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 Donald L. Carcieri's State of the State Address
At-Risk, Student Achievement, Urban
-- Continue to support efforts to close the gap not only between our urban and suburban schools, but also with our partner states Vermont and New Hampshire.
Economic/Workforce Development
-- Continue to move aggressively to make Rhode Island home to the first offshore wind project in the nation. This will help us reach our goal of 20% of our state's energy being derived from renewable resources and will add 800 green collar jobs.
-- Received a renewed commitment from the US Navy to expand in Newport, adding 600 jobs and new investment in that community.
Economic/Workforce Development, Federal, Federal--Aid, Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures, Finance--Taxes/Revenues
-- Use the anticipated federal stimulus money to bridge the deficit, support tax relief and structural reforms, grow jobs and grow our economy.
-- Signed (2/10/09) an Executive Order creating the Office of Economic Recovery and Reinvestment to establish a transparent process to administer these federal funds.
-- Reform our tax structure to make more business friendly, which will create jobs.
-- Phase out the corporate income tax.
-- Eliminate (eventually) the estate tax.
Economic/Workforce Development, Mathematics, Postsecondary, Science, Technology
-- Cut the ribbon last week at a new state-of-the-art facility at Rhode Island College where students and teachers will focus on math, science, engineering and technology.
-- Cut the ribbon two weeks ago at URI's new Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences.
-- Open (this spring) the new Inner Space Center at the Graduate School of Oceanography – making us a leader in global ocean exploration.
Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
-- Project a $350 million dollar deficit for the remainder of this year. Will close the deficit and balance the budget by June, 30.
Finance, Finance--Taxes/Revenues, School Boards, School Districts
-- Consolidate and regionalize services in our cities and towns, including public education. Our property taxes are so high and continue to rise because while the state has reduced employment by 25 percent, the cities and towns have increased employment by 38 percent. Consolidation will reduce the burden on our economy and our taxpayers.
-- Asked the General Assembly to create a new, high-level Government reform Commission to study the feasibility of consolidation. This commission would have special powers and the authority to make detailed recommendations to the legislature for a mandatory vote during the next legislative session. If necessary, the issue would then be brought to the general public as a referendum during the next election.
Finance, Finance--Taxes/Revenues, School Boards, Unions/Collective Bargaining
-- Give mayors and town councils the ways and means to control local spending and balance their budgets without raising property taxes.
-- Need the unions to realize that our cities and towns cannot afford business as usual—they cannot afford the wages, the pensions, the health care, and the work rules that were bargained for. I encourage every public employee union to sit down with the mayors, town managers, the city and town councils, and the school committees to become a part of the solution.
State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies, Teaching Quality--Compensation
-- Reform public employee pension and benefit plans so that they are fair and equitable, affordable and sustainable. One of our highest personnel costs are for pensions for state and municipal employees and public school teachers.
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