ECS
2013 State of the State Addresses
Education-Related Proposals by Issue


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The following summary includes education-related proposals from the 2013 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
2
+ Accountability--Rewards
2
+ Accountability--School Improvement
3
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
1
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
6
+ Attendance
1
+ Bilingual/ESL
1
+ Business Involvement
2
+ Career/Technical Education
4
+ Choice of Schools
3
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
7
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
2
+ Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
1
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
3
+ Civic Education
2
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
1
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
1
+ Economic/Workforce Development
18
+ Finance
21
+ Finance--Facilities
3
+ Finance--Federal
1
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
1
+ Finance--Lotteries
1
- Finance--Performance Funding
1
ArizonaGovernor Janice K. Brewer's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS

Reading/Literacy
-- Develop comprehensive reading assessments to identify students falling behind.
-- With the help of the State, local schools will connect students with reading experts.

School Safety
-- Expand State funding for School Resource Officers.

Accountability/Standards
-- Raise standards and increase accountability for students, schools and teachers.

School Finance/Accountability
--Implement the nation's first comprehensive performance funding plan for districts and charter schools. This plan will reward schools that earn high marks or see real improvement in performance
(Not scrapping attendance-based funding formulas but rather, augment that system with an innovative approach to promoting school performance, while maintaining local control).

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

School Choice
-- Expanded school choice.

Reading/Literacy
-- Funded the Move on When Reading program.

Full Text: http://www.azgovernor.gov/dms/upload/GS_011413_SOS2013.pdf


+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
6
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
3
+ Governance
3
+ Health
2
+ Health--Mental Health
1
+ High School
3
+ High School--College Readiness
3
+ High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates
1
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
2
+ High School--Exit Exams
1
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
1
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
1
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
2
+ P-16 or P-20
1
+ P-3
4
+ P-3 Kindergarten
3
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
2
+ P-3 Preschool
14
+ Parent/Family
1
+ Postsecondary
5
+ Postsecondary Affordability
4
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
6
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
3
+ Postsecondary Finance
9
+ Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding
6
+ Postsecondary Finance--Facilities
1
+ Postsecondary Institutions
1
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
1
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
1
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
3
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
4
+ Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation
1
+ Reading/Literacy
10
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
1
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
1
+ School Safety
8
+ Service-Learning
1
+ Special Education
4
+ Special Populations
1
+ Special Populations--Military
3
+ Standards
1
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
1
+ State Policymaking
4
+ State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions
5
+ STEM
4
+ Student Achievement
4
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
1
+ Teaching Quality
5
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
1
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
5
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
6
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
3
+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
5
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
3
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
6
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
2
+ Technology
4
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
1
+ Youth Engagement
1
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