«Last year was kind of a unique and challenging year on a lot of different levels including looking at and reviewing the Regents,» said Senate education committee chair John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican and prominent member of his conference. (politico.com)
As House education committee chair John Kline put it, «We spent about fifty pages in this bill putting very strict prohibitions on what the secretary can and can not do.» (educationnext.org)
«I think we in conference feel very resolute that we're going to continue to work very hard on our education agenda, which obviously is focused on trying to make sure that schools have the resources they need,» said Assembly education committee chair Cathy Nolan, a Queens Democrat who stood with colleagues Thursday as they announced to reporters that they would continue to support Silver. (politico.com)