2011 State of the State Addresses Education-Related Proposals by Issue

The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2011 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 6 Accountability--Reporting Results 1 Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions 1 Accountability--School Improvement 2 Assessment 4 At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) 1 At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education 1 Attendance 2 Bilingual/ESL 1 Business Involvement 5 Career/Technical Education 4 Choice of Schools 3 Choice of Schools--Charter Schools 8 Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters 1 Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance 1 Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment 2 Choice of Schools--Tax Credits 2 Choice of Schools--Vouchers 2 Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded 1 Class Size 1 Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language 1 Curriculum--Mathematics 1 Curriculum--Science 1 Economic/Workforce Development 18 Finance 17 Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost 1 Finance--District 3 Finance--Facilities 3 Finance--Federal 3 Finance--Funding Formulas 3 Finance--Resource Efficiency 1 Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures 13 Finance--Taxes/Revenues 2 Governance 7 Governance--School Boards 2 Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies 2 Health 1 High School 7 High School--Advanced Placement 3 High School--College Readiness 6 High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates 2 High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment 1 High School--Graduation Requirements 2 Leadership--District Superintendent 2 Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay 1 Leadership--Principal/School Leadership 4 Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses 2 P-16 or P-20 5 P-3 5 P-3 Grades 1-3 4 P-3 Kindergarten 1 P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten 3 P-3 Preschool 2 Parent/Family 1 Postsecondary 8 Georgia Governor Nathan Deal's 2011 State of the State Address PROPOSALS School Finance -- Increase a net $30 million in K-12 formula funding and no reduction in Equalization Grants. -- Appropriate 1% of the Revenue Shortfall Reserve for K-12 education to cover the Mid-Term Adjustment for Quality Basic Education and the shortfall for Non-Certified Personnel health insurance costs. Teacher Compensation -- End teacher furloughs and keep students in school for a full school year. Facilities Funding/STEM/Charter Schools -- Proposed projects for bond funding: ---->$231 million for K-12 construction, equipment and buses; ---->$15 million for funding for STEM charter schools that focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education, areas that are vital to our competiveness in the global economy; ---->$50 million for repairs and renovations in the University System; and ---->$28 million for upgrades at our technical colleges. Scholarships -- Save HOPE Scholarship we through programmatic changes during this legislative session. ACCOMPLISHMENTS N/A: Newly-Elected Governor http://gov.georgia.gov/00/press/detail/0,2668,165937316_166428912_167569533,00.html Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick's State of the State Address PROPOSALS Achievement Gap -- Close the achievement gap. At-Risk -- Use the tools in the Achievement Gap Act (passed last year) to support the imagination and creativity of great teachers, principals, parent groups, and business partners, to reach poor children, children with special needs and children who speak English as a second language. Early Learning - Postsecondary Investment -- Find ways to invest in public schools, from early education to public universities. Youth Violence -- Engage the full spectrum of people who work with young people, including educators, to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for preventing youth violence. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Achievement Gap -- Signed the Achievement Gap Act (please see above). Community Service -- Gathered, through Project 351, 8th graders from every city and town in the state for a day of service. Student Achievement -- Acknowledge that the state leads the Nation in student achievement. Race to the Top -- Won the national Race to the Top competition. http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3terminal&L=3&L0=Home&L1=Media+Center&L2=Speeches&sid=Agov3&b=terminalcontent&f=Second+Inaugural+Address&csid=Agov3 Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's State of the State Address PROPOSALS District Finance - - Clarify the powers of financial managers, both municipalities and schools. Economic Development, Postsecondary - - Focus on connecting workforce development efforts with community colleges and economic development organizations to develop clear paths for people in need to get the skills they need. P-20 - - View our educational system from pre-natal to lifelong learning, or "B-20". School District Operations - - Encourage local jurisdictions, both municipal and school, to move to service consolidation. School District Intervention - - Allow for earlier intervention in a school district. ACCOMPLISHMENTS N/A: Newly-Elected Governor http://eupnews.com/2011/01/transcript-of-governor-snyders-state-of-state-address/ Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton's 2011 State of the State Address PROPOSALS Finance -- Increase state funding for public K-12 education every year, with every additional dollar directed toward improving the quality of that education. Early Learning -- Re-establish the Governor's Council on Early Childhood Education and the Children's Cabinet, both to be led by Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius. -- Increase funding to expand the number of children who can receive all-day kindergarten. Postsecondary Effectiveness -- Identify successes in colleges and universities that are educating students most successfully. Share these strategies and encourage and require their use elsewhere. Business Involvement -- Ask every business in Minnesota to adopt a school, college or university: to become actively involved in making them better. ACCOMPLISHMENTS N/A - Newly-elected Governor http://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/pressreleasedetail.jsp?id=9690 Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman's State of the State Address PROPOSALS Economic/Workforce Development -- Create a Nebraska Internship Program to increase the number of college and university students interning with Nebraska businesses. P-20/Virtual High Schools --Support the Department of Education, the University of Nebraska and Nebraska's P-16 Initiative in their joint efforts to develop a virtual high school to allow: ---->High school students to take courses ranging from basic Spanish to AP courses. ---->Rural Nebraska communities to to hire foreign language, math and science teachers. ---->To complete course work on their timetable in the evenings or on weekends. ---->To expand learning beyond the traditional school day and school year. Accountability -- Focus on education accountability. Truancy Reduction -- Support Senator Ashford's efforts to reduce truancy. Postsecondary -- Invest a one-time $25 million in the University of Nebraska's Innovation Campus. -- Maintain higher education funding for the University of Nebraska, state colleges and community colleges. ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- Have made fundamental investments in education and the economic vitality of the state and as a result Nebraska has made significant progress. -- Prioritized education in the two-year budget despite a nearly $1 billion projected shortfall. State funded state aid to education in FY12 remains at $810 million and increases by $50 million to $860 million in FY13. -- Thanks to the leadership of the Legislature, Nebraska is moving to statewide reading and math assessments. http://www.governor.nebraska.gov/news/2011/pdf/2011%20State%20of%20the%20State%20-%20FINAL%20READING.pdf New York Govenor Andrew M. Cuomo's State of the State Address PROPOSALS Economic Development, Postsecondary - Establish 10 economic regional councils across the state. Higher education will be the key economic driver. Finance, Student Achievement - Acknowledge that NY spends more money on education than any other state but is number 34th in the nation in terms of results. - Redesign portion of state education funding to create two competitive funds that reward performance: (1) school performance: $250 million competition fund for district that increase classroom performance (e.g., improving grades of historically underperforming children) and (2) administration efficiency: $250 million competition for districts that find administrative savings through efficiencies, shared services, etc. Governance - Create program to reward local governments that save money by consolidating. ACCOMPLISHMENTS N/A: Newly-Elected Governor http://governor.ny.gov/sl2/stateofthestate2011transcript North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple's State of the State Address PROPOSALS Economic/Workforce Development -- Invest in research and development in the university system. -- Foster a culture of entrepreneurship where all four-year universities operate business incubators that support start-up enterprises of all kinds. -- Build, educate and retain the workforce. Postsecondary Education -- Encourage young people to seek advanced education. -- Make post-secondary education more affordable for all of our young people. -- Begin a new approach to funding higher education based on the outcomes that education leaders and citizens would like to see from their college campuses. School Finance -- Finish the job of funding adequacy and move to the great challenge of improving the quality of instruction in our schools. ACCOMPLISHMENTS N/A: Newly-Elected Governor http://governor.nd.gov/events/2011-state-state-address Washington Governor Christine Gregoire's State of the State Address PROPOSALS K-12/Governance/High School Senior Year -- Create one agency - the Department of Education - which will focus solely on student education with one plan for a seamless system from pre-school to Ph.D. -- Make the 12th grade relevant and exciting. Give our students a leg up in the competitive world of tomorrow by ensuring they leave their senior year on their way to certification, apprenticeship or college credits. Postsecondary Attainment/Postsecondary Affordability/Postsecondary Accountability -- Encourage every student to "complete to compete"— complete an AA, bachelor's or advanced degree so he or she can compete for the jobs of tomorrow. -- Establish tuition flexibility at our colleges and universities to keep the doors of higher education open to all and to maintain high-quality education in good and bad times. -- Adopt the recommendations of the Higher Education Funding Task Force, which increases the number of graduates, requires greater accountability from our colleges and universities, ensure stable funding, and establish a $1 billion Washington Pledge Scholarship Program. ACCOMPLISHMENTS -- Not prominently included, focused on proposals. http://www.governor.wa.gov/speeches/speech-view.asp?SpeechSeq=217 Postsecondary Accountability 1 Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid 6 Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks 1 Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees 5 Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans 1 Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation 1 Postsecondary Finance 13 Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding 1 Postsecondary Institutions 2 Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges 3 Postsecondary Participation--Access 6 Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action 1 Postsecondary Students 1 Postsecondary Success--Completion 7 Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation 1 Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation 1 Privatization 1 Promotion/Retention 3 Reading/Literacy 2 Remediation (K-12) 2 Rural 2 Scheduling/School Calendar 1 Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs 1 School Safety 2 School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation 2 School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities 1 School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services 2 Special Education 2 Special Populations--Military 1 Standards 2 Standards--Common Core State Standards 1 State Policymaking 5 STEM 6 Student Achievement 8 Teaching Quality 6 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay 5 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance 3 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits 5 Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness 8 Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals 1 Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention 1 Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract 5 Technology 4 Technology--Computer Skills 5 Technology--Equitable Access 1 Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training 1 Textbooks and Open Source 1 Youth Engagement 1 329