Testimonies

PA House Education Committee - Informational Meeting - School Library Funding

August 22, 2012

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Welcome and Opening Remarks- Chairman Clymer

Panel One: Review of the State Board of Education School Library Study (2011)

• Larry Wittig, Chairman, State Board of Education
• Karen Molchanow, Executive Director of State Board of Education
• Dr. Mary Kay Biagini, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Panel Two: Association Panel

• Eileen Kern, President of PSLA
• Sandra Zelno, School Reform Associate, Education Law Center
• Julie Lesitsky, President of Pennsylvania PTA

Panel Three: Professional Panel

• Dr. Matthew J. Hutcheson, Superintendent, Jeannette City School District
• Graig Henshaw, School Librarian, York City School District
• Allison Burrell, School Librarian, Southern Columbia School District

Panel Four: Students

• Sean Gregory, 2012 graduate Danville High School
• Kristy Oren, Junior at Hamilton College in NY, graduate of Danville High School

Written Testimony Submitted:

• Dr. Martin J. Hudacs, Superintendent, Solanco School District
• PDE, Office of Commonwealth Libraries
• PA School Librarians 
• Pennsylvania Library Association

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