ECS
2013 State of the State Addresses
Education-Related Proposals

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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 Pat McCrory's State of the State Address

PROPOSALS

Online Learning
- Give schools more flexibility to spend lottery funds on digital and virtual learning, which school districts, according to current laws, are not allowed to do right now.

Postsecondary Finance
-- Lead a collaborative effort to help our universities come together as the competition for federal dollars is getting so tough. We need to come together as universities to maximize research funding.

Business Involvement
-- Expand strategic partnerships between the education community and the business community.

State Policymaking
-- Reinstate and lead education cabinet meetings.

Technology
-- Pursue legislation to reallocate a portion of money away from advertising and the large administration cost of the Lottery Commission, and use that money to directly help students access technology.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Economic/Workforce Development; Teacher Certification
-- Signed Senate Bill 14 into law. This bill will help employers find qualified candidates for jobs, directs high schools and community colleges to share resources, and makes it easier for experts in a private sector to get certified for teaching. 

Full Text: http://governor.nc.gov/newsroom/governor-mccrory-delivers-2013-state-state-address
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