2017-2018 Session
Change SessionH.513 (Act 49)
An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
- Sponsor(s)
- Last Recorded Action
- Senate 6/21/2017 - House message: Governor approved bill on May 23, 2017
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An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Detailed Status
2017-2018 Legislative Session
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Roll Call History
2017-2018 Legislative Session
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An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Committee Meetings
2017-2018 Legislative Session
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An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Meeting Full List
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Thursday, February 16, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- 3:45 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, February 17, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- After the floor
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
Molly Bachman, General Counsel, Agency of Education
Leslie Wisdom, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families
Scott Giles, President and CEO, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- After the floor
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Patricia Komline, Vermont Independent Schools Association
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- 2:30 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Including an overview of the dual enrollment program
Yasmine Ziesler, Chief Academic and Academic Technology Officer, Vermont State Colleges
Natalie Searle, Director of Secondary Education Initiatives, Community College of Vermont
Thursday, February 23, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- After the floor
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Thursday, March 16, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- 10:30 AM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Draft 3.1
Leslie Wisdom, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, March 17, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- 2:15 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Committee discussion
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education
- 2:00 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Act 166
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Aly Richards, Dir. of Special Projects & Intergovernmental Affairs, Permanent Fund for Vermont's Children
Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children & Families
Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
Sierra Lowell, Craftsbury Saplings - a Community Childcare Center
Thursday, March 23, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Appropriations
- 9:20 AM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Rep. Peter Conlon, Reporter, House Committee on Education
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education
- 3:00 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Walk-through of Bill and proposed amendment and testimony
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Rep. Peter Conlon, Reporter of the Bill, House Committee on Education
Thursday, April 6, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education
- 2:15 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Sections 11-12 pertaining to criminal background checks/fingerprinting
Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Al Gobeille, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Act 166 PreKindergarten language
Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Al Gobeille, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
- 4:00 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Proposed opt-out language
Molly Bachman, General Counsel, Agency of Education
Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education
- 1:30 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
PreKindergarten and Criminal Background Checks/Fingerprinting
Molly Bachman, General Counsel, Agency of Education
Leslie Wisdom, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Robyn Freedner-Maguire, Campaign Director, Let's Grow Kids
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education
- 2:30 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Walk-through of Draft No. 2.1
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- 2:50 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Proposed language re: Elections to Unified Union District Board
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Martha Heath, Former Representative, Westford
- 3:15 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Act 166 STARS Program language
Leslie Wisdom, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families
Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children & Families
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Matt Levin, Executive Director, Early Childhood Alliance
Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
- 3:30 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Committee discussion on proposed criminal background checks/ fingerprinting language
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Leslie Wisdom, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families
Colin Robinson, Political Organizer, Vermont National Education Association
Thursday, April 13, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education
- 2:30 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Walk-through of Draft No. 3.1 followed by testimony
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Emily Simmons, Director of Policy and Legal Services, Vermont School Boards Association
Molly Bachman, General Counsel, Agency of Education
Leslie Wisdom, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Colin Robinson, Political Organizer, Vermont National Education Association
- 3:00 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Act 166 STARS Program language
Janet McLaughlin, Executive Director, Vermont Birth to Five
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Friday, April 14, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Senate Committee on Education
- 1:45 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Committee discussion, mark-up and vote
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Karen Vastine, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- 2:15 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- 3:30 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- 5:30 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, April 27, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- After the floor
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of amendment
Friday, April 28, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- 9:00 AM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Rep. Sandy Haas, Sponsor of amendment
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- 9:15 AM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of amendment
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Committee of Conference
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3:30 PM
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Committee of Conference
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8:00 AM
10:00 AM
12:30 PM
4:30 PM
Thursday, May 4, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Committee of Conference
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8:00 AM
Friday, May 5, 2017
- Committee(s):
- House Committee on Education
- 12:45 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Committee of conference report and State Board of Education rules on alternative structures
Committee Documents
An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Witnesses Who Testified
2017-2018 Legislative Session
House Committee on Appropriations
- Rep. Peter Conlon, Reporter, House Committee on Education
House Committee on Education
- Molly Bachman, General Counsel, Agency of Education
- James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Scott Giles, President and CEO, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
- Rep. Sandy Haas, Sponsor of amendment
- Patricia Komline, Vermont Independent Schools Association
- Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Natalie Searle, Director of Secondary Education Initiatives, Community College of Vermont
- Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of amendment
- William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
- Leslie Wisdom, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families
- Yasmine Ziesler, Chief Academic and Academic Technology Officer, Vermont State Colleges
Senate Committee on Education
- Molly Bachman, General Counsel, Agency of Education
- Rep. Peter Conlon, Reporter of the Bill, House Committee on Education
- James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
- Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
- Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Robyn Freedner-Maguire, Campaign Director, Let's Grow Kids
- Al Gobeille, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
- Martha Heath, Former Representative, Westford
- Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
- Matt Levin, Executive Director, Early Childhood Alliance
- Sierra Lowell, Craftsbury Saplings - a Community Childcare Center
- Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Janet McLaughlin, Executive Director, Vermont Birth to Five
- Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children & Families
- Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Aly Richards, Dir. of Special Projects & Intergovernmental Affairs, Permanent Fund for Vermont's Children
- Colin Robinson, Political Organizer, Vermont National Education Association
- Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
- Emily Simmons, Director of Policy and Legal Services, Vermont School Boards Association
- Karen Vastine, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
- Leslie Wisdom, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families
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An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Committee of Conference Members
2017-2018 Legislative Session
An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Committee of Conference Meetings
2017-2018 Legislative Session
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An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Committee of Conference
- 3:30 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Committee of Conference
- 8:00 AM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
- 10:00 AM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
- 12:30 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
- 4:30 PM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Thursday, May 4, 2017
- Committee(s):
- Committee of Conference
- 8:00 AM
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H.513 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Act
An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education law
Statutes Affected
2017-2018 Legislative Session
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| 16 V.S.A. § 165. Education quality standards; equal educational opportunities; independent school meeting education quality standards |
| 16 V.S.A. § 175. Postsecondary educational institutions; closing |
| 16 V.S.A. § 176. Postsecondary schools chartered in Vermont |
| 16 V.S.A. § 180. Student rights-Freedom of expression |
| 16 V.S.A. § 243. Appointment; renewal; dismissal |
| 16 V.S.A. § 255. Public and independent school employees; contractors |
| 16 V.S.A. § 261. Organization and adjustment of supervisory unions |
| 16 V.S.A. § 563. Powers of school boards; form of vote |
| 16 V.S.A. § 829. Prekindergarten education |
| 16 V.S.A. § 942. Definitions |
| 16 V.S.A. § 943. Repealed. 2023, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § E.504.3, eff. July 1, 2024. |
| 16 V.S.A. § 946. Early college |
| 16 V.S.A. § 947. Early college program; report; appropriation |
| 16 V.S.A. § 1075. Legal residence defined; responsibility and payment of education of student |
| 16 V.S.A. § 1623. Freedom of expression |
| 16 V.S.A. §§ 1693, 1694. Repealed. 1977, No. 33, § 6. |
| 16 V.S.A. § 1693. Standards Board for Professional Educators |
| 16 V.S.A. § 2945. State Advisory Panel on Special Education |
| 16 V.S.A. § 4011. Education payments |
| 16 V.S.A. § 4011a. Repealed. 2017, No. 49, § 31, effective May 23, 2017. |
| 16 V.S.A. § 4015. Merger support for merged districts |
