Sentences with phrase «senate education chair»

We would like to thank Senate Education Chair Carol Liu for presenting the bill and congratulate Assembly Minority Leader - Elect Kristin Olsen and principal co-author Senator Cathleen Galgiani on the bill's passage.

WHITE PLAINS — State Senate candidate Bob Cohen (R, I, C — 37th District) today called on Senator Oppenheimer to quit protecting the special interests bankrolling her political campaigns and use her full authority as Senate Education Chair to launch a comprehensive investigation into the unexplainable decline in education performance standards in recent years.

The Assembly has already passed a bill to essentially impose a two - year moratorium on the impact of the new testing associated with Common Core, on both teachers and students, and Senate Education Chair Flanagan says he expects full agreement on a new law by the end of March.

Senate Education Chair John Flanagan says Republican Senators will be attending a joint session of the legislature to appoint board of Regents members to new terms.

Senate Education Chair John Flanagan, R - East Northport, asked Newsday last month.

Senate Education Chair John Flanagan calls it a «work in progress», and says the message of intent accompanying the bill will attempt to make clear the need to protect teacher privacy.

Not exact matches

Labor Senator Gavin Marshall, the new chair of the Senate's education and employment committee, said he was confident of securing enough support for the wide - ranging inquiry, which now hinges on the backing of either the Xenophon or One Nation parties.

Networking & Dinner 6:30 PM — 7:00 PM Welcome Reception Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education 7:00 PM — 8:00 PM Keynote Address Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences & Bezos Family Foundation Endowed Chair of Early Childhood Education * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Sen. Pat Gallivan, a vice chair on the Senate Education committee, declined to speak in person to reporters, deferring to Flanagan who later spoke with reporters.

The actual chair of the Senate Education Committee is state Sen. Carl Marcellino.

The payment was allocated for Helming because Gallivan is receiving a separate — and higher — stipend after being listed as chair of the Senate Education Committee in documents submitted to the state comptroller's office.

«I can't envision that we do something in a permanent capacity,» Senate education committee chair John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, said on Wednesday during an interview on WCNY's «The Capitol Pressroom.»

John Flanagan, the Senate's Education Committee chair who earlier this year indicated that mayoral control needs serious reconsideration, did not return calls for comment.

«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.

The bill, sponsored by Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, addresses Republicans» complaints that Democrats, who control the Assembly, have too much control over appointments to the Board of Regents.

«As the chair of the Senate Education Committee, Senator Oppenheimer should be leading efforts to reform the state school aid formula so districts do not have to endure billions in cuts any given year and can operate within the confines of a local property tax cap,» said Cohen.

Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, a Long Island Republican, ushered a bill through his chamber during the 2014 session that would change how the Regents are selected, giving the governor and legislative conferences appointment power.

Mr. Flanagan (R - East Northport), who chairs the senate's Standing Committee on Education, said the first hearing will take place on Long Island in September.

State Senators Patty Ritchie, Thomas O'Mara, and Patrick Gallivan were identified by the Senate, in correspondence to the State Comptroller's office, as the chairs of the Health, Transportation, and Education Committees, respectively, even though all three were actually vice chairs.

Mr. de Blasio originally called for a permanent expansion of his control over schools, but that was met with resistance from Mr. Cuomo, who called for a three - year extension, and Senate Republicans, who Senate education committee chair Kevin Flanagan said were «agnostic» on the issue.

Bronx elected officials, Independent Democratic leader Jeff Klein, Assemblymen Marcus Crespo, Mark Gjonaj, and Robert Rodriguez and State Senator Ruben Diaz attended the rally, along with Senate education committee chair John Flanagan and Senate majority leader Dean Skelos.

Senate Leader Dean Skelos has resigned his post over a corruption scandal and Republicans have elected Senator John Flanagan, currently chair of the Education Committee, to be his successor.

Senate higher education committee chair Kenneth LaValle, a Long Island Republican, said the most difficult aspect of the bill to negotiate was the exact definition of «affirmative consent,» a new «yes means yes» standard.

Mr. Flanagan (R - East Northport), who chairs the senate's Standing Committee on Education, is also sponsoring legislation to create independent oversight, as well as establishing civil and criminal penalties for unauthorized disclosure of personal information stored on the state's student data portal received from public schools.

The bills were approved this week in the state Senate education committee, which Mr. Flanagan chairs.

I'm fortunate to serve in the capacity I do, and I'm just going to do the best job I can as the chair of the Senate education committee.»

Less than two years ago, Ms. Oppenheimer was appointed chair of the Education once the Senate assumed Democratic leadership after more than six decades of Republican rule.

He went on to serve on the Rules, Transportation, Finance, Education, Health, and Racing, Gaming, and Wagering Committees; chaired the Senate Investigations Committee; and became the senior assistant majority leader.

They and State Sen. Peggy Lehner, the Republican chair of the Senate Education Committee, confirmed that omission by questioning Hansen at Tuesday's board meeting.

Sen. Ken LaValle, a Long Island Republican who chairs the Senate's Higher Education Committee, raised questions about affirmative consent during an interview with Capital's Jessica Bakeman.

At 9:30 a.m., Senate Finance Committee Chair Cathy Young and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Denny Farrell preside over a joint budget hearing on the higher education portion of the governor's spending plan, Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Albany.

Upstate: Senate 41st District Putnam, Ulster, Greene, Delaware, Schoharie, Albany, Rensselaer counties: Brian Keeler is the Democratic Party candidate who is challenging the Republican incumbent, who is Chair of the Education Committee.

First elected in 1976, he is the chair of the Higher Education Committee in the State Senate.

He most recently served as chair of the Senate's Education Committee.

«As it relates to the budget and education, I'm sure there will be some complications,» said Senate education committee chair John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican.

Senate Education Committee Chair John Flanagan criticized state education officials for requiring that the Common Core standards be adopted, before they had even finished the lesson plans, known as modules, that would offer curriculum guidance to Education Committee Chair John Flanagan criticized state education officials for requiring that the Common Core standards be adopted, before they had even finished the lesson plans, known as modules, that would offer curriculum guidance to education officials for requiring that the Common Core standards be adopted, before they had even finished the lesson plans, known as modules, that would offer curriculum guidance to teachers.

Senate Education Committee Chair John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, told Capital on Tuesday that lawmakers will attempt to negotiate with Cuomo on the moratorium during the budget process.

Most say they are progressing though, Senate Education Committee chair John Flanagan spoke at a budget conference committee meeting.

ALBANY — Senate higher education committee chair Ken LaValle released a report Wednesday detailing legislative recommendations for combating sexual assaults on college campuses, some of which overlap with changes Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed last week for SUNY.

ALBANY — Senate education committee chair John Flanagan said he plans to propose legislation that addresses school leaders» and parents» concerns about student data privacy.

The reception drew a record number of state elected officials, including Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Assembly Education Chair Catherine Nolan and Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the Senate Democratic Conference leader.

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«Unfortunately, my opponent Carl Marcellino was not only one of the architects of the disaster our education system is facing, he has also refused to do anything to address this crisis despite the fact that he is the Chair of the Senate Education Committeeducation system is facing, he has also refused to do anything to address this crisis despite the fact that he is the Chair of the Senate Education CommitteEducation Committee.»

«As you go back, very succinctly and very bluntly, the G.E.A. was created by the Senate Democrats,» said Senate education committee chair John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican.

− Stanley S. Litow, Vice President, IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs & President, IBM International Foundation (Chair) − Senator John Flanagan, Senate Education Committee Chair (Senate appointee) − Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, Assembly Education Committee Chair (Assembly appointee) − Linda Darling - Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University Graduate School of Education − Todd Hathaway, Teacher, East Aurora High School (Erie County) − Alice Jackson - Jolley, Parent (Westchester County) − Anne Kress, President, Monroe Community College − Nick Lawrence, Teacher, East Bronx Academy for the Future (NYC) − Delia Pompa, Senior Vice President of Programs, National Council of La Raza − Charles Russo, Superintendent, East Moriches UFSD (Long Island) − Dan Weisberg, EVP & General Counsel, The New Teacher Project

Senate education committee chair John Flanagan told Capital last week that the receivership plan would be a «lighting rod,» particularly because he expected pushback from other unions that would see the proposal as a threat to collective bargaining rights writ large.

The Senate Education Committee Chair, John Flanagan, says he thinks the legislature will have to fix the new law.

«We already have schools who are saying that they're having a very difficult time meeting their basic obligations,» Senate Education Committee chair John Flanagan, a Long Island Republican, said after the speech.

Senate leader Flanagan, who until May 11 was Education Committee Chair, has already said that he thinks the new law needs some tweaks.