Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland) recently appointed Sens. David Argall (R-Beaver), Ryan Aument (R-Lancaster), Rosemary Brown (R- Lackawanna), and Devlin Robinson (R-Allegheny) to the Pennsylvania Commission on Education & Economic Competitiveness.
They will serve until the commission completes its work. The commission has an 18-month deadline to create a long-term plan to align the state’s education system with job demands.
The commission members will create a bipartisan vision for education in the 21st century that prepares students to compete in a global economy, establish policies to give school districts the support and flexibility to build world-class education systems, and recommend a legislative action plan to achieve these goals.
“Preparing our students today for the jobs of tomorrow is critical to strengthening Pennsylvania’s economy and making our commonwealth even more competitive from a workforce perspective,” Ward said. “Sens. Aument, Argall, Brown, and Robinson will provide a comprehensive and laser-focused approach to the work of this commission that will help deliver an innovative education system to address our 21st-century workforce needs.”
“There are no simple solutions to fixing Pennsylvania’s education system, but I believe we can make real progress by working together in a bipartisan fashion,” Argall said.