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 Janice K. Brewer's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Reading/Literacy
-- Develop comprehensive reading assessments to identify students falling behind.
-- With the help of the State, local schools will connect students with reading experts.
School Safety
-- Expand State funding for School Resource Officers.
Accountability/Standards
-- Raise standards and increase accountability for students, schools and teachers.
School Finance/Accountability
--Implement the nation's first comprehensive performance funding plan for districts and charter schools. This plan will reward schools that earn high marks or see real improvement in performance
(Not scrapping attendance-based funding formulas but rather, augment that system with an innovative approach to promoting school performance, while maintaining local control).
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
School Choice
-- Expanded school choice.
Reading/Literacy
-- Funded the Move on When Reading program.
Full Text: http://www.azgovernor.gov/dms/upload/GS_011413_SOS2013.pdf
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