2009 State of the State Addresses Education-Related Proposals by Issue

The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2009 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 9 Accountability--Rewards 1 Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions 1 Alternative Education 1 Assessment 4 Assessment--College Entrance Exams 1 Assessment--National Tests 1 At-Risk 8 Bilingual/ESL 1 Business Involvement 19 Career/Technical Education 9 Character Education 1 Choice of Schools 2 Choice of Schools--Charter Schools 5 Citizenship Education 1 Comprehensive School Reform 2 Curriculum 5 Curriculum--Arts Education 1 Curriculum--Mathematics 13 Curriculum--Science 10 Curriculum--Textbooks 1 Distance Learning/Virtual University 4 Early Colleges/Middle Colleges 1 Economic/Workforce Development 45 Economic/Workforce Development--STEM 1 Education Research 1 Elementary Education 3 Enrollment 2 Equity 1 Federal 15 Finance 48 Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost 2 Finance--Bonds 2 Finance--District 3 Finance--Facilities 12 Finance--Federal 14 Finance--Funding Formulas 12 Finance--Local Foundations/Funds 1 Finance--Lotteries 5 Finance--Performance Funding 2 Finance--Resource Efficiency 12 Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures 45 Finance--Taxes/Revenues 20 For-Profit/Proprietary 1 Governance 10 Governance--School Boards 4 Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies 28 Health 10 Health--Mental Health 1 Health--Nutrition 4 High School 13 High School--Career Pathways 2 High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates 9 High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment 1 High School--Exit Exams 1 High School--Graduation Requirements 2 International Comparisons 1 International Education 1 Language Arts 1 Language Arts--Writing/Spelling 2 Leadership 8 Middle School 1 Minority/Diversity Issues 2 Outreach Programs 1 P-16 or P-20 3 P-3 Early Care & Intervention 1 P-3 Early Care & Intervention--Family Involvement 1 P-3 Early Grades 4 P-3 Early Grades--Kindergarten 5 P-3 Early Grades--Preschool 4 P-3 Early Learning & the Early Grades 15 P-3 Systems--Finance 5 P-3 Systems--Public/Private Partnerships 1 Parent/Family 7 Persistence/Retention 1 Postsecondary 40 Postsecondary Accountability 1 Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid 17 Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees 22 Postsecondary Faculty 5 Postsecondary Finance 25 Postsecondary Governance and Structures 1 Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges 16 Postsecondary Participation--Access 4 Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) 1 Postsecondary Students--Adults 10 Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional 2 Postsecondary Success--Completion 4 Private Colleges/Universities 1 Public Involvement 5 Reading/Literacy 2 Rural 4 Scheduling/School Calendar 3 Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs 3 Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School 2 School 2 School Safety 4 School/District Structure/Operations 10 School/District Structure/Operations--School Structure--Class Size 2 School/District Structure/Operations--School Structure--School Size 1 Service-Learning 1 Social & Emotional Development 2 Special Education 3 Special Populations--Foster Care 3 Standards 4 Standards--State 1 State Policymaking 2 Student Achievement 12 Student Achievement--State 1 Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring 2 Students 1 Students--Promotion/Retention 1 Teaching Quality 18 Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure 1 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay 25 Teaching Quality--Employment--Teacher Attitudes 1 Teaching Quality--Employment--Tenure or Continuing Contract 1 Teaching Quality--Employment--Unions/Collective Bargaining 4 Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring 2 Teaching Quality--Preparation 3 Teaching Quality--Preparation--Prof. Dev. Schools 1 Teaching Quality--Professional Development 3 Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention 5 Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools 3 Teaching Quality--Working Conditions 3 Technology 13 Technology--Access/Equity 1 Technology--Infrastructure 1 Technology--Instruction 2 Technology--Laptop/Related Initiatives 2 Urban 2 808