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 Rick Perry's State of the State Address
Charter Schools
-- Increase the number of public charter schools.
Community Colleges/Workforce Development
-- Encourage and incentivize more fast track technical certification programs. Under this framework, an individual will be able to attain certain certification in a high-demand industry, utilizing competency-based learning to allow students to gain credit for skills they have already mastered.
High School
-- Give students more flexibility in the courses they take in high school to prepare them for whatever their goals may be, without sacrificing the rigorous academic standards.
Postsecondary Affordability
-- Offer $10,000 degrees at 13 Texas universities.
-- Institute a four-year tuition freeze for incoming freshmen.
Postsecondary Finance
-- Give South Texas access to the Permanent University Fund.
Postsecondary Finance - Performance Funding
-- Tie at least a portion of state funding - a minimum of 10 percent - to be based on the number of graduates.
Vouchers
-- Introduce scholarship programs that give students a choice, especially those who are locked into low-performing schools.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Graduation Rates
-- Graduation rates are at an all-time high - the third highest in the nation - which represents a significant turnaround from just a few short years ago.
High School - Placement Tests
-- 42 percent more African-American students are now taking the SAT than were participating five years ago, and 65 percent more Hispanic students. Along the same time frame, the rate of Hispanic students taking the ACT has doubled.
Full Text: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/18095/
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