2012 State of the State Addresses Education-Related Proposals by Issue

The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2012 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 7 Accountability--Reporting Results 6 Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions 3 Accountability--School Improvement 2 Assessment 4 Assessment--College Entrance Exams 3 Assessment--Formative/Interim 1 At-Risk--Alternative Education 1 Attendance 3 Career/Technical Education 7 Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship 1 Choice of Schools 4 Choice of Schools--Charter Schools 11 Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research 1 Choice of Schools--Vouchers 5 Civic Education--Professional Development 1 Continuous Impr/Performance Mgmt. 2 Continuous Impr/Performance Mgmt.--Promising Practices--Schools 1 Curriculum 1 Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language 1 Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults--Welfare 1 Distance Learning/Virtual University 5 Economic/Workforce Development 12 Economic/Workforce Development--Research 3 Economic/Workforce Development--STEM 6 Economic/Workforce Development--Workforce Demand 3 Federal 1 Finance 24 Finance--Facilities 1 Finance--Federal 2 Finance--Funding Formulas 4 Finance--Resource Efficiency 2 Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures 2 Governance 3 California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s State of the State Address PROPOSALS Accountability, Assessment, Data-Driven Decisionmaking, Teacher Mentoring and Evaluation --Reduce the number of tests and get the results to teachers, principals and superintendents in weeks, not months. --With timely data, principals and superintendents can better mentor and guide teachers as well as make sound evaluations of their performance. --Develop a qualitative system of assessments such as a site visitation program where each class is visited, observed and evaluated. Will work with the state board of education to develop this proposal. Finance --Devote more tax dollars to this most basic of public services (public education). --Pass proposed temporary taxes. Governance, Mandates, Finance, Local Control --Clearly delineate responsibility between the various levels of power that have a stake in California's educational system. What most needs to be avoided is concentrating more and more decisionmaking at the federal or state level. Set broad goals and have a good accountability system, leaving the real work to those closest to the students. Demand continuous improvement in meeting state standards, but not impose excessive or detailed mandates. ----Replace categorical programs with a new weighted student formula that provides a basic leveling of funding with additional money for disadvantaged students and those struggling to learn English. This will give more authority to districts to fashion the kind of programs they see their students need. Will also create transparency, reduce bureaucracy and simplify complex funding streams. Public Employee Pension Reform --Put forth 12-point proposal. Three times as many people are retiring as are entering the work force. Benefits, contributions and the age of retirement all have to balance. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants --Enactment of the Dream Act. http://gov.ca.gov/docs/GOVERNOR_BROWN_OFFICIAL_STATE_OF_THE_STATE_ADDRESS_Final.pdf Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper's State of the State Address PROPOSALS P-3 - Early Literacy -- Consolidate early childhood services into a new office in the Department of Human Services. -- Create a state-local strategy that integrates prevention and intervention, quality early learning and family support and engagement. -- Make Colorado a national model for early literacy. -- Promote early child literacy by developing intervention strategies with parents and teachers to identify failing students long before they reach the third grade and keep them from an illiterate future. Finance -- Will appeal the decision to secure a final resolution of the constitutional issues raised in the court decision on school funding, but the question of finding additional revenue for education is one of Colorado's greatest budget pressures. -- Support authorization of $7.7 million to continue the implementation of the teacher effectiveness reforms. Governance --Scrub every state agency to eliminate red tape. Teaching Quality Support passage of legislation approving these state board rules that implement S.B. 191, the comprehensive bill on teacher effectiveness. ACCOMPLISHMENTS --Colorado is a nationally-recognized model for teacher effectiveness http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=GovHickenlooper%2FCBONLayout&cid=1251615257131&pagename=CBONWrapper Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber's State of the State Address PROPOSALS P-3 --Implement the recommendations of the Early Learning Council to: +Streamline disparate programs as part of a plan to ensure coordination and accountability +Consolidate boards +Get programs focused on outcomes for children and families. --Serve more at-risk kids and make sure they're ready to learn from day one. --Develop the capacity to measure program effectiveness before children reach kindergarten, and better transition them once they reach the K-12 system.  Accountability, High School--Dropout/Graduation Rates, Goal-Setting --Obtain an NCLB waiver and create a home-grown alternative that provides smart accountability and better paths to student success. Legislation to be introduced in February creates educational achievement compacts and is essential to obtaining a waiver. The legislation is also essential to meeting the state goal of 100% high school graduation for Oregonians by 2025; with 80% of those graduates receiving at least two years of post-secondary education or training; and 40% earning a bachelor's degree or higher. --Use achievement compacts to replace the federal, compliance-based approach with partnership agreements between the state and educational institutions – districts, community colleges and universities. The compacts express a common commitment to improving outcomes, but tailor outcomes to unique circumstances of individual districts. And they allow for the comparison of results and progress between districts with comparable populations. Class Size, Non-Core Curriculum --Reduce class sizes in K-12. --Add courses like art, music, PE and career and technical skills back into the curriculum. K-12 and Postsecondary Finance --Provide additional resources. Public education system is underfunded at all levels. --Do not let the absence of adequate funding foreclose a real discussion about how to more effectively spend existing resources. --Target existing resources to leverage points – like early learning, third-grade reading, and college completion – that are proven to significantly drive costs down. Postsecondary Finance --Expand the capacity of public universities significantly to accommodate tens of thousands of additional graduates. ACCOMPLISHMENTS P-20, Finance, Governance, Teacher Professional Development, Learning Options for Students --Created the Oregon Education Investment Board. --Created legislation promoting the professional development of teachers. --Created more learning options for students (dual enrollment, Advanced Placement, two-plus-two, International Baccalaureate). --In taking these actions, the legislature made the first steps toward a more student-centered system. For the first time, funding and governance will be aligned across the full continuum from early childhood services through K-12 and post-secondary education and training to achieve the state's educational, social and economic objectives.  P-3 --Created the Early Learning Council focused on restructuring the fragmented, inefficient way the state provides early childhood services. Currently, the state spends over $800 million every biennium on programs for children ages 0-5, yet 40% of Oregon children still arrive at school at risk because their needs were not adequately addressed. Continuing to support a system with these outcomes should no longer be acceptable. http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/media_room/speeches/s2012/cityclub_011312.shtml Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule 1 Health--Teen Pregnancy 1 High School 3 High School--Advanced Placement 3 High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates 4 High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment 6 High School--Graduation Requirements 1 High School--International Baccalaureate 1 Instructional Approaches 1 Leadership 1 Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness 2 Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation 1 No Child Left Behind 2 No Child Left Behind--Flexibility 1 P-16 or P-20 1 P-3 Early Care & Intervention 2 P-3 Early Care & Intervention--Child Care 1 P-3 Early Care & Intervention--Health & Mental Health 1 P-3 Early Grades 2 P-3 Early Grades--1-3 1 P-3 Early Grades--Kindergarten 3 P-3 Early Grades--Kindergarten--Full Day 1 P-3 Early Grades--Preschool 7 P-3 Systems 2 P-3 Systems--Ensuring Quality 3 P-3 Systems--Evaluation/Economic Benefits 1 P-3 Systems--Finance 2 P-3 Systems--Governance 3 P-3 Systems--Teaching Quality/Prof. Dev. 1 Postsecondary 1 Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning 1 Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid 7 Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees 1 Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants 1 Postsecondary Finance 13 Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding 1 Postsecondary Finance--Facilities 3 Postsecondary Governance and Structures 2 Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges 6 Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) 2 Postsecondary Success--Completion 3 Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) 4 Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation 1 Reading/Literacy 12 Rural 1 Scheduling/School Calendar 3 Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs 1 School Safety 2 School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution 1 School/District Structure/Operations--District Structure 1 School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities 4 School/District Structure/Operations--School Structure--Class Size 1 School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation 1 Special Education 2 Special Populations--Immigrant Education 1 Standards 2 Standards--Common Core State Standards 2 State Policymaking 7 Student Achievement 7 Student Supports--Integrated Services 1 Students--Promotion/Retention 3 Teaching Quality 6 Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure 2 Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers 1 Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. 1 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay 2 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance 6 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits 6 Teaching Quality--Employment--Reduction in Force 1 Teaching Quality--Employment--Tenure or Continuing Contract 10 Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness 16 Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring 1 Teaching Quality--Preparation 3 Teaching Quality--Preparation--Alternative Preparation 1 Teaching Quality--Professional Development 2 Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention 2 Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools 3 Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects 1 Technology--Instruction 2 Urban--Change/Improvements 1 Youth Engagement 1 359