Public Hearing
On
Special Education Funding: Charter & Cyber Charter Schools
September 26, 2013
Alvernia University, Student Center
400 Saint Bernadine Street, Reading, PA 19607
| 9:30 a.m. | Welcome by Commission Co-Chairs & Introduction of Commission Members |
| 9:35 a.m. | Susan Gobreski, Executive Director, Education Voters PA |
| 10:00 a.m. | Parent/Advocate Panel |
| Nicolyn Habecker | |
| Attachment 1 | |
| Amber Mintz Foote | |
| Lisa Lightner | |
| 10:25 a.m. | Nick Torres, CEO, Education Plus Academy Charter School |
| Aimee Denton, Parent | |
| 10:45 a.m. | David Lapp, Staff Attorney, Education Law Center |
| 11:15 a.m. | Nicole D. Snyder, Esq., Latsha Davis & Kenna, P.C. Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools (PCPCS) |
| Kevin Corcoran, Assistant Head of School/Director of School Improvement Agora Cyber Charter School |
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| 11:40 a.m. | Karl A. Romberger, Jr., Esq., Sweet, Stevens, Katz, & Williams, New Britain, PA Pennsylvania School Board Association (PSBA) |
| Mark B. Miller, Co-Chair, KeySEC Attachment 1 |
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| 12:05 p.m. | Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units (PAIU) Dr. John George, Exec. Director of Berks County IU & Pres. PAIU Carl Blessing, Chief Financial Officer of Berks County IU Chris Celmer, Asst. Director of Business Services of Berks County IU Uldis Vilcins, Director of Transportation Services of Carbon Lehigh IU Tee Decker, Asst. Director of Special Programs & Services of Carbon Lehigh IU |
| 12:30 p.m. | Deborah Verstegen, Ph.D. Professor of Education Leadership, University of Nevada, Reno |