H.480 (Act 72)
An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to education law
Sponsors:
Last Recorded Action: 6/16/2025 - House message: Governor approved bill on June 27, 2025
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Education
- Rep. Michael Boutin, Amendment Sponsor
- Sandra Cameron, Associate Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Gwen Carmolli, Chair, Advisory Council on Literacy
- Tim Duggan, Director of Vermont Retirement Systems, Office of the State Treasurer
- Jolie Frechette, Lobbyist, The Mill School
- Meg Fuerst, Representative, Action Circles
- Cynthia Gardner-Morse, Member, Advisory Council on Literacy
- Hank Harder, Deputy Adjutant General, Office of the Adjutant General
- Lindsey Hedges, Interim Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
- Thomas Little, Vice President, General Counsel, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
- Rep. Kate McCann, Amendment Co-Sponsor
- Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Sen. David Weeks, Sponsor of the Amendment
Senate Committee on Education
- Dominic Barcomb, Cardiac Arrest Survivor, Milton High School
- Sandra Cameron, Associate Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Gwen Carmolli, Chair, Advisory Council on Literacy
- Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Rep. Peter Conlon, Chair, House Committee on Education
- Rep. Peter Conlon, Sponsor
- Ruth Durkee, State Director of Career Technical Education, Agency of Education
- Jody Emerson, President, Vermont Association of Career and Technical Directors
- Sunni Eriksen, School Safety Program Manager, Vermont School Safety Center
- Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Jolie Frechette, Lobbyist, The Mill School
- Meg Fuerst, Representative, Action Circles
- Cynthia Gardner-Morse, Literacy Tutor
- Hank Harder, Deputy Adjutant General, Office of the Adjutant General
- Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sponsor
- Lindsey Hedges, Interim Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
- Matt Howland, Athletic Trainer, Rutland Regional Medical Center
- Emily Lesh, Project Manager, Act 28 Literacy Initiative, Agency of Education
- Emily Leute, PBL English/Language Arts Coordinator, Agency of Education
- Thomas Little, Vice President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
- Nicole MacTavish, Superintendent and Director, Patricia A. Hannaford Regional Technical School District
- Katie McCarthy, Safety Coordinator, Brattleboro High School
- Joseph McNeil, Attorney/Chief Negotiator, Vermont Educational Employees Health Care Commission
- Chelsea Myers, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Courtney O'Brien, Interim Director of Operations, Agency of Education
- Rebecca Olmstead, School Nurse Leader, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
- Oliver Olsen, Representative, Vermont Independent Schools Association
- Brooke Olsen-Farrell, Superintendent, Slate Valley Unified School District
- Kyle Peckham, Head Athletic Trainer, Rice Memorial High School
- Jennifer Samuelson, Chair, Vermont State Board of Education
- Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education
- Jenny Smith, Mother, Milton
- Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Daniel Stewart, Education Services Noncommissioned Officer, Vermont National Guard
- Sophie Zdatny, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Tina Zuk, Government Relations Regional Lead, American Heart Association