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Senate Committee on Education
AGENDA
Room 28
January 14, 2020 - January 17, 2020
Last Updated 2/5/2020 8:42 AM
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
9:30 AM Senate Floor Convenes
1:30 PM S. 166 - An act relating to the dissolution of the State Board of Education
Status update on the powers and duties of the State Board of Education
John Carroll, Chair, State Board of Education
-- S. 335 - An act relating to universal access to afterschool programs
Committee discussion
4:00 PM New England Board of Higher Education Reception
Cedar Creek Room
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
1:00 PM Senate Floor Convenes
15 min after Floor Review Reports due to Senate Education Committee
Committee discussion
-- Agency of Education Organization
Daniel French, Ed.D., Secretary, Agency of Education
-- Act 173
Daniel French, Ed.D., Secretary, Agency of Education
2:30 PM University of Vermont Annual Update
Suresh Garimella, President, University of Vermont
3:00 PM Adjourn
Thursday, January 16, 2020
1:00 PM Senate Floor Convenes
15 min after Floor S. 46 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools
Testimony and discussion of a committee bill pertaining to special education and equalized pupil weighting formula
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tammy Kolbe, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Leadership and Development Sciences, University of Vermont
Daniel French, Ed.D., Secretary, Agency of Education
-- S. 326 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education
Review, mark-up and vote
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Jacqueline Kelleher, State Director of Special Education, Agency of Education
Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
-- S. 335 - An act relating to universal access to afterschool programs
Committee discussion
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Stephanie Winters, Deputy Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
Friday, January 17, 2020
11:30 AM Senate Floor Convenes
1:30 PM S. 271 - An act relating to the creation of a Community College of Vermont tuition-free scholarship program for Vermont residents
Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges System - Invited
Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont
Wendy Koenig, Federal and State Relations and Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
-- S. 335 - An act relating to universal access to afterschool programs
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
3:00 PM Act 46 Update
Donna Russo-Savage, Esq., Principal Assistant for School Governance, Agency of Education
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 or comments, please contact
Jeannie Lowell at 802-828-3805 or jlowell@leg.state.vt.us