Senate Journal: Page 1610: Tuesday, May 8, 2001

  MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR

  June 14, 2001

  The Honorable Brent Siegrist
  Speaker of the House
  State Capitol
  Des Moines, IA  50319

  The Honorable Mary Kramer
  President of the Senate
  State Capitol
  Des Moines, IA 50319

  Speaker Siegrist and President Kramer,

  The one shining light in this legislative session was the full funding of
  our new
  teacher compensation/student achievement plan.  This package is a truly
  revolutionary
  approach to training and compensating teachers, and ensuring that Iowa
  schoolchildren get the very best possible education.  Nowhere else has this
  been done
  on a statewide basis.  It makes us national leaders and it has important and
  very
  positive consequences for public education and workforce development in our
  state.

  We understand that some teachers are nervous about this program.  It does
  represent a fundamental change.  We are convinced that we can make this new
  plan
  work in a way that serves teachers, students, and parents.

  We are hopeful the special legislative session schedule for June 19 will
  consider
  legislative action that was left incomplete at the end of the regular
  session.  In addition
  to redistricting, I urge lawmakers to maintain the operations of Iowa's
  rural workforce
  development centers, to provide the option for community colleges to raise
  additional
  revenue to meet their obligations, and to provide for additional in-state
  electric power
  generation.

  Sincerely,
  Thomas J. Vilsack
  Governor

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