The Governor's Office
Governor Jan Brewer named education as one of her "four cornerstones of reform" in her
Policy Agenda: Building a More Prosperous Arizona which was released on January 18, 2011.
The Governor’s Office and the P-20 Coordinating Council have placed a premium on early
benchmarks which will lead to achieving specific goals by 2020 including:
- improving our high school graduation rate to 93%, from a starting point of 75%;
- enabling at least 94% of third graders to meet State reading standards, in contrast to our baseline of just 69%; and
- doubling the number of college students who complete their studies and receive a four-year degree
Debra Raeder-Gay, Executive Director of the Governor’s P-20 Coordinating Council, serves
as the administrator of both Arizona’s College Access Challenge Grant and the NCAN/Kresge
grant for the development of a statewide college access network.
www.azgovernor.gov
www.azgovernor.gov/P20
www.gocyf.az.gov