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 Rick Snyder's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Health
-- Add another 90-some thousand recipients dental coverage through the Healthy Kids Dental program
P-3 - Preschool
-- Make a major budget commitment to get as many kids as possible into the Great Start Early Childhood program (29,000 students currently eligible).
State Policymaking/Workforce Development
-- Hold a state-wide Education Summit in April with a focus on future employment needs are and future career opportunities, and have a great discussion about how to do a better job on supplying the talent.
Student Supports - Counseling
-- Extend Pathways to Potential program to 135 schools. Sending social worker's (calling them Success Coaches) out to work in 21 local public elementary schools in the cities with the highest crime and the biggest challenges to support students.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Accountability - School Improvement
-- Created the Educational Achievement Authority which took 15 schools that were among the most persistently failing and put them into a system of schools, not a school district, but a system of schools to put the most resources possible in the classroom. Extended the school day and school year, offered three meals a day, and used a student centered learning model where the students are driving their own educational growth. In EAA there is no such thing as failing a grade; there is only a question of how long it takes you to master a level. The Gates Foundation gave the program one of their Break Through Awards for innovation in education.
Autism
-- Passed legislation that put evidenced-based systems in place that can materially improve the quality of life for autistic children.
Civic Engagement
-- Initiated the Summer Youth Initiative whereby young people were put to work in foremost challenged communities.
Health
-- Offered dental coverage to over 440,000 people in Michigan through the Healthy Kids Dental program.
Student Supports
-- Implemented Pathways to Potential program. Sending social worker's (calling them Success Coaches) out to work in 21 local public elementary schools in the cities with the highest crime and the biggest challenges to support students.
Full Text: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2013-2014/Journal/house/pdf/2013-HJ-01-16-002.pdf |  |
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