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Jeff Colyer on Education
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My (Re) Employment Plan: KANSASWORKS technical education
I was visiting Pittsburg, and Southeast Kansas continues to struggle. Without prior warning, I stopped in to visit the KANSASWORKS office which helps people looking for work: professionals provide personalized job search assistance. To address this
issue my Administration will be launching a program called the My (Re) Employment Plan, [which] will provide, free of charge, a skills assessment, resume, interview & networking assistance, & labor market information highlighting current in-demand jobs.
Other Kansans have the talent and drive but not the immediate technical skills to find a good paying job. The budget proposal includes significant investments in career and technical education. It will give Kansas high school students the
opportunity to learn technical skills before they've even received their high school diplomas. Older students can also learn skills needed to compete for in-demand jobs. It will increase the apprentice program, and support the jobs of the future.
Source: 2018 Kansas Inauguration/State of the State speech
, Feb 8, 2018
Invest in early childhood education & invest in our future
Finally, and perhaps the most pressing question in many of your minds, where will we go on education? And before we get to the elephant in the room, let me first thank you to the legislature for the remarkable investments you have made in early
childhood education. Early childhood education works.On my first day as governor, I had the opportunity to visit a public school in my hometown of Hays. I want you to know that your Governor is a supporter of public education.
In Kansas, we invest in our schools, not because a court tells us to, but because we want to invest in our children and our future. We invest in teachers because they invest in our kids.
We support things like the Kansans Can Redesign program because we are willing to do hard things for the youth of this state.
Source: 2018 Kansas Inauguration/State of the State speech
, Feb 8, 2018
Increased investments in K-12 Education
What I learned from President Reagan is that we develop principles that allow us to resolve our issues. As the sign on his desk and now mine says, "It can be done." With that in mind, I will offer a framework that I hope you can see fit to support:
- We must keep our schools open.
- We need a definitive solution that ends the school finance lawsuits FOR GOOD.
- Increased investments in K-12 Education must come through a phased in approach that doesn't increase the tax burden on
Kansas families and ensures schools can effectively allocate any new funds they receive.
- Lastly, and most importantly, we must insist on accountability and improved outcomes.
I will sign school finance legislation that meets these objectives.
This will not be easy, but public servants and leaders are not called to make the easy choices. We're here to do the right thing, and the right thing is never easy.
Source: 2018 Kansas Inauguration/State of the State speech
, Feb 8, 2018
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