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 Accountability--School Improvement 1 Assessment 4 Assessment--College Entrance Exams 1 At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) 8 At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education 1 Bilingual/ESL 2 Business Involvement 19 Career/Technical Education 10 Choice of Schools 2 Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano's State of the State Address Adult Learning/Continuing Education, Postsecondary, Tuition/Fees -- Propose legislation to extend in-state tuition to every veteran in Arizona--to support our veterans and increase the number of college graduates in our state. Charter Schools, Choice -- Expand and preserve school choice through the growing institution of quality public charter schools. Completion/Postsec. Graduation, Enrollment, Postsecondary, Postsecondary--Statistics -- Continue to charge the universities with the task of doubling the number of bachelor's degrees earned in Arizona by 2020. Economic/Workforce Development, Enrollment, Facilities, Finance--Resource Efficiency, Finance--Facilities, Postsecondary -- Implement the plan passed by the legislature last year to build and improve the physical infrastructure of our universities – a plan that accommodates future enrollment growth while creating needed construction jobs. -- Continue to build an educated workforce by increasing our research capacity – through our universities as well as institutions like TGen and Science Foundation Arizona. -- Build energy efficient school buildings--the construction of which will provide an economic stimulus. Finance -- Increase the proportion of our education funds spent in the classroom. Finance (Postsecondary), Postsecondary -- Avoid additional university budget cuts. Governance, Leadership, School Boards, Teaching Quality--Compensation, Teaching Quality--Working Conditions -- Continue to improve the professional status – and the pay – of our classroom teachers. -- Demand more of our administrators and elected school boards. http://www.governor.state.az.us/documents/sos/2009/2009%20SOS%20Address.pdf South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's State of the State Address Charter Schools, Choice -- Look for ways to ensure the state's educational system provides choices that reflect the individual diversity found in the more than 700,000 students in our state. If a school isn't working for a child, the child's parent or guardian ought to be given the option to go to the school that works best for the child. Lack of school choice may impact a number of things outside of education, such as rural economic development, or increases to property tax bills across the state. -- Pass a Charter School Parity bill. Economic/Workforce Development -- Update the Employment Security Commission, to better people's employment opportunities. Economic/Workforce Development, Finance, Finance--Taxes/Revenues -- Provide lasting jobs and economic growth through the tax reform proposal introduced last month. -- Introduce the option of a flat tax of 3.65 percent on the individual income tax rate. This proposal works by allowing each citizen each year to pick between paying the current seven percent income tax rate, or forgoing their exemptions and paying a flat 3.65 percent. The result would be $131 million in income tax relief, paid for by a 30-cent increase to the state's cigarette tax, elimination of three state sales tax holidays, and a $3 per ton tipping fee for garbage disposal. --Eliminate the state's corporate income tax over a 10-year-time period, taking the rate from 5 percent to zero. Finance, Finance (Postsecondary), Postsecondary, Tuition/Fees -- Link the price of higher education to its cost; by capping tuition increases, which would force coordination. Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures -- Prohibit one-time money from going to start, or fund, recurring programs. -- Find ways to better spend monies currently in the system. -- Enact education funding that follows the child. Finance, Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures, State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies -- Restructure state government by: passing the "South Carolina Restructuring Act" (H 3147/S 0208); letting the people decide whether a host of constitutional officers should be appointed rather than elected; consolidating agencies that perform overlapping functions; making state government more transparent; and instituting spending limits (i.e. limit government's growth to population plus inflation, then allocate everything beyond this to first paying down unfunded liabilities and then either set money aside for a rainy day or return it to the taxpayer). http://www.scgovernor.com/news/releases/sos2009.htm Choice of Schools--Charter Schools 5 Civic Education--Character Education 1 Class Size 2 Curriculum 5 Curriculum--Arts Education 1 Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language 1 Curriculum--Language Arts 1 Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling 2 Curriculum--Mathematics 13 Curriculum--Science 11 Demographics--Enrollments 1 Economic/Workforce Development 45 Education Research 1 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 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--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates 9 High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment 1 High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges 1 High School--Exit Exams 1 High School--Graduation Requirements 2 International Benchmarking 1 Leadership 8 Mentoring/Tutoring 2 Middle School 1 Minority/Diversity Issues 2 Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses 4 P-16 or P-20 3 P-3 15 P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) 1 P-3 Family Involvement 1 P-3 Finance 5 P-3 Grades 1-3 5 P-3 Kindergarten 6 P-3 Preschool 4 P-3 Public/Private Partnerships 1 Parent/Family 7 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 Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary 2 Postsecondary Participation--Access 4 Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) 1 Postsecondary Students--Adults 10 Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional 2 Postsecondary Success--Completion 4 Promotion/Retention 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 Safety 4 School/District Structure/Operations 10 School/District Structure/Operations--School Size 1 Service-Learning 1 Social/Emotional Learning and Non-Cognitive Skills 2 Special Education 3 Special Populations--Foster Care 3 Standards 4 State Policymaking 2 STEM 1 Student Achievement 13 Students 1 Teaching Quality 18 Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure 1 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay 25 Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring 2 Teaching Quality--Preparation 3 Teaching Quality--Professional Development 3 Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention 5 Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools 3 Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes 1 Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract 1 Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining 4 Teaching Quality--Working Conditions 3 Technology 13 Technology--Computer Skills 2 Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware 3 Technology--Equitable Access 1 Textbooks and Open Source 1 Urban 2 Whole-School Reform Models 1 799