Field Hearing on S. 1905, Rural Teacher Housing Act

Date: March 16, 2004

Time: 9:00 AM

Location: Anchorage, AK

Room: Alaska Native Medical Center

S. 1905, No Teacher Left Behind, A Bill to Improve Living Conditions for Teachers in Alaska Native Villages

Witnesses

Ms. Peggy Cole

Teacher & National Education Association – Alaska Member Emmonak School

Lower Yukon School District, Emmonak, AK

Testimony

Ms. Jennifer Davis

Itinerant Technology Trainer & National Education Association

Alaska Member Northwest Arctic Borough School District, Kotzebue, AK

Testimony

Mr. Christopher Simon

Superintendent

Yukon-Koyukuk School District, Fairbanks, AK

Testimony

Dr. Eric Madsen, PH.D.,

Director of Rural Program Development

School of Education, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

Testimony

Mr. Frank Hill

Co-Director of Alaska Rural Systemic Initiatives / Former Superintendent

Lake and Peninsula Borough School District, Anchorage, AK

Accompanied by: MR. NELSON ANGAPAK, SR., Executive Vice President, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage AK

Testimony

Mr. Carl Rose

Executive Director

Association of Alaska School Boards, Juneau, AK

Testimony