State Board chair outlines committee work, deadlines and funding limits in House of Education update

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Jennifer Deck Samuelson, chair of the State Board of Education, told the House of Education committee that most board work is being handled in committees—among them a class-size review tied to Act 73—and warned that updating CTE rules would require additional legislative funding; she said a roles-and-responsibilities legal review is due to the Legislature on Dec. 1.

Jennifer Deck Samuelson, chair of the State Board of Education, briefed the House of Education committee on the board’s committee workload and timelines during an April 21 meeting. She said much of the board’s work is now done in committees and flagged deadlines and funding constraints that will shape whether the board can complete rule updates this year.

Samuelson identified several standing and special committees: the legislative review committee, a permanent "22-hundreds" approvals committee (chaired by Tom Lovett) that reviews schools recommended for reapproval, the student performance standards committee (which recently ratified WIDA standards for English learners), a class-size minimums committee created under Act 73 (chaired by Brian Campion), and a roles-and-responsibilities committee conducting a legal review. "For the record, Jennifer Deck Samuelson, chair of…

State Board chair outlines committee work, deadlines and funding limits in House of Education update

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