READING, March 16, 2016 – The second session of state Sen. Judy Schwank’s third annual “Berks County Model Senate” will give area high school participants to experience the legislative committee process and the opportunity to interview subject matter experts.
The session will open at 11 a.m. in Sen. Schwank’s district office on George Street. The committee session are scheduled to take place at noon.
“Our model senators have learned how to elect leaders and propose bills to help their constituents and improve the quality of life in their communities,” Schwank said. “Tomorrow, they will introduce their bills and sit opposite people who understand the impact their ideas could have on people as they work to make their bills become law.”
Thursday’s Model Senate will include six committee sessions. The topics and subject matter experts include:
Agriculture – Sen. Judy Schwank
Judicial – Richard Podguski, the director of the Bureau of Offender and Re-Entry at the Board of Probation and Parole
Environment – Greg Kauffman, a legislative liaison for the PA Department of Environmental Protection
State Government – Ron Young, PennDOT district press officer
Education – Dr. Solomon Lausch, former Schuylkill Valley School District superintendent and current executive director of the Berks Business Education Coalition
Health & Welfare – Mary Turner, MS, the program coordinator for “Keystone Education Yields Success,” or KEYS, at Reading Area Community College
Sen. Schwank’s Model Senate will meet once more before concluding.
Media coverage is invited.
WHAT: Sen. Judy Schwank’s third annual Berks County Model Senate
WHEN: 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Thursday, March 17
WHERE: Conference room, Muhlenberg Township Municipal Building, 210 George St., Reading
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