The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2013 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 Pat Quinn's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
School Safety
-- Pass legislation that will require every school in the state to practice active safety drills that will prepare them for even the worst.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Accountability
-- Improved school report cards.
Economic/Workforce Development
-- Trained thousands of workers for jobs in high-demand industries like healthcare, manufacturing and construction.
Postsecondary Access - Immigrant Students
-- Created the Illinois Dream Commission for awarding scholarships to high school graduates from immigrant families.
Military
-- Signed an Executive Order that directs our licensing agencies to assess military training for state license requirements. Last month, the Board of Nursing approving a suggested "bridge" curriculum for military medics to obtain LPN licenses.
P-3
-- Invested $45 million to build early childhood education centers in high-need communities across Illinois, including in Carpentersville, Dolton, and Cahokia.
School Safety
-- Convened a School Safety Summit with education, public safety, mental health and law enforcement leaders to identify better ways to protect our schools.
Teacher Evaluations/Tenure
-- Set clear benchmarks for teacher evaluation and put performance above tenure.
Full Text: http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/Documents/State%20of%20the%20State/State%20of%20the%20State%202013.pdf |  |
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