Welcome
to the Blackboard!
This is the new place to gain
insight on the 2015 House Of Delegates Committee on Education.
Let’s get started with some introductions!
The members of the 2015 House Education Committee are:
Delegate
Amanda Pasdon - Chair
Delegate Walter Duke - Vice-Chair
Delegate David Perry - Minority Chair
Delegate Rick Moye - Minority Vice-Chair
Delegate Walter Duke - Vice-Chair
Delegate David Perry - Minority Chair
Delegate Rick Moye - Minority Vice-Chair
Delegate George
“Boogie” Ambler
Delegate Roy Cooper
Delegate Joe Ellington
Delegate Paul Espinosa
Delegate David Evans
Delegate Danny Hamrick
Delegate John Kelly
Delegate Brian Kurcaba
Delegate Matt Rohrbach
Delegate Rodger Romine
Delegate Ruth Rowan
Delegate Joe Statler
Delegate Jill Upson
Delegate Danny Wagner
Delegate Denise Campbell
Delegate Sean Hornbuckle
Delegate Don Perdue
Delegate Mike Pushkin
Delegate Doug Reynolds
Delegate Ralph Rodighiero
Delegate Patsy Trecost
Delegate Roy Cooper
Delegate Joe Ellington
Delegate Paul Espinosa
Delegate David Evans
Delegate Danny Hamrick
Delegate John Kelly
Delegate Brian Kurcaba
Delegate Matt Rohrbach
Delegate Rodger Romine
Delegate Ruth Rowan
Delegate Joe Statler
Delegate Jill Upson
Delegate Danny Wagner
Delegate Denise Campbell
Delegate Sean Hornbuckle
Delegate Don Perdue
Delegate Mike Pushkin
Delegate Doug Reynolds
Delegate Ralph Rodighiero
Delegate Patsy Trecost
Don’t worry; we’ll make sure you get to
know the committee members over the next few weeks.
Chair’s
Corner
Our new leadership hit the
ground running; Amanda had a very busy week. Here’s a peak at some of this week’s
meetings:
She met with Shiloh Woodard of
the WV Child Advocacy Network
concerning the implementation of Erin’s Law in West Virginia. Erin’s Law requires schools to enact child
sexual abuse prevention programming. More information about Erin’s Law is
available here.
The School Board Association presented recommendations to Amanda on
education improvements that begin at the county level. The improvements included
polishing up the county board code and refocusing RESA.
She discussed areas of concern,
calendar planning and Next Generation Standards with members of the State School Board.
Representatives from regional and state colleges paid her a
visit to explore how best to enhance the efficiency, best practices, and
budgeting of local higher education institutions.
Amanda has also been having
regular meetings with Senator Sypolt, Chair of the Senate Committee on Education, in order to discuss joint projects.
Committee
Updates
During Wednesday’s committee
meeting Dr. Kathy D’Antoni, Chief Officer of Career and
Technical Education of the West Virginia Department of Education presented to
the committee on the success of the student led Simulated Workplace Program. Students
are accountable for much of the learning process in the program and instructors
are able to exercise flexibility and creativity implementing curriculum. More
information on this growing program can be found here.
Before the close of the
committee meeting Chairwoman Pasdon announced the formation of a subcommittee
to study the Public School Support Program. This program, also known as the
School Aid Formula, is the basic foundation allowance program that provides
funding to local school districts for all of the following programs:
personnel salaries
employee benefit costs
transportation operation costs
general operating costs
substitute costs
allowances for faculty senates
improvement of instructional
programs
increase in technology funding
advanced placement programs
The subcommittee’s assignment is
to take an in-depth look at the program in order to provide advanced comprehension
during the February 2nd presentation on the topic. The subcommittee
is to be comprised of the following members: Delegate Hamrick, Delegate Kelly,
Delegate Kurcaba, Delegate Moye, and Delegate Pushkin. Delegate Duke and
Delegate Espinosa will serve as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively.
It looks like the subcommittee
is already hard at work!!
A
look into next week:
Committee meeting Monday,
January 26, 2015 we will be discussing H.B. 2160 and will be hosting guests
from the West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind.
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