View Next PagePrevious Page

ECS
2009 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 2009 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.

To view these BY ISSUE, click here.

+ Alabama
+ Alaska
+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Connecticut
+ Delaware
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Hawaii
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
- Indiana
Governor Mitch Daniels's State of the State Address

Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
-- Aim for protecting education funding at this year's levels, considering the economic environment.
-- Spend the education dollar more efficiently.

Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures, Kindergarten
-- Postpone plan for complete state funding of Full-Day Kindergarten--revive plan when favorable economic conditions return.

Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures, Finance (Postsecondary), Financial Aid, Postsecondary, Tuition/Fees
-- Postpone plane for guaranteed college tuition--revive plan when favorable economic conditions return.

Finance, Finance--Resource Efficiency
-- Rectify the fact that 39 cents of every education dollar is spent outside the classroom.
-- Move tax dollars out of the back office and into the classroom.
-- Invite every legislator to help shape an effective new approach that sends many more education dollars into the classrooms.

Class Size, Finance, School Size, Student Achievement, Teaching Quality, Teaching Quality--Compensation
-- Aim for smaller schools, smaller classrooms, more and better paid teachers, better academic opportunities for students, through lower overhead.

Safety/Student Discipline, Teaching Quality, Teaching Quality--Working Conditions
-- Urge the Assembly to approve the bill previously introduced to reestablish complete, unquestioned discipline in the schools.
 
http://www.in.gov/portal/news_events/34390.htm
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maine
+ Maryland
+ Massachusetts
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Mississippi
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ Nevada
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New Mexico
+ New York
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ Rhode Island
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Virginia
+ Washington
+ West Virginia
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming