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 David A. Patterson's State of the State Address
Business Involvement, Facilities, Finance--Facilities, Finance--Resource Efficiency, Postsecondary, Health
-- By 2015, New York will meet 45 percent of its electricity needs through improved energy efficiency and clean renewable energy--initiative will be called the "45 by 15" program. The greening of our schools and hospitals is a critical priority--money will be saved in energy costs to balance our budgets, educate our children, and keep our families healthy.
-- Create a clearinghouse to serve as a single point of access for information on all energy efficiency programs for schools, hospitals, and local governments. As a public private partnership between State agencies and the private sector, the clearinghouse will coordinate the dissemination of energy information around the State.
-- Create a New York Energy Policy Institute to coordinate the necessary knowledge base and expertise of our higher education institutions.
Curriculum, Social & Emotional Development, Parent/Family
-- Call upon all parents to increase their efforts to teach their children respect for all people — no matter their race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or national origin.
-- Strengthen our school-based curriculum to reinforce the critical message of acceptance and tolerance.
Early Colleges/Middle Colleges, High School
-- Establish, through public-private partnerships, new early college high schools throughout New York.
Early Learning, Early Learning--Readiness
-- Continue ongoing commitment achieve universal pre-k to better prepare all children for the education they need and deserve.
Economic/Workforce Development, Postsecondary
-- Create 21st century jobs by building a 21st century infrastructure that will allow our private sector to make its own 21st century investments--including investing in higher education institutions.
-- Strengthen our colleges and universities so that New York will always have a skilled and educated workforce.
Finance, Finance (Postsecondary), Financial Aid, Postsecondary, Tuition/Fees
-- Expand the SAY YES program, which offers free college tuition to students who meet educational standards.
-- Establish the New York State Higher Education Loan Program, which will provide more than $350 million in loans to students in need.
Health, Health--Nutrition
-- Introduce a five-point plan to reduce childhood obesity--plan includes the Healthy Food/Healthy Communities Initiative which will ban junk food sales in schools, and place a surcharge on sugared beverages like soda.
http://www.ny.gov/governor/keydocs/speech_0107091.html
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