Developments from the 2021 Session of the Connecticut General Assembly Affecting Schools | Pullman & Comley, LLC jdsupra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jdsupra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In addition to bills described in our last post, the General Assembly’s
Education Committee approved and advanced out of committee the following funding-related and “omnibus” bills, including bills reaffirming the Committee’s affinity for “task forces” and “studies.” Here is a summary of these bills (which now await action by the full General Assembly):
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
H.B. No. 6617 (“
An Act Concerning Authorization Of State Grant Commitments For School Building Projects And Revisions To The School Building Projects Statutes”) would authorize state grant commitments for certain public school building projects in Connecticut. The bill would also require that all plans for a school building project submitted on and after July 1, 2022 provide for the installation of water bottle filling stations. Finally, this bill would make local and regional boards of education responsible for establishing (or reestablishing) school building committees for
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Oprah Winfrey Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Oprah Winfrey, who hosted the award-winning “The Oprah Winfrey Show.”
Personal
Birth place: Kosciusko, Mississippi
Father: Vernon Winfrey, a barber
Mother: Vernita Lee, a maid (parents never married)
Education: Tennessee State University, B.A., Speech and Performing Arts, 1976
Other Facts
At age 19, while still a sophomore in college, becomes the youngest and first African-American anchor for WTVF-TV in Nashville.
Winfrey’s first name is spelled Orpah on her birth certificate but there was confusion over how to pronounce the name, so the spelling was changed to Oprah. In an interview with the Academy of Achievement, Winfrey explained that her aunt chose the name Orpah as a bible reference. Winfrey said that she’s happy the spelling got switched to Oprah because backwards it spells Harpo.