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
+ 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
MarylandGovernor Martin O'Malley's State of the State Address

PROPOSALS

Economy
-- Increase jobs in education by 114,000.

Finance
-- Invest to improve public education

Finance - Buildings
-- Invest to build new schools. 

Postsecondary Access
-- Offer early access to affordable college credit by letting motivated high schools students work toward both their two-year Associates Degree and their high school diploma – at the same time.  

Postsecondary - Community Colleges
-- Increase funding for community colleges

Postsecondary - Completion
-- Redesign college curricula and courses to better promote completion. 
-- Move the system toward rewarding a student's competency, and not merely the years he or she spends sitting in a lecture hall.   
-- Rework financial aid so that more students can afford to carry full course loads to complete their degrees on or ahead of time. 
-- Give students more on-line options for earning college credit.

Postsecondary Finance - Tuition
-- Continue to hold down the cost of college tuition.

School Safety
-- Invest in security upgrades in our schools.

Technology
-- Invest in iPads, laptops, smart-boards, and 21st century digital learning tools. 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

General
-- Remained #1 in education (best public schools in America) five years in a row.  
-- Record high student achievement. 
-- Record high graduation rates. 
-- Significantly closed the achievement gaps between white and non-white students.  
-- Achieved highest Advanced Placement scores in science, technology, engineering, and math MD students have ever achieved. 
-- Have the best overall AP scores of any state in the nation.

Postsecondary Finance - Tuition
-- Remained #1 in holding down the cost of college tuition.  

Full Text: http://www.governor.maryland.gov/blog/?p=8075

+ Youth Engagement
1
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