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 John Hoeven's State of the State Address
Curriculum
-- Enhance curriculum, using funds from the $130 million listed below.
Finance
-- Provide $130 million to fund the recommendations of the Commission on Education Improvement. Those recommendations include resources to build student performance, enhance curriculum, provide strong professional development and mentoring, and improve compensation for our teachers.
-- Reach the goal set 25 years ago for the state to fund 70 percent of the cost of public education--which is now within the state's grasp.
Financial Aid, Finance (Postsecondary), Tuition/Fees
-- Provide $170 million in both ongoing and one-time funding to help campuses maintain and improve the quality of education they provide--this sum includes funding for ACT-ND, Aid for College Tuition in North Dakota.
-- Do more with non-needs based assistance to attract and prepare young people for new jobs and careers.
-- Offer up to $2,000 a year for five years - $10,000 in total - to help students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math with their technical training or education (funding from STEM Grants, a merit-based program).
Student Achievement
-- Build student performance, using funds from the $130 million listed above.
Teaching Quality--Compensation
-- Improve teacher compensation, using funding from the $130 million listed above.
Teaching Quality--Induction and Mentoring
-- Provide strong professional development and mentoring, using funding from the $130 million listed above.
Teaching Quality--Professional Development
-- Provide strong professional development and mentoring, using funding from the $130 million listed above.
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