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 Dennis Daugaard's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
College Remediation
-- Redesign remediation courses so that high school students who need help can complete remediation before they enter college.
Finance
-- Fund the Education Enhancement Funding Corporation by refinancing the state's tobacco bonds, which were issued ten years ago as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement with tobacco companies.
Special Populations - Military Families
-- Offer professional licensure portability bill for military spouses.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Economic/Workforce Development
-- Legislature approved South Dakota Workforce Initiative – SD WINS – 20 initiatives focused on developing the qualified workforce that will underpin our economic growth over the next decade.
-- Directed economic development grants to purchase machinery to establish a new welding program at Mitchell Tech, adding 18 new training slots this year. Funded the development of an innovative new distance learning program at Lake Area Tech to deliver online distance training in welding and precision machining. Expanded the welding program at Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield, to train 32 more inmates in this skilled trade.
-- Redirected some Community Development Block Grant dollars to workforce training activities. Since implementing this change, eight grants totaling over $1 million have provided funds for training over 300 workers in jobs including certified nursing assistants, training for commercial driver licenses, and others.
Full Text: http://sd.gov/governor/docs/2013%20State%20of%20State.pdf |
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