House Interim Committee On Education

• • Please Note: The Capitol Building is currently closed to the public and meetings are taking place remotely. Go to https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2019I1/Committees/HED/Overview to access a live stream of this meeting. Locate the meeting date and click on the camera icon at the designated time. A viewing station will also be available outside on the front steps of the Capitol Building.

• Informational Meeting
  • Invited testimony only
    
    
  • Higher Education
    Overview of Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education in Oregon
    Ben Cannon, Executive Director, Higher Education Coordinating Commission
    Rudyane Rivera-Lindstrom, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Higher
    Education Coordinating Commission
    Policy and Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Postsecondary Institutions
    Public Universities and Community Colleges
    Linda Schott, President, Southern Oregon University
    Greg Hamann, President, Linn Benton Community College
    Private Colleges and Universities
    Miles Davis, President, Linfield College; Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges
    and Universities
    Kim Ierien, President, Concorde Career Colleges
    Student and Faculty Response to Distance Learning
    Victor Chavez, Legislative Affairs Director, Vice-President Elect, Associated Students of
    Portland State University
    Avinnash Tiwari, Instructor of English, Director of Black Studies, United Academics of
    the University of Oregon
    
    
  • K-12 Education
    Policy Impact of COVID-19 on K-12 Education
    Colt Gill, Director, Oregon Department of Education
    Carmen Xiomara Urbina, Deputy Director, Oregon Department of Education
    Jennifer Patterson, Assistant Superintendent, Office of Teaching and Learning, Oregon
    Department of Education
    Financial Impact of COVID-19 on K-12 Education
    Colt Gill, Director, Oregon Department of Education
    Lindsay Capps, Education Policy Advisor, Governor’s Office
    Parent, Student, and Educator Response to Distance Learning
    John Larson, high school English teacher, Hermiston; President, Oregon Education
    Association
    Jennifer Scurlock, high school English teacher, Eugene; board member, Oregon State
    Board of Education
    Ana Maria Rodriguez, parent of student at Riverside High School, Boardman, Oregon
    Cindy Quezada, Junior, Hermiston High School
    
    

• • Note change: speakers have been added.