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.
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Governor Steve Beshear's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Compulsory School Age
-- Phase in an increase in the mandatory school age from 16 to 18, unless a student graduates earlier.
P-3 Preschool/Full-Day Kindergarten
-- Start looking at fully funding all-day kindergarten and expanding preschool to reach more 3- and 4-year-olds.
Postsecondary
-- Approve a proposal to let the public universities self-fund building projects on their campuses. The universities are seeking authorization for six schools to issue bonds worth $363 million for
11 projects – including classrooms, residential halls and student activity space.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
School Improvement
-- Education Week, in its annual "Quality Counts" assessment of public schools, ranked Kentucky No. 10 in the country for school achievement and progress – up from 34th just two years ago.
Full Text: http://governor.ky.gov/Speeches/20130206_SOTC.pdf |
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