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 Mark Dayton's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Economic Development
--Enact "Jobs Now" tax credit to encourage businesses to hire unemployed Minnesotans, Veterans, and recent college graduates.
--Expand the Minnesota GI Bill to provide education benefits to all eras of veterans.
Finance
--Repair buildings and upgrade classroom equipment at state colleges and universities via passage of a bonding bill.
State Policymaking
--Develop education initiatives in cooperation with teachers, rather than in conflict with them.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Federal
--Had the state's No Child Left Behind Waiver application approved.
Finance
--Increased the per-pupil aid formula by $50 per student in each year of the biennium.
--Successfully applied for Race to the Top dollars.
P-3 and Early Literacy
--Expanded Early Childhood Education.
--Enacted "Read by Third Grade."
Teaching Quality
--Enacted an Alternative Licensure path for teachers.
--Established evaluation requirements for both teachers and principals.
Full text: http://mn.gov/governor/images/2012_State_of_the_State.pdf |
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