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

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 3 Accountability--Rewards 2 Accountability--School Improvement 3 Assessment--High Stakes/Competency 1 At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) 6 Attendance 2 Bilingual/ESL 1 Business Involvement 3 Career/Technical Education 4 Choice of Schools 4 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 Counseling/Guidance 1 Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language 1 Curriculum--Mathematics 1 Economic/Workforce Development 19 Finance 24 Finance--Facilities 3 Finance--Federal 1 Finance--Funding Formulas 1 Finance--Lotteries 1 Finance--Performance Funding 1 Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures 6 Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper's State of the State Address PROPOSALS Finance -- Fund education above inflation and enrollment. Finance - Funding Formula -- Ensure that there is a school finance formula that offers equity to all districts. P-3 - Preschool/Kindergarten -- Serve up to 6,500 new kindergartners and preschoolers. Postsecondary - Finance -- Adopt a need-based financial allocation process to support Coloradans with the highest need and incentivizes retention and timely completion. Teacher Preparation -- Continue to build the best educator pipeline in the country and attract the best and brightest people to enter teaching. Teacher Retention -- Find new ways to retain and reward current teachers. ACCOMPLISHMENTS P-3 - Reading/Literacy -- Passed an early childhood literacy program (The Read Act) which identifies struggling readers early and provides interventions so that all children can read by the end of third grade. Finance - Federal -- Received a $29.9 million "Race to the Top" grant to support early childhood education and enhance early literacy. Full Text: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=GovHickenlooper%2FCBONLayout&cid=1251638211880&pagename=CBONWrapper Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy's State of the State Address PROPOSALS School Improvement -- Continue to transform low-performing schools through the Commissioner's Network - through intensive intervention, increased instruction time, and improved collaboration among teachers and administrators. State Policymaking - Task Forces/Commissions -- Create the Sandy Hook Advisory Commission to make specific, actionable recommendations in the areas of school safety, mental health services, and gun violence prevention. Teacher Quality -- Dedicate new resources to support teachers. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Finance -- Invested nearly $100 million in pre-k through high school, focusing on districts most in need. P-3 - Preschool -- Created 1,000 new school readiness openings statewide (seats for 1,000 more children). School Improvement -- Transformed four low-performing schools through the Commissioner's Network through intensive intervention, increased instruction time, and improved collaboration among teachers and administrators. Full Text: http://www.governor.ct.gov/malloy/cwp/view.asp?Q=516548&A=11 Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter's State of the State Address PROPOSALS Finance -- Increase K-12 funding in budget State Policymaking - Task Forces - School Improvement -- Assemble a broad cross-section of stakeholders to study the message voters sent (2012 propositions on ballot rejected by voters) and identify elements of school improvement on which there is broad agreement. Postsecondary/Workforce Demands -- Continue to create an aerospace center in Coeur d' Alene at North Idaho College to meet workforce demands of a growing industry in the Panhandle. -- Continue development an industry certified software developer program at College of Western Idaho to help address a chronic shortage of qualified workers for the growing technology sector in Treasure Valley. -- Continue to build an $8.5 million Applied Technology and Innovation Center. -- Continue the establishment technology learning and innovation centers for teachers at the University of Idaho and Northwest Nazarene University. -- Fund rural rotation training for each of the 24 participants in the Internal Medicine Residency program and Boise VA Medical Center. -- Fund five additional seats in the WWAMI collaborative medical school program at the University of Washington, to go to students in the Targeted Rural and Under-Served Track or TRUST program. ACCOMPLISHMENTS Postsecondary/Workfoce Demans -- Opened a Professional Technical Education Center in Tampa, belonging to College of Western Idaho. For Full Text: http://gov.idaho.gov/mediacenter/speeches/sp_2013/State%20of%20the%20State%202013.pdf Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman's State of the State Address PROPOSALS Finance -- Increase state aid to education from $852 million to $895 million in fiscal year 2014 and to $939 million in fiscal year 2015. Postsecondary - Tuition -- Implement a two-year tuition freeze for Nebraska students if the proposed budget is adopted. Postsecondary - Community College - Funding -- Increase community college funding for each of the next two years so that each of our six community colleges can consider adopting a two year tuition freeze. Special Education - Funding -- Increase special education funding by 5% in each of the next two years. ACCOMPLISHMENTS --N/A Full Text: http://www.governor.nebraska.gov/news/2013/01/docs/0115_SOTS-Reading_Copy.pdf New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's State of the State Address PROPOSALS Finance -- Invest $8.9 billion of state aid into education ACCOMPLISHMENTS Choice -- Implemented inter-district school choice which has tripled enrollment in the last 3 years and will grow to 6,000 students next year. -- Expanded the number of charter schools in NJ to 86. -- Signed the Urban Hope Act to turn failing schools into renaissance Schools in Newark, Trenton, and Camden. Postsecondary -- Restructured higher education resulting in Rutgers being in the top 25 in research dollars and the newest member of the Big 10. -- Made new capital investments in all NJ universities for the first time in 25 years. State Policymaking - Task Forces -- Created a task force that has helped NJ develop strategies for making New Jersey's institutions more competitive. Teacher Issues - Compensation - Merit Pay -- Finalized a teacher contract in Newark that acknowledges merit-pay. Teacher Issues - Tenure -- Reformed teacher tenure. Full Text: http://nj.gov/governor/news/news/552013/approved/20130108d.html Wyoming Governor Matthew H. Mead's State of the State Address PROPOSALS Finance -- Reduce budget for community colleges and the University by 6%. -- Provide roughly $600 million for new schools over the next five years. Postsecondary -- Build a Tier I School of Engineering at UW. Priorities -- Focus on high school graduation rates, dual immersion language opportunities, charter schools, career technical education, and how to minimize the potential for school violence. Teacher/School Personnel Compensation -- Increase state employee salaries (incl. UW and community college personnel) by $8.5 million and offer one-time merit-based bonuses of $2.5 million. ACCOMPLISHMENTS State Policymaking - Task Force -- Appointed a task force to help define what a Tier I university looks like in preparation for a new Tier I School of Engineering at UW. Full Text:http://governor.wy.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/2013%20State%20of%20the%20State%20Address.pdf 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 3 Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses 1 P-16 or P-20 1 P-3 4 P-3 Child Care 1 P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) 1 P-3 Finance 1 P-3 Kindergarten 4 P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten 2 P-3 Preschool 16 Parent/Family 1 Postsecondary 5 Postsecondary Affordability 5 Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid 6 Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees 3 Postsecondary Finance 12 Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding 7 Postsecondary Finance--Facilities 1 Postsecondary Institutions 1 Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges 3 Postsecondary Online Instruction 1 Postsecondary Participation--Access 3 Postsecondary Success--Completion 4 Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation 1 Reading/Literacy 13 Scheduling/School Calendar 2 Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs 1 School Safety 9 Service-Learning 1 Special Education 4 Special Populations 1 Special Populations--Military 3 Standards 1 State Longitudinal Data Systems 1 State Policymaking 6 State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions 5 STEM 5 Student Achievement 5 Teaching Quality 5 Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative 1 Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. 1 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay 5 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance 7 Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits 3 Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness 5 Teaching Quality--Preparation 3 Teaching Quality--Professional Development 1 Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention 7 Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract 3 Technology 5 Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware 1 Youth Engagement 1 323