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Skandera confirmation hearing set for Monday
Posted: Sunday, February 16, 2014 11:30 am         |   Updated: 12:07 pm, Sun Feb 16, 2014.                      

Skandera confirmation hearing set for Monday
By Robert Nott The New Mexican

With just four days left in this year’s legislative session, the Senate Rules Committee has scheduled a confirmation and possible vote on Public Education Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera.

Sen. Linda Lopez, head of the Rules Committee and a Democrat running for governor, said Sunday that the committee will schedule Skandera for an 8:30 a.m. hearing Monday morning in the Roundhouse. The news comes as a Senate Joint Resolution that would eliminate the position of secretary of education by the end of the year makes its way to the Senate Floor for a vote — possibly as soon as today, Sunday.

Read more here: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/skandera-confirmation-hearing-set-for-monday/article_14abfb7c-1ade-5c8f-b626-e7a08ddaf11f.html