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
+ 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
South DakotaGovernor Dennis Daugaard's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS

College Remediation
-- Redesign remediation courses so that high school students who need help can complete remediation before they enter college.

Finance
-- Fund the Education Enhancement Funding Corporation by refinancing the state's tobacco bonds, which were issued ten years ago as a result of the Master Settlement Agreement with tobacco companies.

Special Populations - Military Families
-- Offer professional licensure portability bill for military spouses.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Economic/Workforce Development
-- Legislature approved South Dakota Workforce Initiative – SD WINS – 20 initiatives focused on developing the qualified workforce that will underpin our economic growth over the next decade.
-- Directed economic development grants to purchase machinery to establish a new welding program at Mitchell Tech, adding 18 new training slots this year. Funded the development of an innovative new distance learning program at Lake Area Tech to deliver online distance training in welding and precision machining. Expanded the welding program at Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield, to train 32 more inmates in this skilled trade.
-- Redirected some Community Development Block Grant dollars to workforce training activities. Since implementing this change, eight grants totaling over $1 million have provided funds for training over 300 workers in jobs including certified nursing assistants, training for commercial driver licenses, and others.

Full Text: http://sd.gov/governor/docs/2013%20State%20of%20State.pdf

+ 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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