Hearing on the Impact of Health Care Reform on Schools PDF Download

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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These hearing transcripts present testimony concerning the impact of proposed health care reforms on American elementary and secondary schools. The hearing focused on how the proposed Health Security Act would affect and benefit schools and how American schools can assist in realizing the objectives of the Act. Much of the testimony was presented by Clinton Administration officials and representatives of education and health organizations who support the act. Testimony was heard from: (1) U.S. Surgeon General M. Joycelyn Elders; (2) Thomas W. Payzant, assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, U.S. Department of Education; (3) the head of the New York's United Federation of Teachers union; (4) the secretary/treasurer of the National Education Association; (5) the vice president of the National School Boards Association; (6) an associate school district superintendent; (7) the director of the Vermont Department of Maternal and Child Health; (8) the executive director of the National School Health Education Coalition; (9) the executive director of the National Association of State Boards of Education; (10) the American Heart Association; (11) the American Association of University Women; (12) a professor from George Washington University; and (13) a doctor. (MDM)