Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Written by: University Communication and Marketing

Because of technical difficulties, tonight’s (Tuesday, April 30) public hearing to be held by the Iowa Board of Regents Transparency Task Force is no longer accessible from Muscatine High School as previously announced. Instead, the public hearing will originate from the Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room D, from 6-7:30 p.m.

This location was previously listed as an available ICN site to participate in the public hearing. All of the other available ICN sites remain unchanged (see below).

Individuals are invited to attend the public hearing at the sites listed below and offer comments relating to transparency at the Board of Regents and the five institutions. The committee will use the information from the public hearings as it formulates recommendations. Speaking time is limited to three minutes per individual.

Transparency Task Force origination site – REVISED:

  • Iowa City Public Library, Meeting Room D, 123 South Linn Street, Iowa City, Iowa

Other available ICN sites:

  • Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, The Scott Room, 729 21st Street, Bettendorf, Iowa
  • Burlington High School, 421 Terrace Drive, Burlington, Iowa
  • Keokuk High School, Educational Tech Center, 2285 Middle Road, Keokuk , Iowa
  • Ottumwa High School, Room 157, 501 East 2nd , Ottumwa , Iowa
  • Williamsburg Junior-Senior High School, 810 W. Walnut, Williamsburg, Iowa
  • Sigourney High School, Room 201, 907 E. Pleasant Valley, Sigourney , Iowa
  • Van Buren Junior-Senior High School, 405 4th Street, Keosauqua , Iowa

Individuals preferring to provide comments in writing may do so at any time by emailing Ann McCarthy at amccart@iastate.edu , or by mailing comments to: Transparency Task Force, c/o Iowa Board of Regents, 11260 Aurora Ave., Urbandale , Iowa 50322.

For more information about the Transparency Task Force, see the Board of Regents web site at http://www.regents.iowa.gov/TransparencyTaskForce/ttf.htm.

The Board of Regents is a group of nine citizen volunteers who govern the state’s threepublic universities and two special K-12 schools – the Iowa School for the Deaf and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School – through policymaking, coordination, and oversight.

This story is based on a Iowa Board of Regents press release.