PA House Appropriations Education Tour
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October 6, 2023 | Testimony by Sharon Sedlar
Video Hearing
“Charter schools are critical in the Pennsylvania education landscape, and it’s a resource and refuge for over 160,000 students attending the 180 charter schools. Children need to feel wanted, safe, fulfilled, educated, and free of danger. PA used to be a leading state in education opportunity and choice, and I think we can get back there again…”
“It shouldn’t be relegated to what you get is based on your zip code or your socioeconomic status. We need to make it fair for all children, so we need to move forward, we need to take action, we need to find solutions for these children, and part of that is choice, charters…collaboration and cooperation.”
Written Testimony
October 6, 2023
Agenda
10AM – 10:15AM: Opening Remarks
- State Representative Jordan Harris, Majority Appropriations Committee Chairman
- State Representative Eric Nelson, Appropriations Committee (designee for Minority Chairman Seth Grove)
- State Representative Joe Ciresi, Education Committee (designee for Majority Chair Pete Schweyer)
- State Representative Robert Mercuri, Education Committee (designee for Minority Chairman Jesse Topper)
- Video message from Dr. Roger W. Davis, President, Community College of Beaver County
10:15AM – 11:45AM: Public School Funding Challenges
- Dr. Katie Thomas, Dean, School of Professions and Transfer Studies, Community College of Beaver County
- Professor Ursula Tierney, James M. Johnson School of Aviation Sciences, Community College of Beaver County
- Dr. Phillip Woods, Superintendent, Aliquippa School District
- Eric Rosendale, Executive Director, Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit
- Dan Matsook, Former Superintendent, Central Valley School District
11:45AM – 1PM: Charter School Education Issues
