RMIPublic Gets Last Possibility To Talk About Education
A House committee checking out the federal governments duty in education will certainly hold its last public meeting Tuesday at the University of North Georgias Gainesville school.
At the conference, legislators will certainly hear from teachers and the general public on concerns including Usual Core requirements and federal education funding.
Were hearing from both sides, said state Rep. Carl Rogers, R-Gainesville, co-chairman of the committee. Were hearing from Georgia Department of Education. … Were hearing from instructors that are pro for it and some that are not for it.
The committee, formed as a compromise to Home members opposed to Common Core, has held a series of public meetings around the state in which its members have actually heard from moms and dads, teachers, school district officials, state and federal education authorities and concerned homeowners.
We have moms on there, we have grannies on there. Weve got the chair of the state (school) board, Rogers stated. It will certainly begin at 10 oclock and go as long as individuals want to speak.
Tuesdays meeting will be the fourth and is expected to last around 8 hours.
There are 9 discussions scheduled, however members of the public can continue to submit presentations with Friday. Rogers said members of the public can comment at the conference even if they have not readyunprepared remarks beforehand.
Rogers stated the committee will certainly use exactly what it hears at the meetings to make suggestions to the legislature in December. Today, he stated, hes not leaning either toward or against federal participation in education.
All were doing is collecting all the truths, he said.
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