Sentences with phrase «education committee heard»

The Kansas House Education Committee heard testimony on its bill earlier this week, though the chairman has not called a vote.

On Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the Massachusetts State House, the Joint Education Committee heard testimony on:

This morning, members of the House Education Committee heard public comments only for HB 944, Opportunity Scholarship Act, also known as the school voucher bill.

The Commons Education Committee heard schools were actually getting a «flat cash settlement», despite promises of a rise in classroom spending.

Last week the Assembly Education Committee heard AB 1531 (Chau), which undoes over 20 years of creating better options for parents and students, taking us back to 1991 when there were no charter schools in California.

The parliamentary education committee heard today from eight witnesses about multi-academy trusts (MATs) and their role, size, governance and performance.

The House Education Committee heard testimony on the bill Tuesday morning.

The 17 - member House Education Committee heard the bill in late April.

The House of Commons Education Committee heard as many as 300 former school pupils develop asbestos related cancer every year, while the National Union of Teachers has called for all asbestos in schools to be removed.

Asbestos is still the biggest workplace killer in the UK and The House of Commons Education Committee heard as many as 300 former school pupils develop asbestos related cancer every year, while the National Union of Teachers has called for all asbestos in schools to be removed.

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

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

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.

Educators and parents worked too hard to improve the new school governance law to now see it delayed or not properly implemented, UFT President Michael Mulgrew told a City Council education committee hearing on Sept. 23.

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.

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 October 1, 2013.

Linn put the pricetag on paid parental leave for all union workers at $ 250 million, according to Council Education Committee Hearing chair Mark Treyger — a former teacher advocating for the UFT to get paid parental leave.

Mayor Bloomberg's proposed education budget for next year does almost nothing to make up for years of cuts to programs and staff, even though the state increased school funding to city schools next year by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council Education Committee hearing on March 21.

Councilmen Jumaane Williams of Brooklyn and Dan Garodnick of Manhattan questioned officials from labor relations director Bob Linn's office, the Department of Education and Small Business Services on a variety of issues during an education committee hearing.

At a recent Common's Education Committee hearing, the Royal Institute of British Architects issued a warning that efforts to slash the cost of school building projects is still resulting in formulaic design and «functional» boxes.

Opponents of the Common Core rally at the statehouse before a January Senate Education Committee hearing.

(Calif.) Middle and high schools will be prohibited from starting the regular school day before 8:30 a.m. under a bill at the center of a heated debate Wednesday during a Senate Education Committee hearing.

On Monday, March 26, 2018 TCSA provided expert testimony at the Senate Education Committee hearing.

This appalling behavior took place on March 15th during the House Education Committee hearing on -LSB-...]

Opponents of the Common Core, a set of nationally - crafted academic standards, rallied at the statehouse Wednesday before a Senate Education Committee hearing.

Dr. Deborah Ball, chair of the Michigan Council for Educator Effectiveness, speaks at a joint Education Committee hearing on September 11, 2013 regarding the recommendations on teacher evaluation practice.

Dr. Deborah Ball, chair of the Michigan Council for Educator Effectiveness, speaks at a joint Education Committee hearing on September 11, 2013 regarding the recommendations on the Three Ratings system.

Charter schools were well represented at this week's House Public Education Committee hearing at the Texas Capitol.

While no plans are ever completely solid in Springfield, a State Senate Education Committee hearing has been called for Fri, 02/24, at 9:30 AM in Springfield, with Sen. Martinez» school closing and turnaround moratorium bill (SB 3239) on the agenda.

Washington — Members of Congress weighed the concerns of parents, researchers, and educators about the sensitive intersection of education data and student privacy at a House education committee hearing Tuesday.

«DPI was never in love... with charter schools,» Sen. Tillman (R - Randolph) said in a Senate Education Committee hearing on Tuesday as he introduced to fellow lawmakers a gutted version of House Bill 334, which would transfer the Office of Charter Schools out of the Department of Public Instruction, placing it under the State Board of Education.

During an education committee hearing on the bill, Mike Motheral, executive director of the Texas Small Rural School Finance Coalition, said 14 of the districts he represents could lose up as much as 53 percent of their state revenue with the end of the state aid program.

Growing unease with the bill was evident at a Senate education committee hearing Wednesday.

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Meanwhile, a recent House Education Committee hearing with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about the president's FY14 budget proposal illuminated competing education priorities among national decision makers.

The voice of the classroom teacher will be in extraordinarily capable hands in the person of Jia Lee at the national forum at the US Senate Education Committee hearing.

The latest skirmish was last week's House education committee hearing where Chair John Kline (R - MN) sharply critiqued the Department of Education's (ED's) draft accountability regulations for proposing requirements he deemed best left to states.

Follow @SchoolsWeekLive from 9.45 am tomorrow for our coverage of the primary assessment education committee hearing

UPDATE: The Senate Education Committee hearing on SB 3239 was postponed yesterday, most likely because the sponsors and CPS are sill negotiating amendments.

Now we hear that several state representatives ganged up on CPS at yesterday's House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee hearing on HB 4487, the House companion to the Senate school closing moratorium bill, SB 3239.

Follow @kystokes for updates from today's Senate Education Committee hearing, which starts at 1:30 p.m. EST..

By Mike Klein, Governor Nathan Deal's administration began to build the intellectual equity case for his «Opportunity School District» initiative during a joint House - Senate education committees hearing at the State -LSB-...]

Parents eager to speak out against it lined up during the Senate Education Committee hearings at the Capital to offer their testimony.

At an Assembly Education Committee hearing last week, for example, a bill Walker backs that would allow parents of special education students to use state tax dollars to pay for private school tuition hit significant roadblocks.

Congress is keeping a watchful eye this week as states move to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), beginning with a Senate education committee hearing this morning.

I attended and provided testimony at the March 19 Education Committee hearing in Hartford.

Backers of a proposal to expand Indiana's school voucher program fielded some tough questions during the a Senate Education Committee hearing Wednesday afternoon.

Fostering trusting relationships between adults and students is the most effective way to improve school safety, a panel of experts told members of Congress during a recent House Education Committee hearing convened in the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn..

Listen to enlightening testimonies from the Senate Education Committee hearing on SB60 to repeal Common Core / College and Career Ready Standards

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