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2012 State of the State Address
Education-Related Proposals
Nebraska


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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.

Governor Dave Heineman's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS

-- N/A - The State of the State did not include proposals that related to education.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS (economic)

-- Bloomberg Business Week identified Arlington, Nebraska as the second best place in America to raise kids because it's a Midwestern farming community with top notch schools.
-- Invested in the University of Nebraska's Innovation Campus.
-- Passed the Talent and Innovation Initiative to continue improving the state's small business and entrepreneurial environmnet.
-- Approximately 270 businesses committed to investing more than $ 5.9 billion in the economy and to create more than 19,500 jobs in Nebraska.
-- Passed the largest tax relief package in Nebraska's history and built up cash reserve.

http://www.governor.nebraska.gov/news/2012/01/pdf/2012-State-of-the-State-FINAL-READING.pdf