Senate+Panel+Approves+Reducing+Mandates+For+Schools

In a two-hour meeting, the Senate Education Committee today approved 17 of 18 bills largely aimed at reducing state mandates on school districts.
==While no dollar figure was stated, the measures -- which will go on for further consideration by legislators -- are intended to help school districts deal with $1 billion in cuts in Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 2011-12 budget.== == "The fiscal circumstances in which the commonwealth finds itself in 2011, I believe, has a silver lining which forces us to address the issue of mandates on public schools," said committee chairman Sen. Jeffrey Piccola, R-Dauphin, at the beginning of the session. ==

• Reduction in requirements for schools and postsecondary institutions participating in dual enrollment.
==• Review by the state Department of Education and the state Board of Education of the department's PlanCon process, which governs school construction. The goal is to have recommendations to improve the process.==

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