Disaster Preparedness and Schools
A House Education and Labor subcommittee held a hearing on responses for elementary and secondary schools to natural disasters. In the first… read more
A House Education and Labor subcommittee held a hearing on responses for elementary and secondary schools to natural disasters. In the first panel, Frank Brogan, the assistant Education secretary for elementary and secondary schools, testified on federal efforts to most quickly and effectively help reopen help school systems affected by natural disasters, in particular those on island territories like the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The second panel comprised heads of school systems in California, the Northern Mariana Island,s and elsewhere. They talked about how their institutions fared after natural disasters and about the ways federal officials could better coordinate recovery efforts. close
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- Mark DeSaulnier U.S. Representative [D] California
- William Timmons IV U.S. Representative [R] South Carolina
- Frederica Wilson U.S. Representative [D] Florida
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Frank Brogan Assistant Secretary
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