Sentences with phrase «senate education committee members»

Senate education committee members recently argued about an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, put forward by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R - La.

Representatives with the Idaho Department of Education told House and Senate education committee members on Tuesday that they are revising the state's draft school accountability plan to make it more feasible for public schools to meet the newest benchmarks.

I just shared their findings with the Illinois House and Senate Education committee members in this week's PURE leg fax:

Education Week has released a list of notable comments made by both House and Senate Education Committee members on ESSA.

Senate Education Committee members voted 7 - 4 to send a bill to the full Senate that would block further implementation of the standards until the State Board of Education conducts a review of the standards and holds public hearings in each of Indiana's nine congressional districts.

Washington — House and Senate education committee members last week sharply criticized the Reagan Administration's proposed changes in regulations governing programs for handicapped schoolchildren, and both chambers set legislative actions in motion that signaled their displeasure.

Early in the session, Kenley and fellow Senate Education Committee member Carlin Yoder, R - Middlebury, publicly debated the so - called «public school attendance requirement,» as the Evansville Courier & Press «Eric Bradner recalls.

Commissioner Pruitt was joined in celebrating the recipients» accomplishment by House Education Committee Chair Representative Derrick Graham, Senate Education Committee Member Senator Max Wise, state education leaders, and Tom Shelton, the Executive Director of Kentucky Association of School Superintendents (KASS).

Not exact matches

Stavisky, who serves as the assistant Democratic leader and is a member of the Senate's Committee on Higher Education, touted her experience during the campaign.

Excerpt: «As a member of the State Senate Education Committee for the past 8 years and as a former teacher and coach, I have been a huge supporter of education reform that promotes student achievemenEducation Committee for the past 8 years and as a former teacher and coach, I have been a huge supporter of education reform that promotes student achievemeneducation reform that promotes student achievement.»

«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.

Led by Senate and Assembly higher education committee leaders, Ken LaValle and Deborah Glick, a group of students, along with UUP and PSC members, are making a last - minute push to extend a «maintenance of effort» law that will expire at the end of this month unless it is renewed.

State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, who is the ranking member on the Senate Higher Education committee, just issued a statement suggesting Governor Cuomo's proposed cuts to SUNY and CUNY could lead to tuition hikes.

In a statement, Latimer, who is the ranking minority member on the Senate Education Committee, accused Astorino of sinking to a «new low» by «using his children as political props to make points that are pure fiction.»

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, for her part, pointed out that State Senator Toby Stavisky, a Queens Democrat and high - ranking member of the Higher Education Committee, had introduced a bill last year to provide free tuition for New York State residents to SUNY, CUNY and community colleges — a sign, she said, of the importance of having a unified Democratic Albany.

As a member of both the Senate education committee and the Senate higher education committee, the ideas students offer are extremely helpful,» Senator Seward added.

Writing as a state senator sharing constituents, and the ranking member of the Senate Education Committee, Latimer asked his colleagues to work on rewriting NCLB now, saying the current law is failing to meet our children's needs in both these areas.

Two task force members from the region will be on hand to hear testimony: state Sen. Carl Marcellino (R - Syosset), chairman of the Senate Education Committee, and Constance Evelyn, superintendent of the Valley Stream 13 school district.

Gillibrand said it includes the economy, education, health care reform, middle - class tax cuts, veterans» care, agriculture and, as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, even oversight of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton - whose Senate seat she holds.

Addabbo, a member of the Senate Education Committee, this year helped secure an extra $ 292 million for city schools, in addition to providing more than $ 31 million for community colleges, and $ 28 million for New York's Tuition Assistance Program (TAP).

«Here's the ranking member of the Senate Education Committee owing $ 50,000 to Rye school kids and skipping the annual education budget vote for — I'm not even going to go there,» the Republican incumbEducation Committee owing $ 50,000 to Rye school kids and skipping the annual education budget vote for — I'm not even going to go there,» the Republican incumbeducation budget vote for — I'm not even going to go there,» the Republican incumbent said.

Ortt is a member of the state Senate Higher Education Committee, with previous experience as clerk - treasurer and former mayor of North Tonawanda.

She was a special assistant to the Board of Education's Center for Career and Occupational Education from 1975 - 1976, a legislative aide for the New York State Assembly's Committee on Housing in 1977, a senior program analyst for the New York State Assembly's Committee on Cities from 1977 - 1979, Executive Director of the advisory council of the office of the New York State Senate minority leader from 1979 - 1982, Director of Special Projects in the office of the New York State Senate minority leader from 1980 - 1982 and a member of the New York City Council from 1982 - 1992.

State Sen. Toby Stavisky (D - Whitestone), the ranking minority member and former chairwoman of the Senate Higher Education Committee, said the bill is timely and necessary.

As chairwoman of the Senate Higher Education Committee and a member of the Senate Education Committee, she plays a significant role in shaping educatioEducation Committee and a member of the Senate Education Committee, she plays a significant role in shaping educatioEducation Committee, she plays a significant role in shaping educationeducation policy.

Primary sponsors include the chairs of the Higher Education Committee in both the Senate and Assembly, Sen. Kenneth LaValle, a Long Island Republican, and Assembly Member Deborah Glick, a Manhattan Democrat, respectively.

I particularly want to acknowledge the chairs of these four distinguished committees — Senator Catharine Young, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Assemblyman Denny Farrell, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, as well as Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan and Senator Carl Marcellino, chairs of the Assembly and Senate Education Committees — and all the members who have joined us hcommittees — Senator Catharine Young, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Assemblyman Denny Farrell, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, as well as Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan and Senator Carl Marcellino, chairs of the Assembly and Senate Education Committees — and all the members who have joined us hCommittees — and all the members who have joined us here today.

, the ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, requested the study.

And, this week, there's the (bipartisan) Harkin - Enzi bill, authored by the chairman and ranking member (respectively) of the Senate education committee, which, well, it's hard to tell exactly what it does, but it surely reduces the federal footprint around accountability.

Washington — The Congressional battle over the President's fiscal 1983 budget officially began last week, as members of education - related committees of both the House and the Senate debated among themselves the appropriate budget levels for education programs.

When those changes are combined with the departures of six other panelists who retired, lost a re-election bid, or moved to the Senate, almost one - third of the 45 members of the Economic and Educational Opportunities Committee will be new to the intricacies of special education, student aid, vocational education, and other school issues facing the 105th Congress over the next...

Sen. Jim DeMint has made the jump from the House to the Senate, but as a new member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, he finds himself in familiar territory.

Lawmakers on the U.S. Senate education committee and more than a dozen House members met in a conference committee Wednesday to begin reconciling two bills — one a Republican - only measure that barely passed the U.S. House of Representatives in July, and the other a Senate version that cleared the U.S Senate with big, bipartisan support a few days later.

Tennessee could have one of the more interesting congressional races next year, pitting two education committee members against each other for a Senate seat.

That's the question before the Senate education committee, which is considering a bill to require school board members to have high school diplomas or the equivalent.

Members of the House and Senate education committees began negotiations last week to reconcile the bills.

This year, the Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate and House education committees asked CEP to brief staff members on our organization's latest NCLB report.

That means moving the Senate bill to the left (the civil - rights left, that is) in order to satisfy both the administration and Bobby Scott, ranking member on the House Education Committee.

An associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, deputy director of Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance, and, when Congress was drafting the Every Student Succeeds Act, a senior policy advisor to the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Marty stands tall within the education research and policy comEducation, research fellow at the Hoover Institution, deputy director of Harvard's Program on Education Policy and Governance, and, when Congress was drafting the Every Student Succeeds Act, a senior policy advisor to the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Marty stands tall within the education research and policy comEducation Policy and Governance, and, when Congress was drafting the Every Student Succeeds Act, a senior policy advisor to the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Marty stands tall within the education research and policy comEducation, Labor, and Pensions, Marty stands tall within the education research and policy comeducation research and policy communities.

Kline and Alexander, who was ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at the time, each had draft bills that stood in opposition to Senate Democrats» proposals, and the House passed Kline's bill in the summer of 2013 along party lines.

This divide is unlikely to be bridged any time soon, particularly as two of the four leading congressional players in this realm — Democratic senator Tom Harkin of Iowa and Republican congressman John Kline of Minnesota, the chairman and ranking member of the Senate and House education committees — have made clear their dislike of NCLB and all that it stands for.

The remarks came as House and Senate members of the conference committee on the fiscal 1992 appropriations bill for labor, health, and education programs convened for their final session.

Spent yesterday dropping off PAA position packets with each member of the Senate Education Committee.

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.

Harkin, who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee, negotiated for months with Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R - Wyo.).

Concerns, questions, or views on HB884 should be directed to members of the Senate Education Committee at this time.

On Wednesday morning, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will begin its markup of the 860 - page bill, Chairman Tom Harkin (D - Iowa) wrote in negotiations with Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R - Wyo.).

Members of the Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance (MEJA) celebrated huge victories last week as the Senate Ways and Means Committee passed an annual budget bill that increases education Education Justice Alliance (MEJA) celebrated huge victories last week as the Senate Ways and Means Committee passed an annual budget bill that increases education education spending.

The House of Representatives announced their list of conferees Tuesday afternoon, and the Senate appointed every member of its Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) to the conference cCommittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) to the conference committeecommittee.

In the Senate, the members were: Senate President Pro Tempore Terry Burton, Senate Education Committee Chairman Gray Tollison, Senators Chris Caughman, Buck Clarke, Joey Fillingane, John Polk, and Michael Watson.