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 Jim Gibbon's State of the State Address
At-Risk, Business Involvement, Kindergarten
-- Protect the all-day kindergarten programs in place in at-risk schools.
Business Involvement, Economic/Workforce Development, Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures, Finance--Taxes/Revenues
-- Ask the legislature to endorse ways to build critical infrastructure without raising taxes.
-- Implement incentives to bring renewable energy development to the state, which will create jobs.
Finance, Finance (Postsecondary), Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures, Financial Aid, Postsecondary
-- Maintain funding for K-12 education.
-- Reduce state funding for Nevada State Higher Education (state is still spending 13.7% of total general fund budget on higher education, as compared to the national average of 11.2%).
-- Maintain the Millennium Scholarship program.
Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures, Finance--Taxes/Revenues
-- Determine how best to live within our means, as state revenues are down thirty percent.
-- Establish a new state spending system--place a stronger cap on our budget increases in good times, so that additional reserves are available for the tough times without raising taxes.
-- Post the entire state budget online (www.NevadaSpending.com). For the first time in state history, citizens may view the budget themselves.
Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures, State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies, Teaching Quality--Compensation
-- Propose a temporary six percent pay reduction for state employees instead of layoffs. I pledge to our state employees and teachers that salary levels will be restored as soon as possible. I am also taking the same six percent reduction in my own salary and am asking the other Constitutional Officers and other branches of government to do the same.
-- Freeze step increases and longevity pay, to be reinstated as soon as possible.
-- Reduce state government expenses through agency consolidations and by elimination of duplicate service providers.
-- Create the Sunset Commission – to systematically review agencies, boards, and commissions to ensure that their ongoing operations and budgets are justified.
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