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 | 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 |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
| 2 | |
| P-16 or P-20 |
| 1 | |
| P-3 |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
| 3 | |
| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
| 2 | |
| P-3 Preschool |
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| 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 |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
| 1 | |
| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| School Safety |
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| Service-Learning |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Populations |
| 1 | |
| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| 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 |
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| Illinois | Governor Pat Quinn's State of the State Address
PROPOSALS
School Safety
-- Pass legislation that will require every school in the state to practice active safety drills that will prepare them for even the worst.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Accountability
-- Improved school report cards.
Economic/Workforce Development
-- Trained thousands of workers for jobs in high-demand industries like healthcare, manufacturing and construction.
Postsecondary Access - Immigrant Students
-- Created the Illinois Dream Commission for awarding scholarships to high school graduates from immigrant families.
Military
-- Signed an Executive Order that directs our licensing agencies to assess military training for state license requirements. Last month, the Board of Nursing approving a suggested "bridge" curriculum for military medics to obtain LPN licenses.
P-3
-- Invested $45 million to build early childhood education centers in high-need communities across Illinois, including in Carpentersville, Dolton, and Cahokia.
School Safety
-- Convened a School Safety Summit with education, public safety, mental health and law enforcement leaders to identify better ways to protect our schools.
Teacher Evaluations/Tenure
-- Set clear benchmarks for teacher evaluation and put performance above tenure.
Full Text: http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/Documents/State%20of%20the%20State/State%20of%20the%20State%202013.pdf
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| 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
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
| 1 | |
| Youth Engagement |
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