Senate Education Committee
Public Hearing
April 23, 2013
1- 3:15 pm
Lebanon High School
1000 South 8th Street
Directions
AGENDA: Competency-Based Learning Programs
The first hearing will focus on competency based education, including hybrid education; blended learning opportunities; and open campuses initiatives across the Commonwealth.
| 1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. | Opening Remarks |
| Senator Mike Folmer, Majority Chairman | |
| Senator Andrew Dinniman, Minority Chairman | |
| 1:10 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. | Pennsylvania Department of Education |
| Dr. Amy Morton, Executive Deputy Secretary | |
| 1:25 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | Lebanon School District |
| Dr. Marianne T. Bartley, Superintendent | |
| Mr. Bill Giovino, Principal | |
| Mrs. Jennifer Nordall, English Teacher | |
| Students: Gene Smoak, Jeannie Showers, Reid Dissinger and Claudia Hoffman | |
| 1:50 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Open Campus PA |
| Dr. Brenda Becker, Superintendent, Hempfield School District | |
| Dr. Gene Freeman, Superintendent, Manheim Township School District | |
| Dr. Michael Leichliter, Superintendent, Penn Manor School District | |
| 2:15 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. | Salisbury Township School District |
| Mr. Michael Roth, Superintendent | |
| Ms. Lynn Fuini-Hetten, Supervisor of Instructional Practice | |
| 2:40 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. | Blacklick Valley School District |
| Dr. John Mastillo, Superintendent |
The second hearing will focus on students and their educational experience. We will hear testimony from public and nonpublic high school students from Lebanon County.
3:30 – 5:30 pm
| AGENDA: Student Perspectives | |
| Welcome and Opening Remarks Senator Mike Folmer, Chairman, Senate Education Committee | |
| Senator Andy Dinniman, Minority Chair, Senate Education Committee | |
| Student Testifiers | |
| Cole Perkins – Commonwealth Connections Academy | |
| Jessye Grieve-Carlson – Annville-Cleona | |
| Jack Wuori – Cedar Crest High School | |
| Kasandra Gonzalez – ELCO High School | |
| Philip Gibble – Lebanon Christian Academy | |
| Jonathan Lum – Northern Lebanon High School | |
| Naomi Zeigler – Palmyra Area High School | |
| David Del Rio – Lebanon Senior High School | |
| Closing Remarks | |
| Additional Information: | |
| Hearing Questions |