H.440 (Act 98)
An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
- Sponsor(s)
- Last Recorded Action
- House 5/3/2012 - Signed by Governor on 5/3/2012Opens in a new window
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An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Detailed Status
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
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An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Roll Call History
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
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An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Committee Meetings
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
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An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Meeting Full List
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- After caucus
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
David Larsen, Former Commissioner, Department of Education
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 11:00 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Lisa Ventriss, President, Vermont Business Roundtable
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Thursday, January 20, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 8:30 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 4:00 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Fayneese Miller, Chair, Vermont Board of Education
Friday, January 28, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 10:15 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 10:00 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Mark Oettinger, General Counsel, Department of Education
William Talbott, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Education
Thursday, February 10, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 8:30 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
James Fannon, Legal Counsel, Vermont National Education Association
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- 9:35 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
William Mathis, Managing Director, National Education Policy Center
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- After caucus
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Ms. O'Connor, Mr. Banks and Mr. Morse testify by phone
Daniel French, Superintendent, Bennington-Rutland SU
Don Collins, Member, State Board of Education
Martha O'Connor, Former Chair, State Board of Education
James Banks, Chair, Maine State Board of Education
Stephan Morse, Member, State Board of Education
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- After caucus
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Committee discussion
- 4:00 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Committee discussion
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- After the floor
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- 3:30 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Public hearing in room 11 from 5:30 to 7:30. Those who wish to testify must sign up in person in room 11 before 6 pm
Ken Fredette, Wallingford, Vermont School Boards Association
Ed Hemmer, Vermont School Boards Association
Emily Long, Vermont School Boards Association
Ben Wolfe, Orange-Windsor Supervisory Union
Retta Dunlap, Home School Parent, Woodbury
Fayneese Miller, Chair, Vermont Board of Education
Peter Herman, Waits River Valley
Rama Schneider, Williamstown, VT
Jeanice Garfield, Member, Springfield School Board
June Sargent, Vermont Principals Association
Ken Atkins
Sean-Marie Oller, Vermont Board of Education
Thursday, March 10, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 9:30 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Committee discussion
Friday, March 11, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- After the floor
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- 11:00 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
The Commissioner testifies by phone
Armando Vilaseca, Commissioner, Department of Education
- 1:00 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
The President testifies by phone
David Wolk, President, Castleton State College
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- After caucus
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Committee discussion to follow
Jim Douglas, Governor
William Mathis, Managing Director, National Education Policy Center
Thursday, March 17, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 3:15 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, March 18, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- After the floor
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations,
- 2:30 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Rep. Johannah Leddy Donovan
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education,
- After Floor
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education,
- 1:15 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Rep. Johannah Leddy Donovan
James Kadamus, Community Training and Assistance Center, Boston
Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Terry Holliday, Commissioner of Education, State of Kentucky
Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
Thursday, April 14, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations,
- 10:30 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Vermont School Boards Association
Bernie Henault, Concerned Citizen
Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
Tom Lovett, Chair, Council of Independent Schools (DOE)
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Friday, April 15, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations,
- 1:00 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
By conference call
David Wolk, President, Castleton State College
- 1:45 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
James Kadamus, Community Training and Assistance Center, Boston
Mrs. Sally Sugarman, Citizen
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 2:30 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Joint meeting with the House Committee on Government Operations in room 11
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations,
- 2:30 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Joint Committee meeting with Education Committee, Room 11
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Government Operations,
- 9:00 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Fayneese Miller, Chair, Vermont Board of Education
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Education
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 10:00 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 9:30 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Mr. Simmons will testify by phone.
Steven Simmons, Chair, Connecticut Commission on Education Achievement
- 2:45 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Committee discussion
Thursday, February 2, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 1:30 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, February 3, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 11:45 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- After the floor
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Mr. Raffio will testify by phone
Susan Bartlett, Special Assistant to the Governor
Thomas Raffio, Member, New Hampshire State Board of Education
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 3:30 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, February 9, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 10:00 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Armando Vilaseca, Commissioner, Department of Education
Friday, February 10, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 9:00 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Steve Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- 11:30 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- 2:00 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 2:00 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, February 16, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 9:45 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 11:00 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
Friday, March 16, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 8:30 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Committee discussion
- After the floor
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- 2:45 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Committee of discussion
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 10:35 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, March 22, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 8:30 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Amendments
Rep. Adam Greshin, Sponsor
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Sponsor
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education,
- 3:00 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Governor Jim Douglas
Stephan Morse, Chairman, State Board of Education
Friday, March 30, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education,
- 1:45 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Steven Jay Gross, Professional Educational Leadership Director, Temple University
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education,
- 1:30 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
William Mathis, Managing Director, National Education Policy Center
Ken Fredette, Wallingford, Vermont School Boards Association
Carol Brigham, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union
David Schoales, Member, Brattleboro Town School Board
Matt Conway, Town of Mendon by phone
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education,
- 1:30 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
David Wolk, President, Castleton State College (by phone)
Martha O'Connor, Former Chair, State Board of Education (by phone at 2)
Susan Bartlett, Special Assistant to the Governor
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Thursday, April 12, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education,
- After the Floor
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Mark up
Stephan Morse, Chair, State Board of Education
Susan Bartlett, Special Assistant to the Governor
Friday, April 13, 2012
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education,
- 11:20 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Mark up and vote
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 10:00 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Sen. Kevin Mullin, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Stephan Morse, Chair, State Board of Education
Friday, April 20, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 9:10 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- 12:30 PM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, May 3, 2012
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education,
- 10:30 AM
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H.440 - An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Signing of the bill by the Governor
No committee documents found for H.440 in the 2011 - 2012 Legislative Session.
An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Witnesses Who Testified
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
House Committee on Education
- Ken Atkins
- James Banks, Chair, Maine State Board of Education
- Susan Bartlett, Special Assistant to the Governor
- Don Collins, Member, State Board of Education
- Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Steve Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Sponsor
- Jim Douglas, Governor
- Retta Dunlap, Home School Parent, Woodbury
- James Fannon, Legal Counsel, Vermont National Education Association
- Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Ken Fredette, Wallingford, Vermont School Boards Association
- Daniel French, Superintendent, Bennington-Rutland SU
- Jeanice Garfield, Member, Springfield School Board
- Rep. Adam Greshin, Sponsor
- Ed Hemmer, Vermont School Boards Association
- Peter Herman, Waits River Valley
- David Larsen, Former Commissioner, Department of Education
- Emily Long, Vermont School Boards Association
- William Mathis, Managing Director, National Education Policy Center
- H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
- Fayneese Miller, Chair, Vermont Board of Education
- Stephan Morse, Chair, State Board of Education
- Stephan Morse, Member, State Board of Education
- Sen. Kevin Mullin, Chair, Senate Committee on Education
- Martha O'Connor, Former Chair, State Board of Education
- Mark Oettinger, General Counsel, Department of Education
- Sean-Marie Oller, Vermont Board of Education
- Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
- Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Thomas Raffio, Member, New Hampshire State Board of Education
- Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- June Sargent, Vermont Principals Association
- Rama Schneider, Williamstown, VT
- Steven Simmons, Chair, Connecticut Commission on Education Achievement
- William Talbott, Chief Financial Officer, Department of Education
- Lisa Ventriss, President, Vermont Business Roundtable
- Armando Vilaseca, Commissioner, Department of Education
- Ben Wolfe, Orange-Windsor Supervisory Union
- David Wolk, President, Castleton State College
House Committee on Government Operations
- Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Stephen Dale, Commissioner, Vermont School Boards Association
- Rep. Johannah Leddy Donovan
- Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Bernie Henault, Concerned Citizen
- James Kadamus, Community Training and Assistance Center, Boston
- Tom Lovett, Chair, Council of Independent Schools (DOE)
- Fayneese Miller, Chair, Vermont Board of Education
- Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Mrs. Sally Sugarman, Citizen
- William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Education
- David Wolk, President, Castleton State College
Senate Committee on Education
- Susan Bartlett, Special Assistant to the Governor
- Carol Brigham, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union
- Matt Conway, Town of Mendon by phone
- Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Rep. Johannah Leddy Donovan
- Governor Jim Douglas
- Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Ken Fredette, Wallingford, Vermont School Boards Association
- Steven Jay Gross, Professional Educational Leadership Director, Temple University
- Terry Holliday, Commissioner of Education, State of Kentucky
- James Kadamus, Community Training and Assistance Center, Boston
- William Mathis, Managing Director, National Education Policy Center
- Stephan Morse, Chair, State Board of Education
- Stephan Morse, Chairman, State Board of Education
- Martha O'Connor, Former Chair, State Board of Education (by phone at 2)
- Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
- David Schoales, Member, Brattleboro Town School Board
- David Wolk, President, Castleton State College (by phone)
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No fiscal documents found for H.440 in the 2011 - 2012 Legislative Session.
No committee of conference members found for H.440 in the 2011 - 2012 Legislative Session.
An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Committee of Conference Meetings
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
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An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
No committee of conference meeting history found for H.440 in the 2011 - 2012 Legislative Session.
No committee of conference report found for H.440 in the 2011 - 2012 Legislative Session.
Act
- Signed into law 5/3/2012
- As Enacted (ACT 98)Opens in a new window
An act relating to creating an agency and secretary of education and clarifying the purpose of the state board
Statutes Affected
2011 - 2012 Legislative Session
| Statute |
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| 3 V.S.A. § 2701. Agency and Secretary created |
| 3 V.S.A. § 2702. Secretary of Education |
| 16 V.S.A. § 161. State Board of Education; appointment of members; term; vacancy |
| 16 V.S.A. § 163. Staff; meetings |
| 16 V.S.A. § 164. State Board; general powers and duties |
| 16 V.S.A. § 211. Repealed. 2011, No. 98 (Adj. Sess.), §6, eff. January 1, 2013. |
| 16 V.S.A. § 212. Secretary's duties generally |
Staff & Other Information
- Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel