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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 Martin O'Malley's State of the State Address

Career/Technical Education, Economic/Workforce Development--High Tech (STEM), Mathematics, Science, Technology
-- Expand career and technical education.
-- Renew emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (or STEM).

Finance (Postsecondary), Postsecondary
-- Invest more in college affordability.

Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
-- Face a $2 billion shortfall in revenues for Fiscal Year 2010, but we are in a better position than other states.
-- Fund many initiatives at the same level at which they were funded last year.
-- Invest $5.4 billion in the public schools.

State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies, Teaching Quality
-- Give state workers the right to organize themselves, if they chose, by passing Fair Share enabling legislation.

Teaching Quality
-- Propose the first statewide Teacher Survey.

http://www.governor.maryland.gov/documents/2009StateOfState_asPrepared.pdf
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