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 M. Jodi Rell's State of the State Address
Child Care/Early Learning
-- Provide the Department of Public Health with five additional staff to increase both the number and frequency of inspections of child care facilities
Economic/Workforce Development
-- Provide $800,000 in additional funding for nursing scholarships and teaching at UConn, our state universities, and community-technical colleges.
-- Provide $300,000 for an engineering loan reimbursement program to engineers who work in our State.
-- Establish an exciting "Green Collar" Jobs program at our vo-tech schools to train students in energy efficient building, construction and retrofit work.
Finance
-- Advocate for enactment of a property tax cap.
-- Fund youth violence prevention programs and substance abuse counselors.
Health
-- Fully implement the initiative to enroll children in HUSKY B at birth – and work with schools to identify low-income families for program eligibility.
Safety
-- Roll back curfew times, increase on-the-road training requirements and put stiff penalties in place for driving under the influence and violating laws regarding carrying passengers, talking on cell phones, text messaging, speeding and racing. We've lost too many of our young people to tragic accidents.
Tuition/Fees
-- Waive college tuition at all state colleges for spouses and children of service members killed in action.
http://www.ct.gov/governorrell/cwp/view.asp?Q=405310&A=3293 | |
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