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 Dave Heineman's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Economic/Workforce Development
-- Create a Nebraska Internship Program to increase the number of college and university students interning with Nebraska businesses.
P-20/Virtual High Schools
--Support the Department of Education, the University of Nebraska and Nebraska's P-16 Initiative in their joint efforts to develop a virtual high school to allow:
---->High school students to take courses ranging from basic Spanish to AP courses.
---->Rural Nebraska communities to to hire foreign language, math and science teachers.
---->To complete course work on their timetable in the evenings or on weekends.
---->To expand learning beyond the traditional school day and school year.
Accountability
-- Focus on education accountability.
Truancy Reduction
-- Support Senator Ashford's efforts to reduce truancy.
Postsecondary
-- Invest a one-time $25 million in the University of Nebraska's Innovation Campus.
-- Maintain higher education funding for the University of Nebraska, state colleges and community colleges.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
-- Have made fundamental investments in education and the economic vitality of the state and as a result Nebraska has made significant progress.
-- Prioritized education in the two-year budget despite a nearly $1 billion projected shortfall. State funded state aid to education in FY12 remains at $810 million and increases by $50 million to $860 million in FY13.
-- Thanks to the leadership of the Legislature, Nebraska is moving to statewide reading and math assessments.
http://www.governor.nebraska.gov/news/2011/pdf/2011%20State%20of%20the%20State%20-%20FINAL%20READING.pdf |  |
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