Tracking politicians' promises

The Promise:

“We must have a strong system of student achievement and teacher evaluation. Unfortunately our current system isn’t working for parents, students, or teachers. The current Standards of Learning tests have created an environment with an over-emphasis on drilling students to take one-time, multiple-choice tests."

Update: Progress continues

The Promise:

“Terry McAuliffe proposes … increasing the current limit on investment tax credits for commercialization. The current limit of $5 million dollars … should be increased by an amount between $1 million to $2.5 million depending on budget conditions, with the increase specifically targeted to biotechnology and biomedical companies.”

Update: Bill fails in General Assembly

The Promise:

"Terry McAuliffe proposes … creation of the Virginia Biotech Startup Program. Designed to supply critically needed startup funds to entrepreneurs, inventors, or scientists hoping to prepare an idea to attract private capital, this program would receive an initial capitalization of between 2.5 and 5 million dollars (depending on budget conditions) and would then be replenished as loans are repaid."

Update: Keeps promise by increasing grants

The Promise:

“As governor, I'm going to get right down and start to work to make sure I stop it, so no more of these women's health centers shut down in Virginia. You have my word on that.

 

Update: Tough clinic regulations repealed

The Promise:

"I will make it a priority to ensure that the millions of dollars in gas royalties currently sitting in escrow are paid out to the landowners who are owed that money."

 

Update: Progress with a snag

The Promise:

Create "a transportation lockbox. Funds that support our transportations system – and by extension, our economy – must be protected. 

 

Update: McAuliffe sees no need to act

The Promise:

“Terry McAuliffe proposes … increasing the current limit on investment tax credits for commercialization. The current limit of $5 million dollars … should be increased by an amount between $1 million to $2.5 million depending on budget conditions, with the increase specifically targeted to biotechnology and biomedical companies.”

Update: Review underway

The Promise:

Establish a “task force to reduce administrative and non-instructional workload for teachers. By reducing the time teachers spend on doing something other than teaching or preparing to teach, we increase the time they spend focused on education."

 

Update: Same old same old

The Promise:

“I pledge to preserve at least 400,000 acres of open space over the next four years."

 

Update: Losing ground

The Promise:

"I will make it a priority to ensure that the millions of dollars in gas royalties currently sitting in escrow are paid out to the landowners who are owed that money."

 

Update: Huge progress

The Promise:

“As governor, I'm going to push for universal background checks for everyone."

 

Update: Will take another shot

The Promise:

"Terry will have a full-time staff member dedicated to creating automatic trade and professional certifications for returning veterans.

 

Update: Post may not be filled

The Promise:

“As governor, I'm going to get right down and start to work to make sure I stop it, so no more of these women's health centers shut down in Virginia. You have my word on that.

 

Update: Work underway

The Promise:

“We must have a strong system of student achievement and teacher evaluation. Unfortunately our current system isn’t working for parents, students, or teachers. The current Standards of Learning tests have created an environment with an over-emphasis on drilling students to take one-time, multiple-choice tests."

Update: Work is underway

The Promise:

"I will not sign a budget in Virginia unless the Medicaid expansion is included in the budget."

 

Update: Will sign budget with no Medicaid expansion