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2014-2015 JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET HEARINGHigher Education
Thursday, February 6 - 9:30 A.M.
HEARING ROOM B, LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING, ALBANY
Senate Finance Committee Chair John A. DeFrancisco and Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Chair Herman D. Farrell, Jr. today announced that the ninth
Joint Legislative Hearing in a series of 13hearings will be held on
Thursday, February 6.
During the Higher Education Hearing, which is part of the
legislative process to review the 2014-2015
Executive Budget, higher education officials and representatives
of higher education advocacyorganizations will have an opportunity
to address the Senate and Assembly fiscal committees.
These joint legislative hearings will continue through Tuesday,
February 11 and are available for liveviewing on the Senate and
Assembly websites and the Legislative Channel (available on cable
systems
throughout the state), but will be preempted when the houses are
in session. At the conclusion of thelegislative deliberations, live
televised coverage of the hearings will resume.
Among those scheduled to testify are State University of New
York Chancellor Dr. Nancy Zimpher;
City University of New York Chancellor Dr. James Milliken; NYS
Education DepartmentCommissioner Dr. John King; Elsa Magee,
executive vice president, New York State Higher
Education Services Corporation; Andrew Pallotta, executive vice
president, NYSUT; and BarbaraBowen, president, Professional Staff
Congress, CUNY.
Testimony also will be provided by Frederick Kowal, president
United University Professions; LauraAnglin, president, Commission
on Independent Colleges and Universities; Kevin Stump,
coordinator,
Higher Education Program and Aileen Sheil, chair, Board of
Directors, NYPIRG; Donna Gurrnett,executive director, Association
of Proprietary Colleges; and Susan Mead, director of Financial
Aid,
NYS Financial Aid Administrators Association.
In addition, testimony is expected from Jose Davila, vice
president, Hispanic Federation; TremaynePrice, president, SUNY
Student Assembly; Muhammad Arshad, chairperson, CUNY Student
Center;
and Luis Gutierrez, vice chair, Graduate Student Affairs and
Cynthia Roldan, vice chair, LegislativeAffairs, CUNY Student
Senate.
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Scheduled Witness List
State University of New York Dr. Nancy ZimpherChancellor
City University of New York Dr. James Milliken
Chancellor
NYS Education Department Dr. John KingCommissioner
New York State Higher Education Elsa Magee
Services Corporation Executive Vice President
NYSUT Andrew PallottaNYSUT Executive Vice President
Frederick Kowal, PresidentUnited University Professions
Barbara Bowen, PresidentProfessional Staff Congress
Commission on Independent Laura AnglinColleges and Universities
President
NYPIRG Kevin Stump
Higher Education Program Coordinator
Aileen Sheil, ChairBoard of Directors
Association of Proprietary Colleges Donna Gurnett
Executive Director
NYS Financial Aid Administrators Susan Mead
Association Director of Financial AidDutchess Community
College
Hispanic Federation Jose Davila
Vice President, Policy and GovernmentRelations
SUNY Student Assembly Tremayne Price
President
CUNY Student Senate Muhammad ArshadChairperson
