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 John Lynch's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Finance - Funding Formula
-- Pass a bipartisan constitutional amendment that would eliminate the requirement that the state spend the same base amount for every student in every town and allow us to target state education aid.
School Structure - Facilities
-- Put in place a reformed building aid program that will establish a building aid budget, prioritize projects, and increase the match available to school districts with the greatest needs.
Postsecondary - Finance
-- Make it a priority to restore funding for higher education.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
P-3 - Kindergarten
-- Made kindergarten available to every student in every community in New Hampshire.
At-Risk - Alternative Education
-- Invested in alternative education programs
Attendance - Compulsory
--Increased the compulsory attendance age from 16 to 18.
Economic/Workforce Development
-- Launched New Hampshire Working. This program has already helped avert the layoffs of more than 1,200 workers. It has helped companies hire hundreds of people by allowing up to six weeks of on-the-job training for people collecting unemployment. And this fall, we launched its final component, which is helping unemployed workers assess and upgrade their job skills.
Finance
-- Increased funding for our public schools
Community Colleges
-- Partnering with a billion-dollar company to create an advanced composites training program at the Great Bay Community College in order to ensure Albany, NH has the workforce it needs.
Postsecondary - Facilities
-- Invested in modernizing the facilities at our colleges and universities
http://www.governor.nh.gov/media/speeches/documents/013112state.htm |
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