Senate Education Committee
Monday, May 12, 2025 | 11 a.m.
Hearing Room 1, NOB
Agenda
11:00 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. Opening remarks
Senator Lynda Culver, Majority Chair, Education Committee
Senator Lindsey Williams, Minority Chair, Education Committee
11:05 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. Panel 1
Nat Malkus, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
11:25 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Panel 2
Amy Lena, Deputy Secretary Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Panel 3
Hon. Gary Whiteman, Magisterial District Judge, Lycoming County – Testimony
Hon. Ronald Haggerty Jr., Magisterial District Judge, Fayette County
Hon. Wilden H. Davis, Magisterial District Judge, Delaware County
Hon. Robert P. Dappenbrook, Magisterial District Judge, Beaver County
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Panel 4
Dr. Sherri Smith, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Association of
School Administrators
Dr. Adam Oldham, High School Counselor, Pennsylvania School Counselors – Testimony
Samantha Murphy, Resource Services Manager, Allegheny County – Testimony
Department of Human Services
1:00 p.m. Conclusion