Sentences with phrase «senate education hearing»

She also let meeting attendees know about an upcoming Senate Education hearing on September 14th which will review H.B. 2610 (the minutes bill).

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Gottlieb made the statements at a confirmation hearing last Wednesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

«As the former Chairman of the Senate's Education Committee and now the chamber's Majority Leader, I am extremely disappointed the Mayor doesn't believe this hearing is significant enough to attend.»

«These hearings will provide an excellent opportunity to hear directly from Mayor de Blasio, Chancellor Fariña, and a variety of education professionals on the merits and pitfalls of mayoral control,» said Senate Education Committee Chairman Carl Maeducation professionals on the merits and pitfalls of mayoral control,» said Senate Education Committee Chairman Carl MaEducation Committee Chairman Carl Marcellino.

And over the course of two lengthy hearings, the Senate education committee seemed either unwilling or unable to deliver the harsh grilling of de Blasio that many expected.

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Republicans in the Senate, however, have been deeply skeptical of de Blasio's handling of education and criticized his decision to not attend a second public hearing on the issue in New York City last month (de Blasio traveled to Albany earlier to personally pitch a mayoral control extension.

«Prior to granting any significant extension of this authority, the Senate believes public hearings should be held to assess the current structure and identify any possible areas of improvement including but not limited to creating heightened parental involvement in Community Education Councils and the Panel for Education Policy,» the resolution states.

New York City Department of Education Chancellor Carmen Farina speaks during a state Senate Education Committee hearing as Mayor Bill de Blasio listens.

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NEW YORK, NY (10/29/2013)(readMedia)-- Today, The Business Council of New York State, Inc. testified at a New York State Senate Education Committee hearing illustrating the need to support Common Core standards, innovative learning models and access to early learning opportunities that will help prepare New York students to meet workforce needs.

«You have — for lack of a better term, and this might not be the best one — but two masters,» state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, a Bronx Democrat, told Robert Mujica on Wednesday at a hearing of the Senate higher education committee.

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.

U.S. Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos, a longtime donor and activist with an extensive history of funding school reform initiatives, was grilled on a plethora of educational policies and her financial background Tuesday evening during her confirmation hearing before a U.S. Senate committee.

Also, the Senate majority has redirected $ 500 million worth of competitive education funding Cuomo proposed in his budget — money the GOP insists, as per LG Bob Duffy's testimony during the joint budget hearings — was supposed to apply to this fiscal year.

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., hearing on the higher education portion of the governor's spending plan, Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 198 State St., Albany.

The Senate Education Committee, led by Long Island Republican John Flanagan, has released a set of relatively mild legislative proposals for tweaking Common Core implementation, informed by a set of public hearings he held around the state.

The state Senate Education Committee has set a second hearing on the issue for Thursday.

Just one day after Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared at City Hall with a bevy of business leaders to push for extending mayoral control of New York City schools, the state Senate education committee held its second hearing on the issue right across the street.

At a recent hearing before the New York Senate Standing Committee on Education, New York State Regents Chancellor Meryl Tisch discussed the new Common Core standards.

Yet, she told a Senate Education Committee hearing on the state's new Common Core standards, under the new rules, even she could not score a rating of highly effective in the new teacher evaluations.

DeFrancisco, who was overseeing the joint budget hearing on education for the senate majority, was looking for a copy of the schools chancellor's testimony.

New York Sen. John Flanagan, center, with Sens. John DeFrancisco and David Valesky, attend a state Senate Education Committee hearing about education reforms at city hall in Syracuse, N.Y., on OctoberEducation Committee hearing about education reforms at city hall in Syracuse, N.Y., on Octobereducation reforms at city hall in Syracuse, N.Y., on October 1, 2013.

SB 70 was heard in the Senate Education Committee on May 26, 2011.

SB70 failed to pass on a 1 - 5 vote by the Senate Education committee after an hour - long hearing.

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.

March 5, 2010 Pomona hearing 1:00 - 4:00 PM Health and Mental Health Transportation, Economic Development, Environmental Conservation Rockland County Fire Training Center Auditorium 35 Firemen's Memorial Drive, Pomona, NY 10970 Contact: Dan Moscato at [phone] or [email protected] March 12, 2010 Bronxville hearing 4:00 - 7:00 PM Education, Labor and Family Assistance Public Protection and General Government Concordia College Sommer Center for Worship & the Performing Arts 171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708 Contact: Shelley Andrews at [phone] or [email protected] The Hudson Valley Delegation of the New York State Senate In an effort to ensure the Hudson Valley is fairly represented in all legislative matters before the Senate, nine local Senators representing the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester have formed a bipartisan delegation to more effectively advocate for the needs and concerns of their constituents.

Last year, those hearings proved uncomfortable for Senate Republicans too, when they seemed to find themselves unable to criticize specific aspects of de Blasio's education agenda, despite the assistance of powerful education reform advocacy groups in New York City.

The hearing also highlighted an irony of the mayoral control debate: Senate Republicans, who are typically more allied with education reform and charter advocates, are critical of de Blasio but philosophically supportive of the accountability mayoral control guarantees.

As part of the process, he and Senate Education Committee Chairman John Flanagan (R - Suffolk) are planning public hearings to grill the mayor and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña about their plans to turn around failing public schools.

«I've heard about a matrix model well before any of the discussions on the budget,» Senate education committee chair John Flanagan said on Tuesday.

Democrats say that the issue will likely dominate Azar's confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee.

«We thought the fight was over,» Tom Harkin (D — Iowa) and chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies said at a hearing on embryonic stem cell research on Thursday.

Carl Wieman, the former associate director for science within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), gave a blistering critique of the state of science and math education during a hearing by the Senate's commerce and science committee.

At the 3 - hour - long Senate hearing — which, in an unusual move, was jointly held by an appropriations subcommittee and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions — topics ranged from financing the effort to the need for a greater sense of urgency, public health and scientific issues, and personal experiences.

Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA) called the hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education in the wake of the 23 August ruling by Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that hESC research violates a law barring federal funds for research that harms human embryos.

On February 8, Lecturer Paul Reville testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions at a hearing on No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorization and strategies that promote school improvement.

On December 5, Associate Professor Bridget Terry Long testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's hearing on tax exemptions and incentives for higher education.

Education Week live - tweeted Garcia's testimony at the same Senate hearing yesterday:

«The more flexibility you can afford the department in making those decisions, the better we'll be able to use the taxpayers» dollars,» he told the Senate Education, Arts, and Humanities Subcommittee at its first hearing on the reauthorization of the oeri.

Last week, Indiana's Senate Education Committee heard arguments on whether to keep, eliminate, or change the state's commitment to the Common Core.

The Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management held a hearing last week on the efficacy of health - education programs.

With Senate hearings on U.S. Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. scheduled to begin Sept. 6, several education groups said last week that they were content to wait on opining about whether the federal appellate judge should become the high court's next associate justice.

At a hearing of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, which Mr. Harkin chairs, Mr. Alexander finished his opening statement on the fiscal year 1993 budget by acknowledging a serious error by his department.

Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill on January 17, 2017, at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Just last week, the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees with jurisdiction over education spending canceled planned «markup» hearings for their respective budget bills.

Earlier this year, the House and Senate held three days of joint hearings to address public criticism of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century, an expansive education - reform act enacted in 1991 that has received national attention.

On Wednesday, January 21 at 9:30 am, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will hold a hearing on Fixing No Child Left Behind: Testing and Accountability.

The Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources» Subcommittee on Disability Policy last week held its third hearing on the upcoming reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

As Congress gears up for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, questions from key lawmakers last week at the first hearing on the subject by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee gave a sense of their priorities.