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
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
+ 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
OklahomaGovernor 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

+ 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
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