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Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Education

Assembly Bill 528
Relating to: requiring school boards to provide instruction in the Great Hunger in Ireland, the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust.
By Representatives Plale, Kreuser, Pocan, Reynolds, Riley, Steinbrink and Wasserman; cosponsored by Senator Burke.

October 12, 1999 Referred to committee on Education.

November 16, 1999 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (13) Representatives Olsen, Nass, Brandemuehl, Hahn, Kestell, Hundertmark, J. Lehman, La Fave, Pocan, Reynolds, Schooff, Sherman and Ziegelbauer.
Absent: (2) Representatives Spillner and Rhoades.

Appearances for
· Representative Jeff Plale
· Dr. Leon Saryan
· Arthur Kashian, St. John Armenian Church
· Maura Koutoujian
· Garbis C. Jeknavorim
· Dr. Mary M. Olson, Southeastern Wisconsin Armenian Community

Appearances against
· Umit Savin, Turkish Armenian Community
· Sunduz Aslan, Turkish American Cultural Alliance of Chicago
· Muammer Akgun, Assembly of Turkish American Associations
· Bonnie Joy Kaslan, Assembly of Turkish American Associations
· Peggy T. Ozbay
· Mehmet Celebi
· Josh C. Tunca
· Tamer Ceylan
· Burak Celet
· Kemal H. Karpat

Appearances for Information Only
· None.

Registrations for
· Representative Sheldon Wasserman
· Miriam Jeknavorian
· Rose Esaian
· Jane Kamalian, Southeastern Wisconsin Armenian Community
· Jenny Boese
· Senator Brian Burke

Registrations against
· Osman Cincin
· Kazin Pirlant, Turkish American Community
· Jennifer Kammerud, School Administrators Alliance
· Annette Talis, Wisconsin Association of School Boards
· Idil Yorulmazogla, Turkish American Association
· Michelle Collins, Turkish American Association

March 30, 2000 Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.




Mary Pluta
Committee Clerk