ECS
2013 State of the State Address
Education-Related Proposals
California


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The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2013 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 Jerry Brown's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS

Funding/Local Control
-- Cut categorical programs and put maximum authority and discretion back at the local level—with school boards. Through a brand new Local Control Funding Formula, distribute supplemental funds — over an extended period of time — to school districts based on the real world problems they face. This formula recognizes the fact that a child in a family making $20,000 a year or speaking a language different from English or living in a foster home requires more help.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Funding
-- Passed Proposition 30.

Full Text: http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17906