Senate Education Committee Hearings
Higher Education Accessibility and Affordability
May 15, 2013
9:00 a.m.
Hearing Room 1, North Office Building
| 9:00 a.m. Hearing – Higher Education Affordability and Accessibility | |
| 9:00-9:10 | Opening Remarks |
| Senator Mike Folmer, Majority Chairman | |
| Senator Andrew Dinniman, Minority Chairman | |
| 9:10-9:20 | SB 78: PHEAA Grants for Online Distance Education |
| Senator Stewart Greenleaf | |
| 9:20-9:50 | Senate Bill 713: The DREAM Act |
| Senator Lloyd Smucker | |
| Mr. Jose Cortez | |
| Audrey Lopez | |
| 9:50-10:20 | SB 420: Middle Income Student Debt Reduction Act |
| Senator Kim Ward | |
| Dr. Don Francis, President Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania |
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| Mr. William Burke, Director of Financial Aid University of Scranton |
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| 10:20-10:45 | Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges |
| Diane Bosak, Executive Director |
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| 10:45-11:10 | Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) |
| Lois Johnson, Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration & Finance | |
| 11:10-11:35 | Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) |
| Mr. James Preston, President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| Additional Written Testimony By: | |
| Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians | |
| ACLU of Pennsylvania | |
| Association of Pennsylvania State College & University Faculties (APSCUF) | |
| Juntos | |
| Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition Jorge Salazar Natasha Kelemen |
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| Greater Philadelphia Jewish Coalition on Immigration | |
| Penn State University Office of Student Financial Aid | |
| Pennsylvania Bar Association | |
| Dream Act Student Testimony | |