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 | Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Maine | Governor Paul LePage's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Accountability
-- Develop a ranking system for Maine schools. Each school will be graded A-B-C-D or F.
-- Help schools that are failing and reward schools as they improve.
Choice
-- Give more educational options to all kids and fund schools that best fit the student's needs.
State Policymaking
-- Hold a Governor's Conference on Education this March. We are bringing national experts to Maine to demonstrate what other states are doing to improve education.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Career/Technical Education
-- Passed legislation to strengthen vocational education.
Charter Schools
-- Passed charter school legislation.
http://www.governing.com/news/state/maine-governor-lepage-state-of-state-2013.html
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| Oklahoma | Governor Mary Fallin's 2013 State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
Finance
-- Increase education spending by $13.5 million in order to fund recently enacted reforms.
STEM
-- Emphasize STEM in all levels of public education.
Teacher Compensation
-- Invest $8.5 million of supplemental funding to pay for teachers' health benefits.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Accountability
-- Developed an A-F grading system for public schools.
High School -- College and Career Readiness
-- Implemented high school exit exams.
-- Aligned the high school diploma with college, career and citizen ready standards.
Reading/Literacy
-- Put reforms into place to help ensure that every third grader can read at grade appropriate level before they advance to the fourth grade.
Postsecondary
-- Awarded almost 2,000 more college degrees and career tech certificates than the previous year.
Technology
-- Developed a new, voluntary program for schools known as "Open Range" that will be available to help schools begin their own IT consolidation efforts, improve their technology and free up more dollars in the process.
Full Text: http://www.ok.gov/governor/documents/2013%20State%20of%20the%20State%20-%20Text%20as%20Prepared%20for%20Delivery.pdf
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 | Accountability--Rewards |
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 | Accountability--School Improvement |
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 | Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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 | At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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 | Attendance |
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 | Bilingual/ESL |
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 | Business Involvement |
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 | Career/Technical Education |
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 | Choice of Schools |
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 | Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
| 7 | |
 | Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
| 2 | |
 | Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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 | Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
| 3 | |
 | Civic Education |
| 2 | |
 | Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
| 1 | |
 | Curriculum--Mathematics |
| 1 | |
 | Economic/Workforce Development |
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 | Finance |
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 | Finance--Facilities |
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 | Finance--Federal |
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 | Finance--Funding Formulas |
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 | Finance--Lotteries |
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 | Finance--Performance Funding |
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 | Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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 | Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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 | Governance |
| 3 | |
 | Health |
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 | Health--Mental Health |
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 | High School |
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 | High School--College Readiness |
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 | High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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 | High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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 | High School--Exit Exams |
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 | High School--Graduation Requirements |
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 | Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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 | Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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 | P-16 or P-20 |
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 | P-3 |
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 | P-3 Kindergarten |
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 | P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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 | P-3 Preschool |
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 | Parent/Family |
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 | Postsecondary |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability |
| 4 | |
 | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
| 3 | |
 | Postsecondary Finance |
| 9 | |
 | Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
| 6 | |
 | Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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 | Postsecondary Institutions |
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 | Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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 | Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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 | Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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 | Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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 | Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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 | Reading/Literacy |
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 | Scheduling/School Calendar |
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 | Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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 | School Safety |
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 | Service-Learning |
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 | Special Education |
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 | Special Populations |
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 | Special Populations--Military |
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 | Standards |
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 | State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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 | State Policymaking |
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 | State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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 | STEM |
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 | Student Achievement |
| 4 | |
 | Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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 | Teaching Quality |
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 | Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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 | Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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 | Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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 | Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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 | Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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 | Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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 | Technology |
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 | Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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 | Youth Engagement |
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