The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2011 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 C.L. "Butch" Otter's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Business Involvement
-- Advance the recommendations of the Education Alliance of Idaho (i.e., a coalition of key stakeholders of the Idaho education system formed as a result of a charge from Governor Otter to the Idaho Business Coalition for Educational Excellence to develop strategic recommendations for setting Idaho on a trajectory to become a global leader in education).
Finance
-- Call for a little more state support for public schools and significant, targeted investments.
-- Shift priorities from how much we are spending to how much children are learning.
High School, Mathematics, Science
-- Invest in a third year of math and science in high school.
High School, Postsecondary Entrance
-- Pay for all juniors to take college entrance exams.
Postsecondary, Financial Aid
-- Look forward to the time when we can resume building on the Opportunity Scholarship Fund to ensure money is never a barrier to qualified students going on after high school.
Teacher Pay-For-Performance
-- Establish a pay system for teachers that emphasizes performance, not tenure.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Business Involvement, Postsecondary
-- Acknowledge the expaning role of the business community, the Idaho National Laboratory and the Center for Advanced Energy Studies in their collaboration with colleges and universities on research and technology transfer issues.
Finance, Student Achievement
-- Acknowledge the fact that Idaho students continue to out-perform national averages on math and reading and generally score higher on achievement tests, despite the fact that the state spends far less per student than the national average.
Postsecondary, Community Colleges
-- Acknowledge that efforts to provide more affordable higher education options are paying off, as The College of Western Idaho is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the nation.
Technology
-- Congratulate the Idaho Education Network's (i.e., an entity formed to ensure high-speed broadband access for all students) expansion into every corner of the state where schools are using the Network to offer master's degree programs, POST Academy training, firefighter and paramedic training, and professional development courses for teachers.
-- Congratulate the high school students who have earned 1,300 college credits by using the Idaho Education Network.
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