News : Pettengill encourages IBSSS supporters to speak out at hearing Thursday in DM

Rep. Dawn Pettengil of Mt. Auburn is hoping many supporters of the Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving School will speak out at hearing on the future of the school Thursday morning in Des Moines.

The Board of Regents Legislative Study Committee on Residential Services on the Campus of the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School will meet Thursday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Central Library of the Des Moines Public Library, 1000 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa. The public will have an opportunity to present written or oral comments at the meeting, beginning at 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. Materials for the Legislative Study Committee meeting are available for review at the following link to the Board of Regents website: http://www.regents.iowa.gov/IBSSS/ResidentialStudy.html. Additional background information on the Legislative Study Committee, with membership list, can be found at the following link to the Board of Regents website: http://www.regents.iowa.gov/Meetings/DocketMemos/10Memos/April/0410_ITEM06p.pdf. The Board of Regents is a group of nine citizen volunteers who govern the state’s three public universities and two special K-12 schools – the Iowa School for the Deaf and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School – through policymaking, coordination, and oversight.