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Soundbite ONLY. Former teacher and member of the House Education Committee, Rep. Rich Grucela, D-Northampton, comments on the innovative hands-on educational program, Science: It’s Elementary. The program has been expanded in this year’s state budget, enabling it to be offered in 143 schools and reach 2,847 teachers and 66,973 students. Classrooms are provided with science kits that enable children to experiment and see how science affects our lives. Bite runs 14 seconds. - 7/23/2008

The innovative hands-on educational program, Science: It’s Elementary, has been expanded in this year’s state budget, enabling it to be offered in 143 schools and reach 2,847 teachers and 66,973 students. Classrooms are provided with science kits that enable children to experiment and see how science affects our lives. Former teacher and member of the House Education Committee, Rep. Rich Grucela, D-Northampton, is featured. Story runs 1 minute, 9 seconds - 7/23/2008

Soundbite only. The House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee held a hearing on legislation that would establish minimum standards for commercial kennels to ensure the health and safety of dogs raised there. Rep. Rich Grucela, D-Northampton, serves on that committee, and he comments on the hearing and that legislation. Bite runs 18 seconds. - 6/12/2008

Soundbite ONLY. Last December, the state Board of Education released the findings of the "costing-out" study that provided a Pennsylvania per-student dollar target for achieving adequate funding levels in each school district. The House Education Committee approved a measure to address the funding gap by implementing Gov. Rendell's proposal to increase the state share of education funding by $2.6 billion over the next six years. Rep. Rich Grucela,D-Northampton, comments on this legislation, and in a second bite, comments on additional education legislation he sponsored that could be voted on by the House next week. First bite runs 11 seconds, second bite runs 18 seconds. - 6/4/2008

With interest in the upcoming April primary running high, Rep. Rich Grucela, D-Northampton, is proposing that 17-year-olds who will be 18 by the next November general election be permitted to vote in the primary. Story runs 58 seconds. - 4/4/2008

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