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House Committee on Education
AGENDA
Room 32
January 16, 2018 - January 19, 2018
Last Updated 5/8/2018 1:04 PM
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
10:00 AM FLOOR
After the floor Act 77
Report on Dual Enrollment
Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Ph.D., Agency of Education
12:00 PM Lunch and Caucuses
2:30 PM Career and Technical Education
Joint meeting with House Commerce in room 11
Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Ed.D., Agency of Education
Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Ph.D., Agency of Education
Oscar Aliaga, Ph.D., Career Pathways Coordinator, Agency of Education
Jay Ramsey, Director, Career and Technical Education, Agency of Education
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
9:00 AM Independent Schools
Jo-Anne Unruh, Ph.D., Member, Independent Schools Study Committee
10:30 AM Education Finance
Jess DeCarolis, Division Director, Personalization and Flexible Pathways, Agency of Education
11:00 AM H. 557 - An act relating to labor relations for teachers and administrators
Rep. Martin LaLonde, Sponsor of Bill
11:30 AM H. 621 - An act relating to labor relations for teachers and administrators
Rep. Kurt Wright, Sponsor of Bill
1:00 PM FLOOR
After the floor H. 244 - An act relating to environmental health standards for Vermont schools
Rep. Maida Townsend, Sponsor of Bill
Next H. 541 - An act relating to the creation of the Massachusetts–Vermont Interstate School Compact to facilitate the formation of interstate school districts between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Vermont
Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of Bill
Thursday, January 18, 2018
9:00 AM Special Education
Martha Heath, Former Representative, Westford
10:00 AM Special Education
Vicki Wells, Director, Student Support Services, Addison Central Supervisory Union
10:30 AM School Workers
Josh Massey, Representative, AFSCME Council 93
11:00 AM Educational Health Benefits
Suzanne Dirmaier , UniServ Director, Vermont National Education Association
1:00 PM FLOOR
After the floor Habitat for Humanity
Susan Sommer, Executive Director, Bennington County Habitat for Humanity
3:00 PM Financial Literacy
Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
John Pelletier, Director, Center for Financial Literacy, Champlain College
Courtney Poquette, Business Instructor, Winooski High School
Sabina Haskell, Director of Public Affairs, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Friday, January 19, 2018
9:30 AM FLOOR
After the floor Vermont Deaf, Hard of Hearing and DeafBlind Advisory Council
Annual report
Linda Hazard, Ed.D., Director, Vermont Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program - Phone
Bill Hudson, State Coordinator, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
Keri Darling, President, Vermont Association for the Deaf
Monica Hutt, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
12:15 PM Tax Workshop
In room 10 on Sales and Use Tax, Meals and Rooms Tax, and Internet issues
1:30 PM Educational Health Benefits
David Provost, Executive Vice President, Office of Finance and Administration, Middlebury College
ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 20 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
Marjorie Zunder at 802-828-2258 or mzunder@leg.state.vt.us