Senate Subcommittee to examine K-12 education governance

A state Senate Subcommittee on July 29, 2009 will examine who is in charge of California public schools and how to improve the K-12 education governance system.

The Senate Education Committee Subcommittee on Educational Governance and Accountability was formed to address California's crisis in public education and examine how to deliver public education more efficiently and effectively to state residents and meet the demand for an educated workforce in the 21st Century.  The subcommittee's first hearing will consider changes to the roles and duties of the state's key policymakers - the State Board of Education, the Secretary of Education, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction -- as proposed by the Joint Legislative Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education in 2002 and the Governor's Committee on Education Excellence in 2007.

Subcommitee members include Sen. Carol Liu (D-La Canada Flintridge), Chair; Sen. Gloria Romero (D-East Los Angeles), who Chairs the Senate Education Committee; and Sen. Mark Wyland (R-Carlsbad).

The hearing will feature Ted Mitchell, President of the State Board of Education, who chaired the Governor's Committee on Education Excellence; and Dede Alpert, a former legislator and chair of the joint committee that produced the 2002 California Master Plan for Education.

·        WHAT:     Senate Subcommittee hearing on Education Governance

·        WHEN:     10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.., Wednesday, July 29, 2009

·        WHERE:  San Diego County Administration Center - Room 358, 1600 Pacific Highway