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Download testimonies given before the New York Senate Standing Committee on Education in the Senate Hearing Room.

October 8, 2003 - Rochester, NY

Click on a name to open testimony as PDF:

Richard M. Ryan, Ph.D
Educator and Parent

Daniel L. Drmacich
Principal of Rochester’s School Without Walls

Manuel Rivera, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
Rochester City School District

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