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 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 Kansas Governor Sam Brownback's State of the State Address PROPOSALS P-3 -- Dedicate $6 million this year from the Children's Initiative Fund to the development of early childhood education centers in our most needy school districts. -- Focus more funding on early childhood reading. Economic Development -- Establish a three-year, $105M University Economic Growth initiative to enhance job growth in key economic sectors such as Aviation, Cancer Research, Animal Health, and Engineering. Each university will be required to provide through private sector or reprogrammed funds 50% of the cost of the program initiative. -- Create a Governor's Economic Council: Chaired by myself, this council will consist of some of our state's most successful men and women who are leaders in the private sector.  The Council will assure strategy integration, coordination and accountability across all of the state's economic development agencies and initiatives. Finance -- Proposed budget provides school districts with more overall state funding and will also stabilize state support for higher education for the first time since the Great Recession began. -- Let the Legislature resolve school finance… not the courts, so we can send more money to the classroom, not the courtroom. Define suitability and end the confusion. This will provide a definition of what we need to undertake reform of our school finance formula and provide our school districts with stable, sustainable funding for the future.  Reading/Literacy -- No child should pass the 4th grade without being able to read. Rural (Economic Development, Declining Enrollment) -- Create Rural Opportunity Zones, or ROZes, to provide a state income tax waiver for any individual relocating from out-of-state into any participating county that has experienced double digit percentage population decline the last ten years. ACCOMPLISHMENTS N/A: Newly-Elected Governor https://governor.ks.gov/media-room/speeches/2011/01/12/2011-State-of-the-State-Message 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 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