Senate Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 28

January 16, 2018 - January 19, 2018

Last Updated 1/19/2018 2:35 PM

 

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

9:30 AM          Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM          S. 183 - An act relating to the eligibility of students attending approved independent schools that are parochial schools to be eligible for dual enrollment courses

Peter Teachout, Professor

Brian Senecal, Parent, Milton, Vermont

Sen. Brian Campion

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:00 PM          S. 195 - An act relating to the Vermont National Guard Educational Assistance Program

         S. 257 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

Discussion of committee amendments

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:30 PM          S. 157 - An act relating to labor relations for teachers and administrators

Testimony and straw vote

Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

Mark Barlow, Member, Burlington School Board - Phone

Sheramy Tsai, Parent, South Burlington - Phone

 

-          S. 160 - An act relating to public access to labor negotiations for teachers and administrators

Straw vote

 

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

1:00 PM          Senate Floor

 

15 min after Floor          S. 233 - An act relating to increasing gradually the mandatory age of school attendance

Sen. Alice W. Nitka, Sponsor

Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sponsor

 

2:00 PM          Income-based education funding

Discussion

Sen. Mark A. MacDonald

 

2:30 PM          Security Briefing

Janet Miller, Sergeant-At-Arms, Vermont Legislature

Matthew Romei, Chief of Capitol Police, Office of Legislative Council

 

Thursday, January 18, 2018

1:00 PM          Senate Floor

 

2:15 PM          S. 279 - An act relating to radon testing in schools

Walk-through and testimony

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Dan Dickerson, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Rebecca Ryan, Senior Director, Health Promotion and Public Policy, American Lung Association of the Northeast

 

3:00 PM          S. 257 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

Portability

Marilyn Cargill, Vice President, Financial Aid Services, Marketing and Research, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

Tom Little, Vice President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

Tricia Coates, Director of External & Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, St. Johnsbury Academy

 

4:15 PM          Gubernatorial appointment confirmation

 

Friday, January 19, 2018

11:30 AM          Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM          Income-based education funding

Paul Cillo, President, Public Assets Institute

 

1:45 PM          S. 233 - An act relating to increasing gradually the mandatory age of school attendance

Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary, Ed.D., Agency of Education

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association - Invited

 

2:30 PM          Maintenance of student records when a college is placed on probation by its accreditation agency

Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges

 

2:35 PM          S. 257 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

Portability

Beth Walsh, President, Vermont State Colleges United Professionals (VSCUP), AFT Vermont

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 12 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Jeannie Lowell at 802-828-3805 or jlowell@leg.state.vt.us