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


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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
+ 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
HawaiiGovernor Linda Lingle's State of the State Address

Economic Development
-- Encourage the state retirement fund to allocate $100 million to invest in the creative ideas and talents of Hawai'i's companies and people.

-- Stress STEM education because it helps equip graduates with the analytical thinking, problem-solving and teamwork skills necessary for any high-quality job of the 21st century.

Governance -- Postsecondary
-- Create a Commission on Higher Education made up of the presidents of Hawai'i's major universities, members of the community and business leaders. This Commission will give us the opportunity to embrace new ideas and new ways of using federal and state education dollars.

Technology, Creative Arts
-- Start Creative Academies, modeled after the successful STEM Academies, to nurture and support the many talents of Hawai'i's keiki. These academies would focus on animation, digital media, game development and writing and publishing in elementary through high school.

Tuition/Fees
-- Pass tax deductions of up to $20,000 a year for parents or other family members saving for a child's college education.

http://hawaii.gov/gov/leg/2008-session/state-of-the-state/STATE%20OF%20THE%20STATE%20ADDRESS%202008.pdf
+ 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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