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 Andrew M. Cuomo's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
State Policymaking-Commission/Teacher Evaluations/Accountability Systems
-- Appoint a bipartisan education commission to work with the legislature to recommend reforms for a meaningful teacher evaluation system and a school accountability system.
Postsecondary - Grant Funding
-- Expand NYSUNY2020 to the remaining 60 campuses, offering challenge grants to research centers for plans to connect academic excellence and economic development.
Workforce Development
-- Create the Office for New Americans to assist legal permanent residents, providing adult education and job training.
Civic Education
-- Implement the New New York Leaders Initiative to create opportunities for the state's next generation to dedicate their careers to public service.
- Student Intern Program - brings students into state government
- Empire State Fellows Program - full-time leadership training program that will prepare next generation professionals who are members of underrepresented groups for careers as New York State policymakers.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Full Text: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/01/04/nyregion/04-state-of-the-state-text.html |
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