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| Governor Terry E. Branstad's 2013 Condition of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Finance
-- Permanently change the school finance formula so that "allowable growth" will be replaced by 100% state aid, meaning no longer will the school aid formula trigger automatic increases in local property taxes
-- Cut the current 4% cap on valuation growth for residential property and agricultural land in half to two percent and apply it to all classes of property.
Quality Teachers and Leaders
-- Update the teaching system by elevating the teaching profession with a new teacher leadership and compensation structure that provides five career pathways in order to offer new professional opportunities
-- Implement the Teach Iowa Initiative to recruit top students to become teachers. Increase beginning teacher pay by 25%, from $28,000 to $35,000 per year, and attract top students with a priority placed on hard-to-hire subjects, like math and science, with awards also going to future teachers in other majors as well. This initiative includes a pilot to expand the traditional one-semester of student-teaching to a year-long apprenticeship in partner schools. Stronger clinical experiences stand to better prepare future teachers.
College and Career Readiness
-- Establish a college or career ready seal that high school students may earn in addition to their diploma. Beginning next school year, students will have the option, at the state's expense, of taking a college-entrance or workforce readiness test.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
-- Launched the Governor's science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, initiative. This initiative is already enhancing learning opportunities for Iowa children by putting outstanding STEM programs in more than 800 sites statewide.
--Launched Skilled Iowa to bring new workforce skills to the unemployed, under-employed, and those simply seeking better long-term careers. This initiative initiative builds on the STEM program to ensure workers get the skills they need to fill the high-paying jobs of today and tomorrow. Already, 2,400 Iowa businesses have signed up for Skilled Iowa and 18,000 Iowans have used Skilled Iowa resources to certify their skills with a National Career Readiness Certificate.
Link to full text: https://governor.iowa.gov/2013/01/%E2%80%9Cour-opportunity-our-iowa-%E2%80%9D-gov-terry-e-branstad-delivers-2013-condition-of-the-state-address/
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