Sentences with phrase «chairman of the education committee»

«It's not about the dollars,» says Stan Saylor, chairman of the education committee in Pennsylvania's House of Representatives.
As chairman of the Education Committee, he has been vocal on various hot - button issues like prekindergarten, teacher evaluations and the Common Core education standards, sometimes working with Democrats.
As the former Chairman of the Education Committee for the last five years, I have a deep understanding and am acutely aware of the importance of a first - class, quality education for our young people.
Sen. Patrick Gallivan of Elma received $ 18,000 as vice chairman of the Education Committee, $ 5,500 more than he would have been be paid for chairing the Crime Victims, Crime, and Correction Committee.
Senate Leader Dean Skelos has resigned his post, over a corruption scandal, and Republicans have elected Sen. John Flanagan, currently chairman of the Education Committee to be his successor.
Goodrich has served SIOR ® in many leadership roles, including chairman of the Education Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee.
He's a member of the Board of the Renaissance Schools Fund, chairman of the Education Committee of the Civic Committee, a major contributor to the Academy of Urban Schools Leadership, chair of the ACT Charter High School board of directors - AND he has his own charter school, the Rauner College Prep Charter High School.
Gallivan, of Erie County, pulled down an $ 18,000 stipend as vice chairman of the Education Committee, but bailed on half of its four meetings and was late to the other two.
Grosso, who is currently chairman of the education committee, did not lay out any projections for how much the program will cost.
MacKinnon was most recently the deputy secretary of the Finance Committee and his work has focused on education funding, having worked with Flanagan when he was chairman of the Education Committee.
Mark Treyger, chairman of the Education Committee, spoke at the rally, along with fellow Brooklynites Justin Brannan, Laurie Cumbo, Rafael Espinal, Brad Lander and Antonio Reynoso.
The lame results alarm City Councilman Daniel Dromm, chairman of the education committee, who held a hearing on adult - ed in September after a Post report.
Represented by the Chairman of his Education Committee on Saturday, Alhaji Abdullahi Dogon - Daji, Dasuki said that the scholarship was aimed at encouraging students to excel.
Mulgrew and American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten stopped by several rallies and City Hall for a show of support for City Councilman Danny Dromm (D - Queens), chairman of the Education Committee.
State Sen. John Flanagan (R - East Northport), chairman of the Education Committee, said in talks leading up to the budget presentation, that Republicans who control the Senate told the governor that any proposed cuts to school aid should to be «fair and equitable.»
But rather than take the lower stipend, Gallivan, who also serves as the vice chairman of the Education Committee, took the $ 18,000 chairman's stipend for that panel.
Represented by the Chairman of his Education Committee on Saturday, Alhaji Abdullahi Dogon - Daji, Dasuki...
«We have a an exemption in the law the [DOE] thinks they can drive a Mack Truck through,» said State Sen. Daniel Squadron, who was also joined by local Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, Councilwoman Rosie Mendez and Councilman Robert Jackson, chairman of the Education Committee.
«We should leave test - making up to those more competent than we are,» Assemblyman John A. Rocco, the chairman of the education committee, said in an interview last week.
«Everybody wants appropriately high standards,» said state Assemblyman Steven Sanders, the chairman of the education committee in the legislature's lower house, «but what we're hearing is it is ultimately unfair and ultimately arbitrary... having every student in the state having their abilities defined by one particular exam on one particular day.»
The charter - schools bills were unveiled this month by Senator Gary K. Hart and Assemblywoman Delaine Eastin, the chairmen of the education committees in the two legislative chambers.
Randall H. Collins has been named the chairman of the education committee for the International Children's Conference on the Environment, an event in which roughly 600 10 - to 13 - year - olds from 100 countries compose environmental - policy resolutions that are later presented to the United Nations» environment program.
D.C. Council member David Grosso (I - At Large), chairman of the Education Committee, said he thinks the location of schools is a key issue the task force should take on.
Senator Lamar Alexander, the Tennessee Republican who is chairman of the Education Committee, said the bill would usher in a new period of experimentation in schools as communities are released from federal control.
In the Senate, Sen. Gray Tollison (R - Oxford) will remain as Chairman of the Education Committee and Rep. John Moore (R - Brandon) will continue to serve as Chairman of the Education Committee in the House.
D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I - At Large), chairman of the education committee, also questioned whether the chancellor needs chartering authority in order to provide schools with more flexibility.
D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I - At Large), chairman of the Education Committee, has said special education is in crisis in the District.
«A moratorium is under consideration,» said State Senator Carl L. Marcellino, a Long Island Republican, chairman of the Education Committee and a member of the task force.
David Grosso, a city councilmember and the chairman of the education committee, tells me that while he respects the teachers union, when they «testify or complain or say things are awful, it's hard to believe» based on his personal conversations with educators.
Taking heat from the bill's opponents for passing HB 1957 through the House Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee instead of through House Education Committee, Rep. Bruce Cozart, R - Hot Springs, chairman of the Education Committee, said he believed the Legislature had the responsibility to intervene on behalf of teachers.
We also talked about SFWA, where Jonathan is the Chairman of the Education Committee and doing a lot to help indie authors inside of the organization.
Animal Emergency Service, chairman of the education committee of the American College of Surgeons, and the NYS Veterinary Medical Society Wildlife Conservation committee.
For good measure state Senator Jeffrey Piccola, chairman of the Education Committee, wants to make sure PSU president Graham Spanier follows through, as he explained in a letter he sent today:
Frank is an Executive Board member of Colorado Technology Association and Chairman of the Education committee.
He has been an active within the Institute serving as President of the Tennessee RLI Chapter, Chairman of the Education Committee, and Chairman of the ALC Designation Committee.
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