The Kingston area chamber of commerce will sponsor what amounts to a legislative cattle call in hosting upwards of eight
candidates for state legislature from Ulster's four Assembly districts next Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7:45 a.m. at the Garden Lounge off Washington Avenue.
Not exact matches
Indeed, there are a few things we still don't know about the
candidates» education positions, including where they stand on the controversial No Child Left Behind «waiver» that LAUSD is trying to get
from Washington, whether they support SB 441, the teacher dismissal bill going through the
state legislature, and — perhaps most important — which
candidate they support
for the District 6 School Board runoff.
The NEA and the AFT also have extraordinary millions of dollars extracted
from their members to lobby
for policies they want to have enacted by Congress,
state legislatures and school boards and also to elect their favored political
candidates.
In 2013, the
legislature repealed the
state's renowned public financing program
for judicial
candidates, leaving would - be judges to raise contributions
from wealthy campaign donors.
We look forward to hearing
from all of the
candidates about their vision
for youngest generation, and are excited to offer them an opportunity to address the wide variety of stakeholders involved in the early childhood system — business and community leaders, early childhood professionals, and public officials
from the
legislature and
state agencies.»