LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION
     AGENDA
    Public Hearing on Educational Governance and Accountability
    Thursday, September 27, 2007
    State Capitol, Room 437
    Sacramento

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    All written testimony submitted electronically is linked to the witnesses' names below.

    Public Hearing: 9 a.m.

    Overview of Getting Down to Facts
     

    1. Susanna Loeb, Director, Institute for Research on Education Policy & Practice, Stanford University, and Coordinator, Getting Down to Facts Project
       
    Educational Governance
     
    1. Dominic J. Brewer, Professor of Education, Economics and Policy, University of Southern California                                                                    Power point presentation submitted by Professor Brewer.
    Public School Finance
     
    1. Thomas Timar, Professor of Education, University of California, Davis
    2. Jon Sonstelie, Visiting Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California

      3.  
    Obstacles to Reform
     
    1. Delaine Eastin, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction and former Assemblymember
    2. Charles A. Ratliff, former Director, Office of the Education Master Plan
    Public comment will be taken at the end of the hearing.
     
     

    Business Meeting Agenda

    (The Commission will consider agenda items I-V at approximately noon.  The precise time will vary depending upon the testimony of witnesses and will be determined at the discretion of the chair.)
     
    1. Business Meeting Minutes from August 23, 2007
    2. Schedule/Project Selection
    3. Subcommittee Reports
    4. Implementation Activity
    5. Reports from the Bureau of State Audits