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Senate Education Committee
Senator Jeffrey E. Piccola
Chairman

Room 173 Capitol Building, Senate Box 203015, Harrisburg, PA  17120-3015
717-787-6801, 717-783-3722


Public Hearing on the Costing-Out Study
Hearing Room #1, North Office Building

December 8, 2009
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Please click on links to view testimony.  This will open a PDF file in a new browser.

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM

The Honorable Jeffrey E. Piccola, Chairman, 15th Senatorial District
The Honorable Andrew Dinniman, Minority Chairman, 19th Senatorial District
Opening Remarks

10:00 AM - 1:45 PM

Presentation by Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc. on the Costing-Out Study.
  • John Augenblick, President

  • Justin Silverstein, Vice President

Followed by questions and answers on the study, its methodology and it impact on Pennsylvania's school funding formula.

State Board of Education

  • Larry Wittig, Member

  • Karl Girton, Former Chair

  • Adam Schott, Executive Director

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Break

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Nathan Benefield, Director of Policy Research
Commonwealth Foundation

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Joan Benso, President
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children

 

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