House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 32

February 13, 2018 - February 16, 2018

Last Updated 2/16/2018 12:40 PM

 

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

10:00 AM                   FLOOR

 

After the floor                   Education Finance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

Next                   18-0693 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who struggle

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch and Caucuses

 

2:15 PM                   18-0693 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who struggle

     Committee discussion

 

3:00 PM                   18-0693 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who struggle

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

9:00 AM                   18-0693 - An act relating to special education funding

Patti Page, Member, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

 

10:00 AM                   18-0693 - An act relating to special education funding

Erin Maguire, Executive Director of Student Support Services, Chittenden Central Supervisory Union

 

10:30 AM                   Recovery Day

Ken Sigsbury, Director, Bennington Recovery Center

Thomas Brusco, Youth Coordinator, Bennington Recovery Center

Nicholas Palmasano, Young person in recovery, Bennington Recovery Center

 

11:00 AM                   18-0839 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Sandra Cameron, Early Education Director, Barre Supervisory Union

Jacquelyn Ramsay-Tolman, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment, Barre Supervisory Union

 

11:30 AM                   University of  Vermont

Charles Ross Jr., Director, University of Vermont Extension

Sarah Kleinman, Director, 4-H Program / UVM Extension

Elizabeth Ploof, Volunteer, 4-H Program / UVM Extension

Faith Ploof, Participant, 4-H Program / UVM Extension

Adaline Ploof, Participant, 4-H Program / UVM Extension

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

After the floor                   18-0693 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who struggle

Martha Allen, President, Vermont National Education Association

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

 

4:00 PM                   H. 580 - An act relating to trauma-informed policies in educational settings

Mark Tucker, Superintendent, Washington Northeast Supervisory Union

 

Thursday, February 15, 2018

9:00 AM                   Governor's Proposed FY2019 Budget

     Committee discussion

 

9:30 AM                   18-0693 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who struggle

Lyle Holiday, Superintendent, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union

Marisa Duncan-Holley, Special Education Director, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union

Shelley Wilson, Elementary Coordinator of Special Education, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union

 

10:30 AM                   Election of Trustees for the Vermont State Colleges Corporation

     Joint Assembly

 

11:00 AM                   18-0693 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who struggle

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

4:00 PM                   18-0693 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who struggle

     Committee discussion

 

Friday, February 16, 2018

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

 

12:00 PM                   18-0693 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who struggle

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:30 PM                   Afterschool Programs

Erik Peterson, Vice President, Afterschool Alliance

 

2:00 PM                   18-0693 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who struggle

Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

 

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