Protection commissioner mark morgan is among the witnesses scheduled to appear before the Senate Commerce aviation subcommittee. Education secretary betsy devos testified on the 2021 budget request, members asked about Public Education resources and nondiscrimination policies. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second Budget Hearing of the year and your forth on hearing with us and we are going to examine the president s the permit of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget material, this much was clear to me. You are seeking to privatize Public Education. It is the wrong direction for students and our country. We need to be moving toward expanding Public Policies like Early Childhood education. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking but standing it. Im getting more into the consequences of the cuts you are proposing. I want to start by examini
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Interpreted. Our agendas are available in large print. Ask staff for additional assistance. To prevent electronic interferes with the sound system, please silence all mobile phones. The Mayors Disability Council Public Meetings are generally held on the third friday of every other month. Please call the Mayors Office on disability for further information or to request aecom accommodations at 14155546789, or by email at mod sfgov. Org. Our next regular meeting will be on friday, february 21, 2020. 1 to 4 p. M. In this hearing room. Im not sure that was actually accurate. It says every other we have changed our meeting schedule so that we are now meeting nine months out of the year. So what i just read is fake news. [laughter]. We are meeting pretty much monthly. The months that we are not meeting are heather, help me out here july, december. Its the months the off months are december, june and august. Thank you, nicole. Okay, id like to read the action item. It is an action item. Im goi
The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Welcome this morning. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second budget hear ing of the year. Today as i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. I believe and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe for our student and our country. Instead we need to expand things like childhood education that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but, in fact, are expanding it. Ill get more into the consequences of the cuts you are proposing. But i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The full premise on which it is built and the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claims, the nations Public Education system which 90 of our children attend has witnessed significant progress for all groups of students over the last 30 years. Average mathematic scores have improved for