State Rep. Rosemary Brown (R-Monroe/Pike) will host a hearing with the Basic Education Funding Commission to discuss Pennsylvania's basic education funding formula from 10 a.m. to noon on Dec. 4 at the Carl T. Secor Administrative Center, 50 Vine St. in East Stroudsburg.

The panel will include: John Bell, Delaware Valley School District superintendent; Meg Dilger, Pocono Mountain School District school board president; Carole Geary, Pleasant Valley School District superintendent; Sharon Laverdure, East Stroudsburg Area School District superintendent; and John A. Toleno, Stroudsburg Area School District superintendent.The Basic Education Funding Commission, co-chaired by Sen. Pat Browne (R-16) and Rep. Mike Vereb (R-Montgomery) is tasked with developing and recommending a new formula for distributing state funding for basic education to Pennsylvania. The commission was formed when Act 51 of 2014 was signed into law earlier thisyear.Visit

http://basiceducationfundingcommission.pasenategop.com to learn more about the commission.For more information, call Brown's district office at 570-420-8301, visit her website at RepBrown.com or at Facebook.com/RepBrown.