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 Jack Dalrymple's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Finance
-- End the dependence on local property tax in the new integrated funding formula. Offer a permanent property tax reform, reducing the average mill levy from 190 mills to 60 mills.
Postsecondary Performance-Based Funding
-- Institute a new model for distributing state funds based on per-student credit hours completed to the eleven university campuses Credit hours are adjusted to reflect the added costs of certain programs and the added costs of advanced levels of study. It pays only for courses completed, and not for initial class enrollments.
-- Invest $150 million in one-time capital improvement projects throughout the university system.
Postsecondary - Students Scholarships
-- Encourage the legislature to increase both the state's merit-based and needs-based scholarship programs.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Full Text: http://governor.nd.gov/events/2013-state-state-address
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