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


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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 Dannel P. Malloy's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS

School Improvement
-- Continue to transform low-performing schools through the Commissioner's Network - through intensive intervention, increased instruction time, and improved collaboration among teachers and administrators.

State Policymaking - Task Forces/Commissions
-- Create the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission to make specific, actionable recommendations in the areas of school safety, mental health services, and gun violence prevention.

Teacher Quality
-- Dedicate new resources to support teachers.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Finance
-- Invested nearly $100 million in pre-k through high school, focusing on districts most in need.

P-3 - Preschool
-- Created 1,000 new school readiness openings statewide (seats for 1,000 more children).

School Improvement
-- Transformed four low-performing schools through the Commissioner's Network through intensive intervention, increased instruction time, and improved collaboration among teachers and administrators.


Full Text: http://www.governor.ct.gov/malloy/cwp/view.asp?Q=516548&A=11