S.257
An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law
Sponsors:
Sen. Philip Baruth
Last Recorded Action: 5/12/2018 - House message House appointed Conference Committee members
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Committee of Conference
- James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Ann Pugh, Chair, House Committee On Human Services
- Rep. David Sharpe, Chair, House Committee on Education
House Committee on Education
- Donna Bailey, Co-Director, Addison County Parent Child Center
- Paul Behrman, Director, Champlain Valley Head Start
- Rep. Jessica Brumsted, Sponsor of Bill
- Jeff Burroughs, Assistant Headmaster, St. Johnsbury Academy
- Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
- Sandra Cameron, Act 166 Regional Coordinator, Winooski Valley Superintendents Region
- Jennifer Carbee, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Richard Cate, Interim VP Finance & Administration, University of Vermont
- Rep. Daniel Connor, Sponsor of amendment
- Rep. Lawrence Cupoli, Sponsor of amendment
- Jess DeCarolis, Division Director, Personalization and Flexible Pathways, Agency of Education
- James DesMarais, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Stephen Finner, Senior Consultant, United Academics
- Michael Fisher, Chief Advocate, Office of Health Care Advocate, Vt. Legal Aid
- Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
- Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Al Gobeille, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
- David Grass, Chief, Environmental Health Surveillance, Department of Health
- Patrick Guckin, Director, St. Johnsbury Academy Technical Center
- Maureen Hebert, Associate Dean for Continuing Education and Workforce Development, Vermont Technical College
- Rep. Michael Hebert, Co-sponsor of amendment
- Eileen Illuzzi, Director, North Country Career Center
- Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
- Rep. Bernard Juskiewicz, Sponsor of amendment
- Phil Keller, Director of Insurance Regulation, Department of Financial Regulation
- Claire Kendall, Co-Director, Family Center of Washington County, Parent Child Center Network
- Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health
- Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Tanya Marshall, State Archivist and Director, VT State Archives & Records Administration
- Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
- Glenn Olson, Director, Stafford Technical Center, Rutland
- Jennifer Papillo, Associate General Counsel, University of Vermont
- Beth Peloquin, Independent Early Education Consultant, Westford, VT
- Debora Price, Director, Educator Quality, Agency of Education
- Rep. Ann Pugh, Sponsor of amendment
- Andrea Racek, Early Childhood Coordinator, Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union
- Jay Ramsey, Director, Career and Technical Education, Agency of Education
- Kate Rogers, Early Learning Team Lead, Agency of Education
- Rebecca Ryan, Senior Director, Health Promotion and Public Policy, American Lung Association of the Northeast
- Andrew Sambrook, Owner, Annette's Pre-School
- Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
- Sarah Squirrell, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures
- Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
- Rep. Vicki Strong, Co-sponsor of amendment
- Sara Teachout, Director, Government, Public and Media Relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Vermont
- Rep. Catherine Toll, Sponsor of amendment
- Stephen Wisloski, Chief Financial Officer, Vermont State Colleges
House Committee on Human Services
- Donna Bailey, Co-Director, Addison County Parent Child Center
- Paul Behrman, Director, Champlain Valley Head Start
- Sandra Cameron, Act 166 Regional Coordinator, Winooski Valley Superintendents Region
- James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Karin Edwards, Director, Integrated Support for Learning, Pre-K-Grade 8, Agency of Education
- Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
- Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Melissa Garrett-Riegel, Director of Statewide Systems and Community Collaboration, Child Development Division, Department for Children & Families
- Kelley Hackett, Home Based Child Care and Pre-K Provider
- Breena Holmes MD, Director of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Health
- Rachel Hunter, Home Based Child Care Provider
- Lynn Kemp, Director,Translational Research & Social Innovation, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Western Sydney University
- Claire Kendall, Co-Director, Family Center of Washington County, Parent Child Center Network
- Sarah Kenney, Deputy Director, Let's Grow Kids
- Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
- Reeva Sullivan Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Division of Child Development, Department for Children and Families
- Mary Ellen Otis, Co-Executive Director, Orange County Parent Child Center
- Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
- Sarah Squirrell, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures
- Julie Cadwallader Staub, Director, Vermont's Early Learning Challenge Grant, Child Development Div., Dept. for Families and Children
- Carolyn Wesley, Deputy Director, Building Bright Futures
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Sen. Philip Baruth
- Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
- James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Senate Committee on Education
- Kate Abbott, Director of Early Childhood Programs, Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
- Allison Aguilar, Senior Research Associate, American Federation of Teachers
- Betsy Aminata-Barstow, Licensed home-based child care provider
- Molly Bachman, General Counsel, Agency of Education
- Sen. Philip Baruth
- Paul Behrman, Director, Champlain Valley Head Start
- Clare Buckley, Lobbyist, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
- Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
- Sandra Cameron, Early Education Director, Barre Supervisory Union
- Marilyn Cargill, Vice President, Financial Aid Services, Marketing and Research, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
- Sherry Carlson, Senior Director, Vermont Birth to Five
- Colleen Christman, Home-based Child Care Provider
- Tricia Coates, Director of External & Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
- Steven Cray, Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard
- James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Ellen Drolette, Child Care Provider
- Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
- Al Gobeille, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
- Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
- Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
- Claire Kendall, Co-Director, Family Center of Washington County, Parent Child Center Network
- Chris Kibbe, Superintendent, Windham Northeast Supervisory Union
- Joanne LeBlanc, Superintendent, Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union
- Tom Little, Vice President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
- Sierra Lowell, Concerned Citizen
- Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Mill Moore, Executive Director, Vermont Independent Schools Association
- Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
- Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, St. Johnsbury Academy
- Debora Price, Director, Educator Quality, Agency of Education
- Sonja Raymond, Executive Director, Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children
- Andrew Sambrook, Owner, Annette's Pre-School
- Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
- Sarah Squirell, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures
- Sarah Squirrell, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures
- Jacqueline Tolman, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Barre Supervisory Union
- Kara von Behren-Herman, Director, Williston Enrichment Center
- Beth Walsh, President, Vermont State Colleges United Professionals (VSCUP), AFT Vermont
- Carolyn Wesley, Deputy Director, Building Bright Futures
Senate Committee on Finance
- Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
- Sen. Philip Baruth
- James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
- Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office