On Feb. 23, the board's 14-member executive committee was scheduled to discuss the takeover and procedures for a hearing on the matter.
On Thursday the Committee on House Administration, which has a role in overseeing election procedures, will hold a hearing to consider whether all voting equipment should produce a paper record that lets voters verify how they voted.
The next step is a trial-like procedure in front of a hearing officer, who will make recommendations to the school board for or against expulsion.
Because of an editing error, a report in the National Briefing column on Wednesday about a hearing on procedures for reviewing the mail of prisoners held at Guant?mo Bay, Cuba, misidentified the location of the hearing.
After publication of the dossier assessment, the committee conducts a commenting procedure and hearing, during which the pharmaceutical company responsible and other specified parties may submit comments.
It was described as a forum, rather than a hearing, meaning that procedures are less formal and testimony does not enter the official Congressional record.
Opposition members said the seven ruling-party members on the committee had rejected requests to establish a procedure for the hearing and to allow Chief Justice Bandaranayake access to a list of witnesses and a chance to cross-examine them.
"Any judge will be concerned, be uncomfortable about going into a closed [material procedure] hearing [where there is evidence] one side has given and the other side can't see.
Unlike an appeal before a criminal court, which must focus on points of law and procedure, this hearing will allow lawyers for Landis to present new or additional evidence.
Kurt's wife was a nurse, and often, before his death in 1998, he urged Mrs. Wilber to inquire about a new procedure that restored hearing.
