[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 49 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: On Friday, 
March 14, 2008, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia concluded a hearing to 
examine ways to reform the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) 
system, including H.R. 2080, to amend the District of Columbia Home 
Rule Act to conform the District charter to revisions made by the 
Council of the District of Columbia relating to public education, after 
receiving testimony from Cornelia M. Ashby, Director, Education, 
Workforce, and Income Security Issues, Government Accountability 
Office; and Michelle Rhee, Chancellor of the District of Columbia 
Public Schools, Victor Reinoso, Deputy Mayor for Education, Deborah A. 
Gist, State Superintendent of Education, Allen Y. Lew, Office of Public 
Education Facilities Modernization, John W. Hill, Federal City Council, 
and Jane Hannaway, Urban Institute Education Policy Center, all of 
Washington, D.C.