Silicon Valley Leadership Group “Ken Leonard Good Government Series” with The Honorable George Miller, Chair, House Committee on Education and Labor

Please join the Silicon Valley Leadership Group for a timely luncheon with Chairman George Miller at Microsoft's Silicon Valley Campus. The forum will be an opportunity to hear more about how federal economic stimulus dollars under Title I IDEA funding will be disbursed for education, the latest budget actions, and announcement on his work regarding new federal aid for education.

Chairman Miller will address how Congress is averting teacher layoffs while driving crucial education improvements, reforms, and results for students to help improve the state's K-12 education system and the challenges and future that students, teachers, and community will face. Chairman Miller will also touch on the federal dollars which will soon be flowing to California for environmental protection, drought relief, and water recycling projects from the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Business leaders, educators, and community leaders will have the opportunity to hear the Chairman’s recommendations as well as ask questions about education reform and other important federal policy issues.

Good Government Event Details:
When: Friday, May 8, 2009
Time: Networking/Registration 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.)

Luncheon and Program (12:00 p.m.-1:20 p.m.)

Where: Microsoft Silicon Valley
Conference Center, SVC Building 1
1065 La Avenida
Mountain View, CA 94043
Please check-in at the Lobby of SVC Building 1, at the center of the Campus

For security reasons, please RSVP by Monday, May 4.

Biography for our guest
Chairman George Miller: Miller was elected by his colleagues in January to serve as Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, a panel he has served on since first coming to Congress and on which he served as the Senior Democrat since 2001. Miller continues to serve on the House Natural Resources Committee, one of Congress' primary committees overseeing the environment, energy and public lands. He was chairman of that Committee from 1991 to 1994.

Cancellation policy: We do not accept cancellations, but substitutions are welcome.