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 Chris Christie's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Finance
-- Invest $8.9 billion of state aid into education
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Choice
-- Implemented inter-district school choice which has tripled enrollment in the last 3 years and will grow to 6,000 students next year.
-- Expanded the number of charter schools in NJ to 86.
-- Signed the Urban Hope Act to turn failing schools into renaissance Schools in Newark, Trenton, and Camden.
Postsecondary
-- Restructured higher education resulting in Rutgers being in the top 25 in research dollars and the newest member of the Big 10.
-- Made new capital investments in all NJ universities for the first time in 25 years.
State Policymaking - Task Forces
-- Created a task force that has helped NJ develop strategies for making New Jersey's institutions more competitive.
Teacher Issues - Compensation - Merit Pay
-- Finalized a teacher contract in Newark that acknowledges merit-pay.
Teacher Issues - Tenure
-- Reformed teacher tenure.
Full Text: http://nj.gov/governor/news/news/552013/approved/20130108d.html |  |
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