28 Jan 2021
Joint Legislative Public Hearing on 2021 Executive Budget Proposal: Topic Elementary & Secondary Education
Legislative Office BuildingVirtual Public Hearing | Zoom 181 State Street, Hearing Room B, 2nd Floor, Albany, NY, 12247
09:30 AM Archived Video
Opening Statements Testimony and Questions
1. New York State Education Department Betty A. Rosa, Interim Commissioner
2. New York City Department of Education Richard A. Carranza, Chancellor
Panel A:
3. United Federation of Teachers - UFT Michael Mulgrew President
4. New York State United Teachers - NYSUT Andrew Pallotta President
Panel B:
5. Conference of Big 5 School Districts Jennifer K. Pyle Executive Director
6. Syracuse City School District Jaime Alicea Superintendent
7. Buffalo Public Schools Will Keresztes Chief of Intergovernmental Affairs
8. Rochester City School District Dr. Lesli Myers-Small Superintendent
9. Yonkers Public Schools Dr. Edwin Quezada Superintendent
Panel C:
10. 4201 Schools Association Dr. Bernadette Kappen Co-Chair
11. NY Association on Independent Living Lindsay Miller Executive Director
12. Advocates for Children of New York Randi Levine Policy Director
13. Special Support Services Amber Decker NYC Public School
Panel D:
14. Alliance for Quality Education Jasmine Gripper Executive Director
15. StudentsFirstNY Crystal McQueen-Taylor Chief Advocacy Officer
16. NYS Community Schools Network Alli Lidie Network Lead
Panel E:
17. NYS Council of School Superintendents Robert Lowry Deputy Director
18. Council of School Supervisors and Administrators Mark Cannizzaro President
19. School Administrators Association of NYS : Cynthia E. Gallagher Director of Government Relations
20. NYS School Boards Association Brian C. Fessler Director of Gov’t Relations
21. ASBO New York :Brian S. Cechnicki Executive Director
Panel F:
22. New York Charter School Association : Yomika Bennett Executive Director
23. Charter Parent Council : Maria S Cruz Charter Parent
24. NYC Charter School Center James Merriman CEO
25. Charter Parent Council of New York State Sabrina Skelton Charter/ DOE Charter
Panel G:
26. New York Library Association Briana McNamee Dir. Govt. Relations and Advocacy
27. Association of Public Broadcasting Stations of New York Christopher Goeken Executive Director
Panel H:
28. NY Association for Pupil Transportation David F. Christopher Executive Director
29. NYS School Facilities Association Fred Koelbel Legislative Committee Co-Chair
30. New York School Bus Contractors Association Corey Muirhead President
Panel I:
31. Rural Schools Association of NYS David A. Little, Esq. Executive Director
32. New York State Catholic Conference James Cultrara Director of Education
33. League of Women Voters of New York State Marian Bott Education Finance Specialist
Panel J:
34. Greater Rochester Parent Leadership Training Institute Kearstin Brown Member Education Committee
35. Lower Hudson Education Coalition Karen Belanger Administrator
36. Community Education Council District 15 Antonia Ferraro Martinelli CEC15 Co- Vise President
