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| Newly appointed Commissioner of Education Shirley Neeley addresses the Policy Orientation in a kick-off speech. (Photo, San Antonio Express News) |
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| A panel examining tax policy featured (from left) Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist, Ohio University professor Richard Vedder, Center for Public Policy Priorities analysist Dick Lavine, State Rep. Carl isett and State Rep. Kent Grusendorf |
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| A panel focusing public education spending included Ohio University professor Richard Vedder, Texas Business and Educational Coalition analysist Drew Sheberle, education expert Harrison Keller of the Office of the Speaker, Hoover Institution expert Eric H |
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| House Appropriations Committee chairman Talmadge Heflin moderated the Orientation's panel examining public education spending. |
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| A policy orientation panel examining public school choice featured Texas Association of School Boards expert Catherine Clark, Harvard professor Paul Peterson, the Rev. Dr. Raymond Bryant, and State Rep. Carl Isett. Isett moderated the panel. |
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| State Rep. Kent Grusendorf asks a question during the Policy Orientation. Grusendorf is chairman of the House Select Committee on Public School Finance. |
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| State Sen. Steve Ogden introduced the Lieutenant Governor at the Policy Orientation's dinner. |
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| Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst gave the Policy Orientation's dinner address, speaking about school finance issues. |
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| Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist, an Orientation panelist, visited with Americans for Prosperity's Texas director Peggy Venable at the evening reception. |
