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


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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
+ 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
IllinoisGovernor Pat Quinn's State of the State Address

PROPOSALS

P-3 Systems - Finance
-- Invest more dollars in early childhood education.

Attendance - Compulsory
-- Raise the minimum school attendance age to 18.

Finance; Facilities
-- Invest in education through the Illinois Jobs Agenda for 2012. This investment will create jobs now as classrooms are upgraded with modern labs, smart technology, digital books, high-speed Internet access, and 21st century efficiency.

Postsecondary - Financial Aid
-- Make a significant investment in more state MAP scholarships to help students attend college.

Postsecondary Success - Completion Rates
-- Set goal to have at least 60 percent of adults in the state to have a college degree, an associate degree or a career certificate by 2025.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Accountability - Reporting
-- Passed laws that improve school report cards so that parents have more information about the schools that educate their kids.

Facilities
-- Built and renovated more than 400 schools from Western Illinois University's new riverfront campus in Moline to the new Transportation Education Center at SIU in Carbondale and from the repurposed Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb to the new electrical and computer engineering building at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

School Calendar
-- Passed laws that lay the groundwork for a longer school day and a longer school year.

Teacher Quality - Evaluations; Tenure
-- Passed laws that set clear benchmarks for teacher evaluation and put performance above tenure.

Postsecondary - Financial Aid; Immigrant Education
-- Passed the Illinois DREAM Act to help high school graduates from immigrant families.

http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=2&RecNum=9997

+ 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
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