November 5, 2021
Meeting to consider bills
Senate Education Committee | Monday, November 8, 2021 | Off the Floor | Rules Room [Read More]
Author: Eric K.
November 5, 2021
Meeting to consider bills and a letter to the IRRC
Senate Education Committee | Monday, November 8, 2021 | 12:00 noon | East Wing, Hearing Room 8E-B [Read More]
November 5, 2021
Senator Martin Announces Education Committee to Vote on Bills Giving Parents Control of Their Children’s Education
Senator Scott Martin (R-13), the chair of the Senate Education Committee, and other members of the committee will consider bills that would give more educational control to students’ greatest advocates: their parents. [Read More]
November 3, 2021
Martin Introduces Bills to Improve Educational Access for Students
To protect and improve educational access for lower income students, Sen. Scott Martin (R-13) introduced two pieces of legislation that would make changes to the Commonwealth’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs. [Read More]
October 26, 2021
Martin: Integration of 6 State-Owned Universities Advances, Impacts on Non-Integrating Schools Expressed
The redesign of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is advancing as integration of six of its universities moves forward, according to state Sen. Scott Martin (R-Lancaster). [Read More]
October 22, 2021
Joint public hearing on the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education update regarding the latest report pursuant to Act 50 of 2020
JOINT HEARING Senate Appropriations Committee AND Senate Education Committee | Tuesday, October 26, 2021 | 11:00 a.m. | North Office Building, Hearing Room #1 [Read More]
October 21, 2021
Illogical Mandates Lead to Bad Health Outcomes for Kids
You know that Jim Collins Quote “Bad decisions made with good intentions are still bad decisions.”? [Read More]
October 21, 2021
Martin: Senate Education Committee Scrutinizes Charter School Regulation Changes Proposed by the Wolf Administration
The state Senate Education Committee today scrutinized the Charter School Regulations proposed by the Wolf Administration, according to Senator Scott Martin (R-13) who chairs the committee. [Read More]
October 19, 2021
Senator Martin Announces Education Committee Hearing to Examine Charter School Regulation Changes Proposed by the Wolf Administration
The state Senate Education Committee will examine the proposed regulations by the Wolf Administration for charter schools and cyber charter schools during a hearing at 10 a.m. Wednesday, according to Senator Scott Martin (R-13) who chairs the committee. [Read More]
October 19, 2021
Public hearing to discuss the proposed regulation #6-349 from the Pennsylvania Department of Education on charter schools and cyber charter schools
Senate Education Committee | Wednesday, October 20, 2021 | 10 a.m. | North Office Building, Hearing Room 1 [Read More]