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


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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 Dave Heineman's State of the State Address

PROPOSALS

Finance
-- Increase state aid to education from $852 million to $895 million in fiscal year 2014 and to $939 million in fiscal year 2015.

Postsecondary - Tuition
-- Implement a two-year tuition freeze for Nebraska students if the proposed budget is adopted.

Postsecondary - Community College - Funding
-- Increase community college funding for each of the next two years so that each of our six community colleges can consider adopting a two year tuition freeze.

Special Education - Funding
-- Increase special education funding by 5% in each of the next two years.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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Full Text: http://www.governor.nebraska.gov/news/2013/01/docs/0115_SOTS-Reading_Copy.pdf