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Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Sunshine in the Government Act of 1976 (U.S.C. 552b, as amended) and 41 Code of the Federal Regulations (CFR 102-3. 140 through 160, the Department of the Army announces the following committee meeting: Name of Committee: Army Education Advisory Committee (AEAC). Date of Meeting: March 14-15, 2012. Time of Meeting: 0800-1600. Place of Meeting: Deputy Chief of Staff G-3/5/7 Conference Room, 950 Jefferson Ave., Building 950, 3rd Floor, Ft. Eustis, VA. Proposed Agenda: Purpose of the meeting is to gather and review information, discuss, and deliberate issues related to shifting Army training from an instructor-centric to a learner-centric paradigm required by the Army 2020 learning environment. The...
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The Bureau of Indian Education is announcing that a vacancy has occurred on the Osage Tribal Education Committee. This vacancy is the Hominy Village Representative. The purpose of this notice is to solicit nominations from individuals or Osage organizations who would like to nominate persons for the vacancy.
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State Sen. Jeffrey Piccola, a passionate and sometimes controversial state lawmaker who championed school vouchers and a state takeover of the beleaguered city of Harrisburg, announced his retirement on Thursday.
Piccola, 63, a Dauphin County Republican and chairman of the state Senate Education Committee, said he will not seek re-election when his term expires next year. Piccola did not offer a reason, and his office declined further comment.
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ST. GEORGE - They have been called rebels, they've been told they "must want to be an island," that they are "spoiled" and that they are "whiners." But the members of the newly founded Education Options Committee in St. George insist that the town's residents just want their voices heard within their regional school unit.
Many St. George residents are upset that they never supported consolidating its three-town school district into the six-town RSU 13. Local school board members had voted against the consolidation, but the school board members from the other towns outvoted them. Then the townspeople voted against the consolidation, but the votes of residents from other communities approved it.
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Proposing a longer school year for American school students certainly isn't going to win President Barack Obama any votes.
And the idea will not be a crowd-pleaser for Peter Edgecomb, R- Caibou, a member of the Legislature's Education Committee.
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The Senate Education Committee, however, rejects a proposal that increases the number of hours a student spends in the classroom.
By Michelle Dynes