H.54
An act relating to cell phone-free schools
Sponsors:
Rep. Angela Arsenault
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Rep. Matthew Birong, Rep. Doug Bishop, Rep. Tiffany Bluemle, Rep. Michael Boutin, Rep. Erin Brady, Rep. Thomas Burditt, Rep. Mollie Burke, Rep. Bridget Burkhardt, Rep. Gregory Burtt, Rep. R. Scott Campbell, Rep. Ela Chapin, Rep. Kevin Christie, Rep. Voranus Coffin, Rep. Allen "Penny" Demar, Rep. Joshua Dobrovich, Rep. Leonora Dodge, Rep. Abbey Duke, Rep. Gina Galfetti, Rep. Leslie Goldman, Rep. Kenneth Goslant, Rep. Edye Graning, Rep. James Harrison, Rep. Mark Higley, Rep. Philip "Jay" Hooper, Rep. Robert Hunter, Rep. Emilie Krasnow, Rep. Larry Labor, Rep. James Masland, Rep. Patricia McCoy, Rep. Brian Minier, Rep. Christopher Morrow, Rep. Michael Mrowicki, Rep. Michael Nigro, Rep. Robert North, Rep. Kate Nugent, Rep. Thomas Oliver, Rep. Gayle Pezzo, Rep. Phil Pouech, Rep. Monique Priestley, Rep. Christopher Pritchard, Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Rep. Lawrence Satcowitz, Rep. Mary-Katherine Stone, Rep. Heather Surprenant, Rep. Dara Torre, Rep. Chea Waters Evans, Rep. Candice White, Rep. Kevin Winter
Location: House Committee on Education
Last Recorded Action: 1/22/2025 - Read first time and referred to the Committee on Education
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Education
- Rep. Angela Arsenault, Sponsor, Chittenden-2
- Ellie Buckingham, Student, Harwood Union High School
- Rima Carlson, Family Physician, Montpelier
- Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Benjamin Clark, Member, Harwood Unified Union School District Board, Teacher, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School
- Laura Derrendinger, Advocate, Middletown Springs, Vermont
- Liza Earle-Centers, Local Parent Advocate, Vermont Coalition of Phone and Social Media-Free Schools
- Sunni Eriksen, School Safety Program Manager, Vermont School Safety Center
- Ulysses Junker, Student, Thetford Academy
- Eliza Knowlten-Young, Student, Thetford Academy
- Meg McDonough, Principal, Harwood Union High School
- Mike McRaith, Associate Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Robin Osborne, Clinical Psychologist, East Thetford
- Oliver Ranson, Student, Thetford Academy
- Elijah Renner, Student, Thetford Academy
- Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Harris Strokoff, Psychiatrist and Medical Director, NCSS, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist, Green State Psychiatry
- David Thaxton, Student, Thetford Academy
- Celia Wing, Student, Harwood Union High School
- Stephanie Winters, Deputy Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
- Rebecca Yukica, Pediatrician, Bradford and East Thetford