H.54
An act relating to cell phone-free schools
Sponsors:
Rep. Angela Arsenault
,
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
- Rep. Angela Arsenault, Sponsor, Chittenden-2
- Meghan Baule, Director of Communications, Colchester School District
- Erin Benham, Vice Chair, Connecticut State Board of Education
- Brann Boccia-Cole, Student, U-32 Middle School
- Jill Briggs Campbell, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
- 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
- Wilson Garland, Chief Information Officer, Vermont State Colleges System
- Lindsey Hedges, Interim Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
- Lisa Helme, Assistant Director of Student Pathways, Agency of Education
- Ryan Heraty, Superintendent, Lamoille South Supervisory Union
- Ulysses Junker, Student, Thetford Academy
- Eliza Knowlten-Young, Student, Thetford Academy
- Atticus Lawler, Student, U-32 Middle School
- Laura Marquez-Garrett, Attorney, Social Media Victims Law Center
- Meg McDonough, Principal, Harwood Union High School
- Eddie McGrath, Student, Montpelier High School
- Mike McRaith, Associate Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Kate Mobley, Dean of Enrollment and Community Relations, Community College of Vermont
- Dylan Neely, Student, Colchester High School
- Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Oliver Olsen, Representative, Vermont Independent Schools Association
- Robin Osborne, Clinical Psychologist, East Thetford
- Maggie Prong, Student, Colchester High School
- Oliver Ranson, Student, Thetford Academy
- Elijah Renner, Student, Thetford Academy
- Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Braeden Schuren Burns, Student, Main Street Middle School
- Isla Segal, Student, Woodstock Union Middle School
- Eliza Severin, Student, Colchester High School
- 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
- Manny Van Fleet, Student, U-32 Middle School
- Celia Wing, Student, Harwood Union High School
- Stephanie Winters, Deputy Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
- Alex Young-Springer, Student, Hunt Middle School
- Rebecca Yukica, Pediatrician, Bradford and East Thetford
Senate Committee on Education
- Rep. Angela Arsenault, Sponsor
- Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Benjamin Clark, Teacher, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School
- Rep. Peter Conlon, Chair, House Committee on Education
- Liza Earle-Centers, Local Parent Advocate, Vermont Coalition of Phone and Social Media-Free Schools
- Ryan Heraty, Superintendent, Lamoille South Supervisory Union
- Mike McRaith, Associate Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Oliver Olsen, Representative, Vermont Independent Schools Association
- Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Harris Strokoff, Psychiatrist and Medical Director, NCSS, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist, Green State Psychiatry