H.66 (Act 153)
An act relating to voluntary school district merger, virtual merger, supervisory union duties, and including secondary students with disabilities in senior year activities and ceremonies
Sponsors:
Rep. Anne Donahue
,
Rep. Margaret Andrews, Rep. William Frank, Rep. Sandy Haas, Rep. Patricia French
Last Recorded Action: 6/9/2010 - Allowed to go into effect without the signature of the Governor on 6/3/2010
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
2009 - 2010 Legislative Session
House Committee on Education
- Sherrie Brunelle, Paralegal, Vermont Legal Aid's Disability Law Project
- Lori Christopher, Parent, North Country Union High School
- Karin Edwards, Director, Department of Education
- Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Martha Frank, Vermont Family Network
- Sam Gilbert, former student, Union 32
- Erin Maguire, Executive Director of Student Support Services, Chittenden Central Supervisory Union
- John Nelson, Executive Director, Vermont School Board Association
- Mark Oettinger, General Counsel, Department of Education
- Barbara Prine, Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid's Disability Law Project
- Claudia Pringles, Vermont Family Network
- Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Olivia Smith-Hammond, former student, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax
- Bob Stevens, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
- Lynne Vitzthum, Advocate, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
Senate Committee on Education
- Max Barrows, Green Mountian Self Advocates
- Sherrie Brunelle, Paralegal, Vermont Legal Aid's Disability Law Project
- Matthew Bryant, Vermont Legal Aid's Disability Law Project
- Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
- David Cyprian, Staff, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Karin Edwards, Director, Department of Education
- James Fannon, Vermont National Education Association
- Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
- Paul Haskell, Board of Trustees, ECFiber
- Brad James, Director, Department of Education
- Joseph Juhasz, Executive Assistant, Vermont State Auditor's Office
- Thomas Kennedy, School Superintendent
- Rep. Duncan F. Kilmartin, Newport
- Karen Lafayette, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
- Karen Lafayette, Vermont Low Income Advocacy Council
- Susan Marks, Staff Attorney, Department of Education
- Rep. Anne H. Mook
- John Nelson, Executive Director, Vermont School Board Association
- John Nelson, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Mark Ottenger, Legal Counsel, Department of Education
- Mark Perrault, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Barbara Postman, Policy Coordinator, Voices for Vermont's Children
- Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Olivia Smith-Hammond, former student, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax
- Julie Sullivan, Attorney, Dept. of Education
- William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Education
- Armando Vilaseca, Commissioner, Department of Education
Senate Committee on Finance
- Sen. Randy Brock, Franklin County
- Retta Dunlap
- Jeff Fannon, VT National Education Association
- Sen. Peg Flory, Rutland County
- Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union
- Brad James, Department of Education
- John Nelson, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Rep. Peter Peltz, Woodbury
- Mark Perrault, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel
- Sen. Robert Starr, Essex-Orleans County