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99 CIS H 341124
TITLE: Business
Community Views on Reform and Elementary and Secondary Education
Act
CIS-NO: 99-H341-124
SOURCE: Committee on
Education and the Workforce. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: July 1, 1999
LENGTH:
iv+158 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1015-A; 1015-B
SUDOC: Y4.ED8/1:106-55
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SUMMARY:
Committee Serial
No. 106-55. Hearing to examine business community perspectives on
elementary and secondary education programs, including business
partnerships with local school systems and State education agencies, in
connection with upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (ESEA).
Supplementary material (p. 41-158)
includes witnesses' written statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Elem and secondary educ aid programs,
extension and revision, business community perspectives
DESCRIPTORS:
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; FEDERAL AID TO
STATES-EDUCATION; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT AND
BUSINESS; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
99-H341-124 TESTIMONY NO: 1 July 1, 1999 p. 5-14,
47-67
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
RUST, EDWARD B., JR. (Chairman and CEO, State Farm
Insurance Companies; representing Business Roundtable and Business Coalition for
Education Reform)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Benefits of business and education partnerships for
education improvement; recommendations for ESEA reauthorization.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem and secondary educ aid
programs, extension and revision, business community perspectives
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE
99-H341-124 TESTIMONY NO: 2 July 1, 1999 p.
15-39, 69-157
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
WILLIS, PATRICIA L. (Director, Community Affairs,
BellSouth Corp.; also representing BellSouth Foundation)
COLLINS, SUSAN R. (Senior Vice President, Jostens Learning
Corp.; also representing Software & Information Industry Association)
VERPLANCK, JOAN (President, New Jersey Chamber of
Commerce)
LERCHE, RENEE S. (Director, Workforce
Development, Ford Motor Co)
RABB, PAUL J. (Managing
Director and Partner, Facilitator Capital Fund; also representing Center for
Teaching Entrepreneurship)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Aspects of BellSouth and Ford partnerships with schools to
improve education; need to incorporate educational technology into school
programs; examples of New Jersey business community involvement in educational
system; issues related to ESEA reauthorization.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem and secondary educ aid programs, extension and
revision, business community perspectives
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
BELLSOUTH CORP.; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; NEW JERSEY
