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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.

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Governor Bobby Jindal's State of the State Address

Career/Technical Education, Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures, High School, High School--Career Pathways
-- Expand proven programs like Jobs for Amercia's Graduates to provide work-ready certificates, training and internships to link our students to the education of their career futures.

Economic/Workforce Development
-- Continue to work toward reversing past years of migration out of our state.

Faculty, Finance, State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies, Teaching Quality, Teaching Quality--Compensation
-- Streamline civil service; make sure to reward employees based on performance, not just length of service.
-- Set up a commission of streamlining government.

Finance, Finance--Funding Formulas, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures, Finance (Postsecondary), Postsecondary
-- Change higher education formula.

Finance, Finance--Funding Formulas, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
-- Reform the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formula (which determines the cost of a minimum foundation program of education in public elementary and secondary schools and helps to allocate the funds equitably to parish and city school systems).

Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
-- Reform the budget process to prevent budget cuts falling disproportionately on higher education and healthcare, which are two areas we must invest in to continue to move the state forward.

High School, High School--Career Pathways, High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates
-- Reduce the high school dropout rate. Encourage every student to complete their high school education and continue their studies.

http://www.gov.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=1183
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