Senate Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 28

February 20, 2018 - February 23, 2018

Last Updated 2/27/2018 2:45 PM

 

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   S. 229 - An act relating to State Board of Education approval of independent schools

Walk-through Draft 3.1 and committee discussion

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Elizabeth Novotny, General Counsel, Mosaic Learning Center

 

3:30 PM                   S. 257 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

Proposed Pre-Kindergarten language: committee discussion

 

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   Use of funds by school districts and municipalities

Rep. Carol Ode, Sponsor, Burlington

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:00 PM                   Vermont National Teachers' Association

George Rooney, Driver education teacher, Middlebury Union High School

Noah Everitt, Special Educator, South Burlington School District

Jason Reed, Teacher, Burlington High School

Dena Weiss-Tisman, Teacher, Westminster Center School

Marielle Blais, Special Services, Otter Valley Union High School

Joyce Sullivan, Retired teacher, Westminster

Alex Kinlock, Teacher, Brattleboro Union High School

 

2:30 PM                   S. 229 - An act relating to State Board of Education approval of independent schools

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Stephen Harrison, Director, Kurn Hattin Homes for Children

 

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

Pre-Kindergarten: walk-through committee proposed language drafts 2.1 and 2.1a

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Thursday, February 22, 2018

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

2:00 PM                   S. 229 - An act relating to State Board of Education approval of independent schools

Molly Bachman, General Counsel, Agency of Education - Invited

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

 

2:30 PM                   S. 279 - An act relating to radon testing in schools

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

John Diego, Mountain View Environmental Services

Molly Bachman, General Counsel, Agency of Education - Invited

 

Friday, February 23, 2018

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM                   Committee meeting cancelled

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 10 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