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Senate Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 28

April 17, 2018 - April 20, 2018

Last Updated 4/20/2018 1:57 PM

 

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   H. 897 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who require additional support

Testimony, mark-up and possible vote

Blanche Podhajski, President, Ph.D., Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

Susan Aranoff, Senior Planner and Policy Analyst, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

Karin Edwards, Director, Integrated Support for Learning, Pre-K-Grade 8, Agency of Education

Marilyn Mahusky, Staff Attorney, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid - Phone

 

2:15 PM                   Restorative Justice

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

Annie O'Shaughnessy, Teacher, Essex Tech Center

Bernice Garnett, Associate Professor, Education and Social Services Department, University of Vermont

Lance Smith, Associate Professor, Education and Social Services Department, Ph.D., University of Vermont

Kendra Collins, Junior, U-32 High School

Henri Sparks , Director of Equity and Safe, Inclusive Schools, Burlington School District

Susan Cherry, Executive  Director, The Community Restorative Justice Center

 

3:30 PM                   H. 897 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who require additional support

Mark-up

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

Karin Edwards, Director, Integrated Support for Learning, Pre-K-Grade 8, Agency of Education

 

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's Appointments

Deborah Granquist - Board of Libraries

Sen. Joe Benning, Sponsor

 

2:10 PM                   S. 231 - An act relating to the creation of a tuition-free scholarship program for Vermont students

Room 10

Natasha Lewis, Student, Castleton University

Erin Christian, Student, Community College of Vermont

Linda Olson, Vice President, American Federation of Teachers, Vermont

Thomas Streeter, President, United Academics

Katarina Lisaius, Outreach Representative, Senator Bernie Sanders Office

Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges

Margaret Crowley, Legislative Chair, VSEA

Allison Dwinell, Teacher, Neshobe School

Kathleen Moore, Negotiation Team member, Community College of Vermont

Heather Juliussen-Stevenson, Teacher, Manchester Tutorial Center

Allison Dwinell, on behalf of Daniella Doolen

 

3:00 PM                   H. 897 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who require additional support

Mark-up and vote

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

Patricia Komline, Lobbyist, Vermont Independent Schools Association

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, MMR Legal Services

 

Thursday, April 19, 2018

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

15 min after Floor                   CTE Professional Educator Licensure

Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, MMR Legal Services

Debora Price, Director, Educator Quality, Agency of Education

Jason DiGiulio, Career and Technical Education Director, Lyndon Institute

 

Friday, April 20, 2018

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   H. 675 - An act relating to conditions of release prior to trial

Testimony and committee discussion

Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association

 

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