Texas public school finance expert available for comment
Sherri Greenberg, a veteran Texas legislator who is now a faculty member of the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, is available for comment on the special session of the Texas Legislature.
A member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1991-2001, Greenberg’s areas of expertise include state and local government, public finance and budgeting, education, health care, transportation, and campaigns and elections in the state of Texas.
“When I served in the legislature in the 1990s, we passed the current school finance plan, but it was never anticipated to be a long-term solution,” said Greenberg. “Now the legislature is facing a June 1 court deadline and at a minimum the funding issue must be resolved.”
During her tenure at the Legislature, Greenberg was appointed to several key posts. In 1999, she served as chair of the House Pensions and Investments Committee, which oversees the Texas State Employee Retirement System, state employee health insurance program, Teacher Retirement System, local public employee retirement systems, and regulation of state investments and public securities. After the 1999 legislative session, she served as chair of the Select Committee on Teacher Health Insurance.
Greenberg served two terms on the House Appropriations Committee, which is the House's budget writing committee, and served on the Appropriations Committee's Education and Major Information Systems Subcommittees. Other committee assignments included the House Economic Development Committee and the Welfare-to-Work Committee.
Greenberg, who joined the LBJ School in 2001, holds the Max Sherman Chair in State and Local Government as a fellow. She has a B.A. in government from UT Austin and an M.S. in public administration and policy from the London School of Economics.
In early May, she will moderate an informational media seminar on the progress of the legislative session, featuring a number of superintendents who represent school districts with diverse populations. Held at the LBJ School, the free seminar will be webcast live at http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/webcasts/. Additional details about this event are forthcoming.
To contact Greenberg, call 512/471-8324 or 512/656-6592.
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17 April 2006
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