February 25,1999

COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT EDUCATION SAVINGS INCENTIVES

Delawareans to Testify


WASHINGTON -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman William V. Roth, Jr. (R-DE) today announced that the Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 3, to hear testimony on education savings incentives, education financing and school construction financing proposals. The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. in Room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The following witnesses are expected to testify:

Panel I:

Ms. Esthelda R. Parker Selby, Principal, Rehoboth Elementary School, Milton, DE; Mr. James T. McCarthy, Vice President for Tax Product Development, Merrill Lynch, Princeton, NJ;

Ms. Alexis Garland, Procurement Coordinator, Hewlett Packard, New Castle, DE; Ms. Shirley Hughes, Senior Vice President for Human Resources, Ceridian Corporation, Minneapolis, MN

Panel II:

Dennis Zimmerman, Ph.D., Specialist in Public Finance, Congressional Research Service, Washington D.C.;

Mr. William E. Manning, President of Red Clay Consolidated School Board, Wilmington, DE