With us. And today, as you know, we are going to examine the president s department of education budget request for fiscal year 2021. As i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. That you are seeking to privatize Public Education. I believe, and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe its the wrong direction for our students and for our country. Instead, we ned to be moving toward expanding Public Policies, lake Early Childhood education, that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in our 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 that you are proposing, but i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The false 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
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
Chair Sanders Senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. And were delighted to welcome our panelists who were going to hear from in a few minutes. Let me begin by telling everybody what they already know and that is it is no great secret that in America Today we have a Mental Health crisis and that crisis has been exacerbated by the horrific covid pandemic, which we have experienced. And this is a crisis that has hit all of us, but i think especially the younger generation. In America Today, 40 of parents report being either very or extremely worried that their child is struggling with anxiety or depression. According to a recent survey by the centers for disease control, nearly one out of every three teenagers in america reported that the state of their Mental Health was poor. Two out of every five teenagers felt persistently sad or hopeless. And tragically one out of every five teenagers in our country have seriously considered suicide. How frighte
A closed session items. Please raise your hand for our virtual participants if you care to give a Public Comment on any of the closed session items. Seeing no hands raised. Okay. I now recess this meeting at 502. As we go to closed session. 6 40 p. M. And we will start with a vote on student expulsion matters. C1 i move approval of the stipulated expulsion agreement of one middle School Student matter number 20232024. Number five from the district for the remainder of the fall. 2023 semester and suspended enforcement for the spring 2024 semester. Can i have a second . Second if we could have a roll call vote, please. Thank you. Commissioner alexander. Yes commissioner fisher . Yes commissioner lamb. Yes commissioner montgomery. Yes mr. Sanchez. Vice president wiseman. Ward. Yes. President boggess. Yes. Success thank you. And now i continue with a report from closed session in three matters of anticipated litigation, the board voted by a vote of six yeses, with one commissioner absent.
A closed session items. Please raise your hand for our virtual participants if you care to give a Public Comment on any of the closed session items. Seeing no hands raised. Okay. I now recess this meeting at 502. As we go to closed session. 6 40 p. M. And we will start with a vote on student expulsion matters. C1 i move approval of the stipulated expulsion agreement of one middle School Student matter number 20232024. Number five from the district for the remainder of the fall. 2023 semester and suspended enforcement for the spring 2024 semester. Can i have a second . Second if we could have a roll call vote, please. Thank you. Commissioner alexander. Yes commissioner fisher . Yes commissioner lamb. Yes commissioner montgomery. Yes mr. Sanchez. Vice president wiseman. Ward. Yes. President boggess. Yes. Success thank you. And now i continue with a report from closed session in three matters of anticipated litigation, the board voted by a vote of six yeses, with one commissioner absent.