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| Governor Tom Corbett's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Funding
-- Put a record amount of state funding into basic education, $5.5 billion dollars, starting with early childhood programs and going all the way through grade 12.
-- Add nearly $100 million dollars to be distributed to K-12 school districts.
P-3 Finance/Preschool
-- Add another $6.4 million dollars toward our Pre-K Counts and the Head Start Supplemental Assistance programs. This money gives an additional 3,200 children, and their families, access to quality full and part-day programs as well as summer kindergarten readiness programs.
Postsecondary Finance
-- Maintain full funding levels for state and state-related universities. That is $1.58 billion that will go towards these institutions. The leaders of these universities have promised to work to keep tuition increases as low as possible for students.
State Policymaking
-- Allow schools to plan their budgets for the coming year and make the best use of their resources.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Reading/Literacy; Student Achievement; STEM; School Safety
-- Unveiled the "Passport for Learning" Block Grant, an unprecedented $1 billion dollar program enriching our public schools over the next four years. It provides maximum flexibility for school districts in four general areas:
1. "Ready by 3." The funds can go toward supporting and enhancing a quality kindergarten program that meets academic standards and enhances elementary reading and mathematics through third grade.
2. Allows schools to establish customized learning plans that allow students to learn at the pace and manner that best suits them.
3. Provides funding to invest in programs and equipment that support science and math in grades six through twelve.
4. Ensures that local schools can invest in the necessary safety and security measures
Full Text: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=18&objID=1320358&mode=2 |  |
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