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
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
1
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
1
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
3
- Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
1
North CarolinaGovernor Pat McCrory's State of the State Address

PROPOSALS

Online Learning
- Give schools more flexibility to spend lottery funds on digital and virtual learning, which school districts, according to current laws, are not allowed to do right now.

Postsecondary Finance
-- Lead a collaborative effort to help our universities come together as the competition for federal dollars is getting so tough. We need to come together as universities to maximize research funding.

Business Involvement
-- Expand strategic partnerships between the education community and the business community.

State Policymaking
-- Reinstate and lead education cabinet meetings.

Technology
-- Pursue legislation to reallocate a portion of money away from advertising and the large administration cost of the Lottery Commission, and use that money to directly help students access technology.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Economic/Workforce Development; Teacher Certification
-- Signed Senate Bill 14 into law. This bill will help employers find qualified candidates for jobs, directs high schools and community colleges to share resources, and makes it easier for experts in a private sector to get certified for teaching. 

Full Text: http://governor.nc.gov/newsroom/governor-mccrory-delivers-2013-state-state-address

+ 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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