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 Michael R. Pence's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
P-3 - Full-day kindergarten
-- Increase funding for full day kindergarten.
Pensions
-- Fully fund teacher pensions each of the next two years.
Postsecondary/Workforce Development
-- Create a partnership with Indiana's life sciences industry and the universities, to spur research and produce high-paying jobs.
Finance/Accountability
-- Increase in funding for schools each of the next two years, with the second year based on school performance.
Teacher Pay-for-Performance
-- Invest $6 million in teacher excellence grants to increase pay for our high-performing teachers.
Reading/Literacy
-- Ensure that every third grader can read,
Dropout Prevention
-- Invest in highly successful dropout prevention programs like Jobs for America's Graduates.
P-3 - Preschool
-- Continue to expand educational opportunities, especially for those with the fewest resources, beginning with pre-K education. Expand incentives for Hoosiers to support innovative, community-driven pre-K effort for low-income children.
School Choice
-- Expand tuition tax deductions, removing the prior year requirement and lift means testing for foster, adopted, special needs and military families.
Postsecondary - Performance Funding
-- Increase funding to our state-sponsored colleges and universities and tie funding and financial aid to on-time completion.
Career/Technical
-- Make career, technical and vocational education a priority in every high school in Indiana.
-- Create Regional Works Councils to work with business and educators across the state to develop regional, demand-driven curricula to bring high-paying career options to more Hoosiers in high school.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Accountability
-- 207 schools received the highest school ranking for the first time. Forty-three schools moved up three letter grades. Twenty-eight schools moved from the lowest ranking to a mid-ranking.
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