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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Montana Governor Steve Bullock's 2013 State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Finance
-- Return the profits from the Lottery to the public schools they were intended to support.
Finance - Investing in Facilities
-- Enact the J.O.B.S. Bill, which stands for Jobs and Opportunity by Building Schools - Take advantage of historically low interest rates and immediately create thousands by making investments in educational facilities.
High School and Dual Enrollment
-- Commit additional funding for the Jobs for Montana's Graduates program. The graduation rate for at-risk teens involved in this program is 98%.
-- Help the two-year colleges expand and enhance dual credit programs for high school students.
Postsecondary Access
-- Create a universal enrollment system.
-- Freeze tuition across the university system.
-- Invest in the university system and make certain that veterans are provided with the services and the space they need including wrap- around services that will reintegrate the veterans back into civilian life and on college campuses.
Postsecondary Completion
-- Increase the number of Montana adults with a post-secondary degree or professional certificate to at least 60% over the next decade.
P-3
-- Expand the proven "Stars to Quality Program." Create 100 more high-quality early childhood programs and get 600 more families and 1,000 more children ready for school, annually.
Technology
-- Use state resources to help school districts modernize and acquire technology.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Student Achievement
-- Montana 8th graders outperform every other state in the nation in reading and math, and are second in science.
-- High School graduation rates are up and dropout rates are down.
-- Increased the rate at which Montana residents are getting college degrees - faster than any other state in the nation.
Full Text: http://governor.mt.gov/docs/STATE_OF_THE_STATE-media_release_013013.pdf |
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