Quality -- Compensation
Invest $70 million to increase teacher pay.
Faculty
Fund a salary bill to recruit and retain talented faculty and staff.
Finance (Postsecondary)
Provide an additional $25 million to regents institutions and $12.5 million to the community college system.
Tuition
Invest $5 million to create the All-Iowa Opportunity Scholarship what would allow students to cover up to $2,500 in tuition at an Iowa community college or up to $5,000 at any regents institution.
Financial Aid
Increase the amount of the Iowa Tuition Grant.
High School -- Transitions to Postsecondary
Create a statewide Senior Year Plus program that would allow every high school senior the chance to earn up to a year of college credit before they graduate from high school. | |
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