The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2008 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 Kathleen Sebelius' State of the State Address
Early Learning
-- Extend the state's network of quality early learning opportunities for children during their most formative years.
-- Make sure that more Kansas children have a successful start by funding pre-natal care and newborn screening, Parents as Teachers, Early Head Start and quality child care.
-- Provide a new Early Childhood Block Grant, driven by research-based programming and accountability measures, focused on at-risk children and under-served areas.
-- Fund all-day kindergarten.
Economic Development
-- Open centers at Colby Community College and Neosho Community College, concentrating on attracting investment, job growth, and business development to our rural areas.
Finance
-- Extend the current three-year, billion-dollar school finance plan adopted in 2006.
Financial Aid
-- Invest significant new state resources proposed for post-secondary education, to lower the costs for parents, students and Kansas families. Provide an additional $3 million in scholarship money to ensure that 2,000 more students can afford the opportunity to compete in our new innovation economy.
High School
-- Fund the Kansas Academy of Math and Science -- to open in 2009 at Fort Hays State University -- to ensure that talented young Kansans have the opportunity to be the next generation of world-class innovators.
Teacher Recruitment
-- Provide 1 million for teaching scholarships in math, science and technology.
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