ECS
2008 State of the State Addresses
Education-Related Proposals by Issue


Education Commission of the States • 700 Broadway, Suite 810 • Denver, CO 80203-3442 • 303.299.3600 • fax 303.296.8332 • www.ecs.org

The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2008 state of the state addresses. To assure that this information reaches you in a timely manner, minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) or format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the state.

+ Accountability
2
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
2
+ Accountability--School Improvement
3
+ Assessment
2
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
1
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
4
+ Attendance
1
+ Bilingual/ESL
1
+ Career/Technical Education
3
+ Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
1
+ Choice of Schools
1
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
1
+ Counseling/Guidance
1
+ Curriculum
2
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
1
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
2
+ Curriculum--Science
3
+ Economic/Workforce Development
22
+ Finance
4
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
3
+ Finance--Facilities
10
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
5
+ Finance--Lotteries
1
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
2
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
17
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
8
+ Governance
2
+ Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
2
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
1
+ Health
13
+ High School
11
+ High School--Advanced Placement
1
+ High School--College Readiness
1
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
1
+ High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges
1
+ International Benchmarking
1
+ Leadership
2
+ Mentoring/Tutoring
1
+ No Child Left Behind
1
+ No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer
1
+ No Child Left Behind--School Support
2
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
2
+ P-16 or P-20
3
+ P-3
16
- P-3 Child Care
1
ConnecticutGovernor M. Jodi Rell's State of the State Address

Child Care/Early Learning
-- Provide the Department of Public Health with five additional staff to increase both the number and frequency of inspections of child care facilities

Economic/Workforce Development
-- Provide $800,000 in additional funding for nursing scholarships and teaching at UConn, our state universities, and community-technical colleges.

-- Provide $300,000 for an engineering loan reimbursement program to engineers who work in our State.

-- Establish an exciting "Green Collar" Jobs program at our vo-tech schools to train students in energy efficient building, construction and retrofit work.

Finance
-- Advocate for enactment of a property tax cap.

-- Fund youth violence prevention programs and substance abuse counselors.

Health
-- Fully implement the initiative to enroll children in HUSKY B at birth – and work with schools to identify low-income families for program eligibility. 

Safety
-- Roll back curfew times, increase on-the-road training requirements and put stiff penalties in place for driving under the influence and violating laws regarding carrying passengers, talking on cell phones, text messaging, speeding and racing. We've lost too many of our young people to tragic accidents.


Tuition/Fees
-- Waive college tuition at all state colleges for spouses and children of service members killed in action.


http://www.ct.gov/governorrell/cwp/view.asp?Q=405310&A=3293
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
1
+ P-3 Kindergarten
5
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
1
+ P-3 Preschool
6
+ Parent/Family
3
+ Postsecondary
8
+ Postsecondary Accountability
1
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
16
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
6
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
1
+ Postsecondary Finance
5
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
3
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
5
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
3
+ Postsecondary Students--Adults
4
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
2
+ Reading/Literacy
2
+ Remediation (K-12)
2
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
3
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
2
+ School Safety
8
+ School/District Structure/Operations
2
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
1
+ Special Education
2
+ Standards
2
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
1
+ STEM
8
+ Student Achievement
1
+ Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap
1
+ Teaching Quality
5
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
1
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
13
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
2
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
2
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
5
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
1
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
1
+ Technology
4
+ Technology--Computer Skills
1
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
1
+ Technology--Internet Safety
1
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