ATLANTA — The Southern Regional Educational Board’s first 2012 Legislative Report is available online now. The report summarizes governors’ proposals, particularly those related to education (pre-K through higher ed), in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. It also includes notes from Delaware, Louisiana, Mississippi and North Carolina.
"In many SREB states, budget proposals reflect that state revenues are growing, though not fast enough to keep up with demand for services or to recoup from the declines of recent years," said Gale Gaines, SREB vice president of State Services.
Future Legislative Reports will include governors’ proposals in the remaining SREB states that have 2012 legislative sessions: Alabama, Delaware, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
SREB State Services is a resource for current information on trends, issues and specific state actions related to education in the 16 SREB member states. SREB staff meet with state leaders during their legislative sessions to provide helpful policy and research as well as information about actions in other states. SREB’s Legislative Advisory Council meets to examine key education topics. State Services also publishes a series of reports:
Legislative Reports present the most recent governors’ proposals, current legislative actions, bills and funding for education. They are published approximately monthly during the legislative sessions.
The Legislative Briefing summarizes actions across the SREB region by topic.
Focus Reports take a deeper look at timely issues.
Media, legislators, governors’ staff, state agencies and policy leaders may contact Gale Gaines, vice president of State Services, at (404) 875-9211 or gale.gaines@sreb.org.
The Southern Regional Education Board, or SREB, was created in 1948 by Southern governors and legislatures to help leaders in education and government work cooperatively to advance education and improve the social and economic life of the region. SREB’s 16 member states are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. SREB is based in Atlanta. More: www.SREB.org.
