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Senate Education Committee hearing on school choice

February 15, 2011
by Hill
Catholic Education Posts, catholic schools, educational improvement tax credit, EITC, opportunity scholarship act, opportunity scholarships, PA senate bill 1, scholarships, school choice, vouchers
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On Wednesday, February 16, 2011, the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee will host a hearing on Senate Bill 1: the Opportunity Scholarship and Educational Improvement Tax Credit Act. The location is Hearing Room #1, North Office Building, part of the Capitol Complex. It is scheduled to run from 9:15 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Agenda

9:15 – 9:30 am Opening Remarks

Senator Jeff Piccola, Majority Chairman, Senator Andy Dinniman, Democratic Chairman & Senator Anthony Williams

9:30 – 10:00 am Pennsylvania Department of Education

The Honorable Ronald Tomalis, Secretary-Designate

10:00 – 10:30 am REACH Alliance & Foundation

Otto Banks, Executive Director/REACH & Philip Murren/BALL, MURREN & CONNELL

10:30 – 11:00 am Education Law Center (ELC)

Baruch Kintisch, Director of Policy Advocacy, Senior Attorney

11:00 – 11:30 am Students First

Joe Watkins, Chairman

11:30 – noon Break

Noon – 12:30 pm Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA)

Michael Crossey, Vice President

12:30 – 1:00 pm Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO)

Darlene Callands, President and CEO/Philadelphia BAEO

1:00 – 1:30 pm American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Pennsylvania

Ted Kirsch, President

1:30 – 2:00 pm Center for Education Reform (CER)

Jeanne Allen, President

2:00 – 2:30 pm Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA)

Richard Fry, Superintendent/Big Springs School District Legislative Committee Chair

2:30 – 3:00 pm Commonwealth Foundation

Matthew Brouillette, President

3:00 – 3:30 pm Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA)

Thomas Gentzel, Executive Director

Show your support for school choice! Visit, call, fax or e-mail your state Senator and urge him or her to support Senate Bill 1.

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