Nikki Haley in 2015 Governor's State of the State speeches
On Education:
Incentives for teachers, including tuition & grad school
We've proposed a new initiative that will help our rural schools get, and keep, the kind of highly qualified teachers their students deserve.- First, if a student graduating high school is willing to spend eight years teaching in their underserved
home district after college, we will pay for up to four years of tuition at a state school.
- Second, if a teacher who has graduated from college and is burdened by student loans commits to teach in a rural district, we will contribute to their student
loan repayment.
- Third, if a teacher has less than five years' experience and begins teaching in an eligible district, he or she will receive a pay bump, advancing his or her salary to the level of a teacher five years further down the road.
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Finally, if a teacher wants to attend graduate school at a state college or university, we will cover the cost of that education, again in exchange for a commitment to teach in a rural or underserved district.
Source: State of the State address to 2015 South Carolina Assembly
Jan 21, 2015
On Free Trade:
Trade mission to India to build S.C. ties
In November, we travelled to India on a trade mission. India, of course, is the country of my parents' birth. I hadn't been there since I was two years old, so the trip was a special one for me--there are few things more impactful than seeing firsthand,
for the first time, your own history. But what was even more amazing to me was the connections I found between South Carolina and that far-off land.I visited a workforce training center at Rayat-Bahra University in Mohali.
Hundreds of students turned out for a talk I gave, and they had so many questions about South Carolina. But they didn't just know about South Carolina because we have an Indian-American governor. The skill development center at their university is
modeled after ICAR in Greenville. Their school has signed an agreement with Clemson University to expand cooperation and allow their students to share in our educational opportunities, and vice-versa.
Source: State of the State address to 2015 South Carolina Assembly
Jan 21, 2015
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