NCSL Spring Forum
Recorded Sessions
NCSL Spring Forum
Washington, D.C.
April 23-26
Thursday, April 24, 2008
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
REAL ID: Final Rules...State Responses
- Presiding: Senator Dennis M. Wilson, Kansas
- Panelists: Larry Frankel, ACLU, Washington, D.C.
- Kathy Kraninger, Screening and Coordination Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C. [Audio of the Session]
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Issues to Watch in the 2008 Elections
- Speakers: Doug Chapin, Electionline.org, Washington, D.C.
- Alison Prevost, Center for Democracy and Election Management, Washington, D.C. [Audio of the Session]
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
State Leadership on Health Information Technology (HIT)
- Speakers: James Golden, Minnesota Department of Health
- Dr. Robert Kolodner, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
- Representative Paul Thissen, Minnesota [Audio of the Session]
4:14 pm - 5:00 pm
General Session--Federalism and the Senate Agenda
- Presiding: Martha Carter, Nebraska Legislature
- Representative Geanie Morrison, Texas
- Speaker: The Honorable Lamar Alexander, U.S. Senate, [Audio of the Session]
Friday, April 25, 2008
9:45 am - 11:00 am
Health Care Workforce--Increasing the Flow in the Nursing Pipeline
- Moderator: Senator Judy Lee, North Dakota
- Speakers: Billy Bevill, North Carolina Center for Nursing
- Susan Reinhard, AARP Public Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
- William Robertson, Adventist HealthCare, Maryland [Audio of the Session]
9:45 pm - 11:00 am
The 50 Percent Rule for Minority Districts
- Speakers: Lou Fisher, Jones Day, Washington, D.C.
- William Gilkeson, North Carolina General Assembly
- Gerald Hebert, Campaign Legal Center, Washington, D.C. [Audio of the Session]
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
What Is a "Competitive" District? What Is a "Community of Interest"?
- Speakers: Douglas Johnson, National Demographics Corporation, California
- Justin Levitt, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York
- Michael McDonald, George Mason University, Virginia [Audio of the Session]
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Prisoner Health and Community Transitions
- Speakers: Vincent Keane, Unity Health Care, Washington, D.C.
- Steven Rosenberg, Community Oriented Correctional Health Services, California [Audio of the Session]
11:45 pm - 1:15 pm
Preparing Effective Leaders to Transform Schools: A Role for State Legislatures
- Presiding: Senator John W. Goedde, Idaho
- Speaker: Jody Spiro, The Wallace Foundation, New York
- Panelists: Wendy Robinson, Fort Wayne Community Schools, Indiana
- Phillip Rogers, Education Professional Standards Board, Kentucky
- Luis Torres, Bronx PS 55, New York [Audio of the Session]
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
A Closer Look at Dropouts: Going Beyond the Classroom
- Presiding: Frances Ramirez Maestas, Legislative Education Study Committee, New Mexico
- Speakers: Robert Balfanz, Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland
- Noelle Ellerson, American Association of School Administrators, Virginia
- Louise Reaves, Communities In Schools, Virginia
- Richard Wells, Americas Promise Alliance, Virginia [Audio of the Session]
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Covering High-Cost, High-Risk People: Whose Responsibility?
- Moderator: Representative Susan King , Texas
- Speakers: Karen Ignagni, America's Health Insurance Plans, Washington, D.C.
- Karen Pollitz, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. [Audio of the Session]
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Immigration Raids and the Effects on Families
- Panelists: Rosa Maria Castañeda, Center on Labor, Human Services and Population at The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
- Susan Cullen, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.
- Cari DeSantis, President of the Board of Directors of the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), Delaware [Audio of the Session]
Saturday, April 26, 2008
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
General Session Breakfast Program
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