ECS
2012 State of the State Addresses
Education-Related Proposals

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The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2012 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 Mary Fallin's State of the State Address

PROPOSALS

Teaching Quality - Benefits
-- Commit to fund teachers' health benefits.

Postsecondary - College Completion
-- Set a goal to increase the number of college graduates from 30,500 degrees and certificates awarded annually to 50,900.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Accountability - Reporting
-- Introduced A-through-F grading for public schools

Social Promotion
-- End of social promotion

Postsecondary - College Completion
Launched Oklahoma's Complete College America Initiative through partnership with Higher Education officials.

http://www.ok.gov/governor/documents/Governor%20Mary%20Faliin%20State%20of%20the%20State%20Address%202012%20UPDATED.pdf
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