February 13, 2018
Reading, February 13, 2018 −Four dozen high school students from 13 Berks County schools will get a close-up look at being a legislator on Thursday, Feb. 15, during Sen. Judy Schwank’s fifth annual “Berks County Model Senate.”
The event, which will be the first of three planned sessions of the Model Senate, will begin at 11 a.m. in the Muhlenberg Township Building conference room.
This is the fifth consecutive year for Schwank’s Berks County Model Senate.
“I continue to be greatly impressed by the students who participate in our Model Senate program,” Schwank said. “They are keenly interested in governmental affairs and take the program very seriously. They are the future of our county and the commonwealth.”
During tomorrow’s Model Senate, students will elect a governor, caucus leaders, and appoint committee chairs. The students will then decide which bills will be introduced in the Senate and bring up their own proposals for debate.
Media coverage is invited.
WHAT: Sen. Judy Schwank’s fifth annual Berks County Model Senate
WHEN: 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15
WHERE: Conference room, Muhlenberg Township Municipal Building, 210 George St., Reading
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March 26, 2015
HARRISBURG, March 26, 2015 – Sen. Judy Schwank will give students from her district a first-hand glimpse of life as a state lawmaker on Friday, March 27, at Albright College during the second session of her 2nd annual Berks County Model Senate.
The session will comprise of the “Senate Committee Hearings,” where the student Senators will have the opportunity to hear and cross examine expert testimony and on the bills created by our model legislators. The witnesses “subpoenaed,” include:
Health and Welfare
Bill: SB 9 Welfare Drug Benefit Testing Act
Speaking: Kathy Knoll, Council on Chemical Abuse
Agriculture
Bill: SB 12 Farmers in our Schools/Students in our Farms
Speaking: Theresa Tracey, executive director, Berks County FSA Office
Education
Bill: SB 15 State Standardized Testing Act
Speaking: Shannon Burghardt, Brandywine Heights High School Social Studies Department
Judicial
Bill: SB 18 Voter Identification Act
Speaking: Deborah Olivieri, director, Berks County Election Services
Environmental
Bill: SB1 Fracking Observation Board
Speaking: Representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
State
Bill: SB 6 Infrastructure Reinvestment Act
Speaking: Alan Piper, Berks County Planning Commission
Media coverage is encouraged.
WHAT: Second session of Sen. Schwank’s “Model Senate” (Committee Hearings)
WHEN: 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., committee hearings will begin at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: South lounge, Albright College’s Student Center ,1621 N. 13th St, Reading
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