House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 32

April 24, 2018 - April 27, 2018

Last Updated 5/8/2018 1:16 PM

 

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

10:00 AM                   FLOOR

 

1:00 PM                   Education Cost Containment

Adam Greshin, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

 

2:30 PM                   H. 858 - An act relating to establishing a process for the statewide negotiation of health care benefits for school employees

     Walk through

 

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

3:00 PM                   Caucuses

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

9:00 AM                   S. 261 - An act relating to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during childhood by strengthening child and family resilience

     Draft 1.1

 

Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health

Kathy Hentcy, Mental Health & Health Care Integration Director, Department of Mental Health

 

9:30 AM                   H. 858 - An act relating to establishing a process for the statewide negotiation of health care benefits for school employees

Laura Soares, President, Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust

Tracy Wrend, Board Chair, Vermont Education Health Initiative

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

 

10:00 AM                   H. 27 - An act relating to eliminating the statute of limitations on prosecutions for sexual assault

     Senate version

 

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

Captain Jean-Paul Sinclair, Chief Criminal Investigator, Department of Public Safety - Phone

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

Brenda Gooley, Senior Policy and Operations Manager, Department for Children and Families

Timothy Vincent, Multi-line Program Manager, Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust

Susan Ceglowski, Director of Legal and Policy Services, Vermont School Boards Association

 

11:30 AM                   Educational Health Benefits

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

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

     Committee discussion

 

Rep. Lawrence Cupoli, Sponsor of amendment

 

Next                   S. 261 - An act relating to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during childhood by strengthening child and family resilience

Rep. Kathryn Webb, Sponsor of amendment

 

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

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Thursday, April 26, 2018

9:30 AM                   S. 257 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

 

10:15 AM                   S. 261 - An act relating to mitigating trauma and toxic stress during childhood by strengthening child and family resilience

Rep. Kathryn Webb, Sponsor of amendment

 

1:00 PM                   FLOOR

 

After the floor                   H. 897 - An act relating to enhancing the effectiveness, availability, and equity of services provided to students who require additional support

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

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

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Friday, April 27, 2018

9:30 AM                   FLOOR

 

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