House Education Committee to Hold Press Conference on Bipartisan Career and Technical Education Package
4/17/2018
WHAT: Members of the House Education Committee will hold a press conference to explain the details of a bipartisan nine-bill package to enhance Career and Technical Education in Pennsylvania that has been reported to the full House. The package of bills is the result of hearings held and data gathered from 2016 to 2017 by the former Select Subcommittee on Technical Education and Career Readiness.

WHO: Majority Leader Dave Reed (D-Indiana); Education Majority Chairman Dave Hickernell (R-Lancaster/Dauphin); Education Committee Minority Chairman James Roebuck (D-Philadelphia); Rep. Seth Grove (R-York), former majority chair of the Select Subcommittee on Technical Education and Career Readiness; Rep. Pat Harkins (D-Erie), former minority chair of the Select Subcommittee on Technical Education and Career Readiness; Rep. Mike Tobash (R-Schuylkill/Dauphin), majority chair of the Subcommittee on Technical Education and Career Readiness; Representative Gerald Mullery, minority chair of the Subcommittee on Technical Education and Career Readiness; Jackie Cullen, executive director of Pennsylvania Association of Career and Technical Administrators (PACTA); David Namey, president of Pennsylvania State Education Association’s Department of Career and Technical Studies; Elizabeth Bolden, president/CEO of Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 18, 10-10:45 a.m.

WHERE: Capitol Media Center, Room 1, East Wing, Capitol Complex, Harrisburg.

LIVE WEBSTREAMING: Yes, barring technical difficulties at rephickernell.com

Media contact: Charles Lardner, 717.260.6443,