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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| 2013 State of the State Address Delivered by Governor Susana Martinez
PROPOSALS
At Risk
-- Create a new, statewide dropout warning system to help parents and teachers identify students who are at-risk of dropping out long before they reach high school. Tackle the root causes head-on.
High School
-- Fund several other reform opportunities for high school students, including $2.5 million to expand Advanced Placement courses to provide AP test waivers for low-income minority students, and to train more AP teachers so that every child in New Mexico has the opportunity to get a jump-start on college.
Reading/Literacy
-- Expand the "New Mexico Reads to Lead" program from $8.5 million to $13.5 million.
School Improvement
--Provide $4.7 million in school turnaround programs to close the gap between high-performing schools and schools that are struggling.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Finance
-- Protected critical priorities like classroom spending. Protected child care for working moms and school clothes for kids in need.
-- One of only 14 states to be awarded federal Race to the Top funding - $25 million to help more children in New Mexico get the help they need in early education.
P-3
-- Made permanent the K3 Plus program, a program that helps struggling students with additional instruction and more help.
-- Doubled the funding for Pre-K.
Reading/Literacy
-- Hired reading coaches and trained nearly 2 thousand educators in methods proven to produce better readers.
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