DATE:                        December 20, 2005

 

TO:                 Members, News Media

 

FROM:           Legislative Service Office

 

NEWS RELEASE-NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

 

Senator Hank Coe and Representative Jeff Wasserburger, CoChairs of the Joint Education Interim Committee, have scheduled a public hearing on the proposed recalibration of the Wyoming education resource block grant funding model as follows:

 

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

8:30 a.m.

U.W. Outreach Building, Room 150

951 North Poplar

Casper, Wyoming

 

The focus of this hearing is to receive public comment on the recommendations contained within the final report on the recalibration of the school finance funding model, a copy of which can be found on the school finance page of the legislative website at http://legisweb.state.wy.us/. Questions about this meeting should be directed to Dave Nelson, Legislative Service Office.

 

Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations at this meeting are requested to contact the Legislative Service Office at (307) 777-7881 for assistance.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  Individuals who plan to submit comments to the Committee at this hearing are requested to provide comments in writing, with sufficient copies for members of the Committee and Committee staff.  In addition, please provide an electronic copy of comments to Committee staff at the meeting.  All materials provided to the Committee in written form will be part of the official record of the Committee hearing and will be on file with the Legislative Service Office.

 

Members of the Joint Education Interim Committee:

Senators: Hank Coe, CoChairman, Tex Boggs, Kit Jennings, Robert Peck and Chuck Townsend.

Representatives: Jeff Wasserburger, CoChairman, Kurt Bucholz, Patrick Goggles, Debbie Hammons, Steve Harshman, Becket Hinckley, Del McOmie, Lorraine Quarberg and Mark Semlek