The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2012 state of the state address. To assure that this information reaches you in a timely manner, minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) or format.
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Governor Rick Scott's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Finance, State Pensions
--Continue commitment to education, to ensure that the difficult budget decisions to be made are focused on prioritizing things known to be essential to the state's future. Governor's recommended budget includes $1 billion in new state funding for education.
--Build a leaner, more effective government, and continue to responsibly manage and reform the state's pension system.
Postsecondary
--Look closely at the higher education system, to understand how to ensure that in the future, job creators from around the world will have to look to Florida to find the talented and educated workforce they need to compete.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Choice
--Increased school choices for parents.
Educator Tenure
--Refocused an outdated tenure system into a system that can reward its best performers.
State Pensions
--Reengineered the pension system for state workers so that those who share in its rewards also share in its funding.
http://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/01-10-2012-State-of-the-State-Remarks-for-Delivery.pdf |
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