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 Rick Perry's State of the State Address
Access, Finance (Postsecondary), Financial Aid, Postsecondary, Tuition/Fees
-- Make college accessible and affordable for more qualified, motivated students.
-- Increase funding for the Texas Grant Program, an initiative for traditionally underserved Texans.
-- Freeze a student's college tuition rates for four years at the level they pay as an entering freshman.
-- Extend in-state tuition rates to all veterans, regardless of their home of record.
Accountability, At-Risk, Student Achievement, High School, High School--Career Pathways, Minority/Diversity Issues, Public Involvement, Postsecondary
-- Hold schools accountable for student performance.
-- Make sure the accountability system continues to move students (especially low-income and minority students) along the path to graduating "college and career ready" while keeping parents and taxpayers informed on their district's performance.
Adult Learning/Continuing Education, Community Colleges, Economic/Workforce Development, Postsecondary
-- Increase significantly our investment in community colleges. Community colleges are anchors to their local communities and are ideally positioned to educate a growing population of workers that have either been displaced by the current economic turmoil, or have job skills that have been outpaced by rapidly-evolving technology.
-- Expand the Workforce Commission's Skills Development Fund and its training partnerships.
Bilingual/ESL, High School, Language Arts, Mathematics, Reading/Literacy, Science
-- Reach our goal of ensuring every student graduates from Texas high schools with a strong foundation in math, science and English.
Community Colleges, Postsecondary, Private Colleges/Universities
-- Improve education at every level.
-- Include community colleges and proprietary schools in any discussion of higher education.
Completion/Postsec. Graduation, Postsecondary
-- Reward four-year universities that increase the number of students they graduate.
Economic/Workforce Development, Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
-- Win jobs for Texans. A buyer's market for economic development is emerging and Texas is in better shape during this economic crisis than most other states.
-- Replenish the Emerging Technology Fund, the Film Incentives and the Enterprise Fund, to keep drawing ideas, investment and jobs to Texas.
-- Invest in adult stem cell research, which will create jobs.
Economic/Workforce Development, Finance, Finance--Taxes/Revenues
-- Improve the reformed business tax implemented a few years ago.
-- Raise the small business exemption to $1 million.
-- Hold the line on taxes and regulatory encroachments, as more people move into the state.
-- Upgrade the state's overburdened infrastructure.
Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
-- Reduce the number of diversions in our budget--only spend tax dollars on the express purpose for which they were collected.
Health
-- Address obesity in schoolchildren. I propose we test an incentive-based fitness program like those gaining popularity in the workplace.
Mathematics, Science
-- Improve math and science education.
Postsecondary
-- Call for additional transparency in institutions of higher education.
Safety/Student Discipline
-- Provide just under $32 million to address the gang threat head-on. These funds would be used to pay more officers, provide better coordination of multi-force efforts and fund prosecutions for gang-related offenses. Transnational gangs have been moving into our towns, schools and neighborhoods.
School Districts, Technology, Technology--Instruction, Textbooks
-- Help schools benefit from evolving educational technologies, by updating our laws and regulations. For example, allow school districts to purchase electronic versions of the text books that have been approved by the State Board of Education.
Teaching Quality, Teaching Quality--Compensation
-- Put an excellent teacher in every classroom.
-- Continue the teacher incentive pay program.
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