Sentences with phrase «house chair of the education committee»

It is a disturbing yet telling commentary that the House Chair of the Education Committee, State Representative Andrew Fleischmann of West Hartford, and his colleagues buckled to the pressure from Governor Dannel Malloy and the charter school industry.

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Just one day before the scheduled markup of the House Education and the Workforce Committee «s «Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016» (an Orwellian name if there ever was one, given how the bill would gut child nutrition), Congressman Todd Rokita (IN - R), chair of the subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, introduced a substitute amendment which, among other things, proposes a three - state block grant pilot for school breakfasts and lunches.

He was appointed Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis and Investigation in February 2011, after previously serving as the chair of the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology, the Legislative Task Force on People with Disabilities and the Subcommittee on Mitchell - Lama Housing.

As if to illustrate that point, Representative George Miller (D — CA), who chaired the 30 April hearing and represents the congressional district just north of Berkeley, commented that «as chairman of the [House] Education [and Labor] Committee and chair of the Democratic Policy Committee, I meet all of the time with leaders from the research - university community.»

In response to the agreement, Representative George Miller (D — CA), chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee who held a hearing in April on the then - stalled talks, issued a statement criticizing the «unnecessary delays that blocked a first contract for far too long,» adding that those delays were «outrageous and needed to end,» and that «it was clear that [UC] caused» the delays.

Education chairman Representative George Miller (D - CA) spoke after a 2 - hour forum arranged by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that brought together the chairs of eight House committees responsible for cobbling together the recovery plan.

The chair of a different House committee, one that oversees education and authorizes new programs, is a fierce opponent of the Administration's attempt to spend more money on targeted new programs.

Price, who serves as chair of the U.S. House Budget Committee, came to campus to speak to a town hall meeting on NIH and NSF funding presented by the Emory Science Advocacy Network, a graduate student group that seeks to promote biomedical research funding through advocacy and education.

Also in 2010, Representative Phillip Owens, the chair of the House Education and Public Works Committee introduced a bill aimed at establishing a more sustainable funding policy for CSD, and despite being stalled by opponents representing traditional districts, the 2011 - 12 state budget included a funding increase for CSD schools.

This got much easier recently when House Education Committee Chair John Kline and K - 12 Subcomittee Chair Todd Rokita introduced the Student Success Act, which bars the feds from offering grants or policy waivers contingent on a state» s use of certain curricula or adoption of certain assessment policies.

Consider the recent comments, in an Education Week interview, of Representative John Kline of Minnesota, an intelligent, patriotic and hard - working lawmaker who would likely chair the education committee in a RepublicEducation Week interview, of Representative John Kline of Minnesota, an intelligent, patriotic and hard - working lawmaker who would likely chair the education committee in a Republiceducation committee in a Republican House.

«I hope all in all it's going to be smooth sailing,» said Tom Wolanin, an aide to Representative William D. Ford, the Michigan Democrat who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee, and a key architect of the House bill.

For example, as pointed out last year by Republican John Kline of Minnesota, an ESSA co-author and former chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, «Arizona and New Hampshire recently passed laws that violate ESSA by permitting individual school districts to choose which assessments to administer.»

Goodling, who chairs the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, remarked that «we already have plenty of testing... why another measurement instrument to tell us what we already know?»

Republican Congressman Bill Goodling, chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, spoke out against the testing program on the floor of the House, calling it «Smith's Folly.»

In a letter last month to Representative Virginia Foxx, the chair of the House education committee, 13 House Republicans urged that the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program be preserved.

Support ultimately coalesced around the bill introduced by Republican Nancy Spence, chair of the house education committee.

For one thing, the Democratic side is losing a ton of institutional memory and expertise with the retirements of Senator Tom Harkin (chair of the Senate education committee) and Congressman George Miller (ranking Democrat on the House education committee).

For another, a Lansing fundraiser was at least scheduled to take place for Rep. Daniela Garcia (R - Holland), the House Education Committee vice chair and the primary sponsor of two bills in the House DPS package, on the evening of May 4 — what turned out to be the night the House considered the bills.

Woodson is a former member of the Tennessee General Assembly, first serving in the House, then moving on to the Senate, where she served as Chair of the Education Committee and later as Speaker Pro Tem, the number two job in that body.

Now Congress is finally moving, thanks to Senator Lamar Alexander and Congressman John Kline, the chairs of the Senate and House education committees.

Robert Halfon, a former education minister and staunch critic of the prime minister, has been elected as chair of the House of Commons education committee.

Legislators speaking included: Senator Jeffrey E. Piccola, Senate Education Committee Chairman and co-sponsor of Senate Bill 1; Senator Dominic Pileggi, Senate Majority Leader; Senator Mike Folmer, Vice-Chair of the Senate Education Committee; Representative Tom Quigley, Chair of the House Subcommittee on Basic Education and prime sponsor of HB 1330, legislation that would increase funding for the EITC program; Senator Jane Clare Orie, and Representative Tony Payton.

18 Rep. Virginia Foxx (R - NC), the current chair of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, which oversees AmeriCorps, has called the program a «government - authorized charity» because of the modest living allowance that volunteers receive in exchange for devoting a year or more to full - time service.19

Hopefully they will do better than they did two years ago when Todd Rokita, who chairs a key subcommittee of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, engaged in scaremongering against undocumented immigrant children coming from Central America.

«Myself included, there are members of the House that very much want to take this issue up,» said House education committee chair Representative Craig Horn (R - Union).

Kline, the 2nd District Republican from Burnsville who chairs the House Education and Workforce Committee, said Monday a «rising groundswell of support» will enable GOP lawmakers to «get rid of No Child Left Behind.»

In The Hill, former Congressman and chair of the House Education Committee, John Kline, discussed how ESSA shifts «education authority and accountability out of Washington and back to the states, where it belongEducation Committee, John Kline, discussed how ESSA shifts «education authority and accountability out of Washington and back to the states, where it belongeducation authority and accountability out of Washington and back to the states, where it belongs.»

Paul Colbert, a former state representative who chaired budget and oversight of public education on the House Appropriations Committee, said that for the top students, money doesn't matter.

PLEASE NOTE: The House version has been sent to the RULES COMMITTEE - a standard ploy to prevent a piece of legislation from being debated and called for a Vote.State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, Chair of the House Elementary / Secondary Education Committee joined her Latino Caucus coleagues at Monday's Press Conference, but needs to be supported and encouraged to work with Rep. Sims to get his bill sent to her CCOMMITTEE - a standard ploy to prevent a piece of legislation from being debated and called for a Vote.State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, Chair of the House Elementary / Secondary Education Committee joined her Latino Caucus coleagues at Monday's Press Conference, but needs to be supported and encouraged to work with Rep. Sims to get his bill sent to her CCommittee joined her Latino Caucus coleagues at Monday's Press Conference, but needs to be supported and encouraged to work with Rep. Sims to get his bill sent to her CommitteeCommittee.

Just after the Brown decision, Governor William B. Umstead created a Special Advisory Committee on Education, chaired by prominent Rocky Mount businessman and former Speaker of the House Thomas Pearsall.

For the next step of their assignment — making formal recommendations for how to re-write the A-F model — Butts invited three state lawmakers, including House Education Committee Chair Bob Behning, R - Indianapolis, and a representative for state superintendent Glenda Ritz to the Indianapolis high school to hear their proposals.

However, the candidate did note his support of public school choice (via charter schools): «As chair of the House Education Committee, David introduced an omnibus education bill that gave schools more authority and autonomy by emphasizing ChildrEducation Committee, David introduced an omnibus education bill that gave schools more authority and autonomy by emphasizing Childreducation bill that gave schools more authority and autonomy by emphasizing Children First.

Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, the likely Republican chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, opposes tying federal loans to student default - rates or debt - loads.

Supporters of R - 55 include Bill Gates, the Washington Roundtable, the Association of Washington Business, the bipartisan chairs of the Senate and House education committees, and a diverse group of educators, parents, and teachers throughout Washington state.

While Horn, who chairs the state House education appropriations committee, stopped short of calling the developing crisis for local districts an «unintended consequence,» he said he expects legislators will take up the issue again when they return for their long session in early 2017.

As chair of the House Education and Labor committee from 2007 - 2010, Congressman Miller has been a long - time leader of ensuring that all children have access to a high quality education that equips them to compete in a global wEducation and Labor committee from 2007 - 2010, Congressman Miller has been a long - time leader of ensuring that all children have access to a high quality education that equips them to compete in a global weducation that equips them to compete in a global workforce.

Congressman Dave Obey, D - WI and chair of the House Appropriations Committee, is expected to voice his support for the measure that will also include strong language aimed at preventing states from using the education funding for other purposes.

N.C. Rep. Craig Horn, an influential budget writer from Union County who chairs the House education appropriations committee, isn't sure he likes the current salary scale for teachers, the one adopted by lawmakers two years ago that nixes annual raises for teachers in favor of a multi-tiered approach with bigger pay bumps every five years.

Rep. Michael Bileca, a Miami Republican who chairs the House education committee and has been a chief proponent of the legislation, said the bill sets «a very high bar» for the performance of charter school operators that would be eligible to qualify for the incentives.

The latest skirmish was last week's House education committee hearing where Chair John Kline (R - MN) sharply critiqued the Department of Education's (ED's) draft accountability regulations for proposing requirements he deemed best left teducation committee hearing where Chair John Kline (R - MN) sharply critiqued the Department of Education's (ED's) draft accountability regulations for proposing requirements he deemed best left tEducation's (ED's) draft accountability regulations for proposing requirements he deemed best left to states.

After Senate passage of S. 1177, Rep. Kline (R - MN), Chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, stated «There is a lot of work that lies ahead, but I am confident we will find common ground and send a bill to the president's desk that helps ensure every child in every school receives an excellent educatioEducation and the Workforce Committee, stated «There is a lot of work that lies ahead, but I am confident we will find common ground and send a bill to the president's desk that helps ensure every child in every school receives an excellent educationeducation.»

Prior to the government's decision on sex and relationship education, four different chairs of House of Commons Committees — education, health, home affairs and business — wrote to education secretary Nicky Morgan, saying personal, social, health and economic education, which includes sex education, was a «crucial part of preparing young people for life».

Moreover, «Learn and Earn high schools are funded as traditional high schools, so students pay nothing for college courses taken through them,» explained Don Yongue, Chair of the North Carolina House Education and Oversight Committee.

However, Rep. Craig Horn, the Republican from Union County who chairs the House Education Appropriations Committee, seemed to question the likelihood of its approval in the legislature's short session this year, noting it's unclear how much support the proposal has in the state Senate.

Lisa spent a decade serving as an Arizona state official, first as a member of Arizona's House of Representatives where she chaired the education committee, and then as the elected Arizona's Superintendent of Public Instruction.

«This investment will save jobs and help prevent districts from shortening the school year, increasing class sizes, and closing libraries in the wake of horrific and damaging budget cuts,» said Rep. George Miller (D) of California, chair of the House committee that oversees education, in a statement today.

Several prominent Republicans oppose the idea of district waivers, including Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, who chairs the House education committee.

The four bills already passed by the House will be discussed in a state Senate committee on Wednesday, according to state Sen. Phil Pavlov (R), chair of the education committee.

A new blog post from chair of the House education committee John Kline (R - MN) underscores the benefits of the Head Start program, highlights the House's plans to improve the program, and calls for educators to submit concerns and recommendations regarding the program.