Senate Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 28

January 21, 2020 - January 24, 2020

Last Updated 2/5/2020 8:42 AM

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

1:55 PM                   Senate Floor Convenes

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's FY 2021 Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

 

15 min after Governor's Budget Address                   Vermont National Guard

Brigadier General Gregory C. Knight, Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard

Ken Gragg, Deputy Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard

 

--                                  S. 248 - An act relating to requiring gender balance on the University of Vermont's Board of Trustees

Introduction of bill by sponsor and walk-through by legislative counsel

Sen. Christopher A. Pearson, Sponsor

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Paul Bierman, Professor of Geology, University of Vermont

Cary Brown, Executive Director, Vermont Commission on Women

 

--                                  S. 281 - An act relating to the Working Group on the Status of Libraries in Vermont

Introduction of bill by sponsor and walk-through by legislative counsel

Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sponsor

Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

12:00 PM                   Community College of Vermont's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Cedar Creek room

 

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor Convenes

 

15 min after Floor                   Remarks on the State College System

Randi Weingarten, President, National American Federation of Teachers

Linda Olson, Vice President for Higher Education, Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation

Emily Casey, Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers-Vermont

 

--                                  S. 223 - An act relating to universal school breakfast and lunch for all public school students

Introduction of bill by sponsors

Sen. Debbie Ingram, Sponsor

Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont

Sen. Robert Starr, Sponsor

 

--                                  S. 236 - An act relating to holding school districts accountable for deficiencies in their graduates in the subject areas of reading, writing, and mathematics

Introduction of bill by sponsor

Sen. Randy Brock, Sponsor

 

--                                  S. 224 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

Introduction of bill by sponsor

Sen. Debbie Ingram, Sponsor

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education

 

--                                  S. 166 - An act relating to the dissolution of the State Board of Education

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association

 

4:30 PM                   Working Vermont Reception

Statehouse cafeteria

 

Thursday, January 23, 2020

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor Convenes

 

15 min after Floor                   S. 335 - An act relating to universal access to afterschool programs

Mark-up

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

--                                  S. 166 - An act relating to the dissolution of the State Board of Education

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

--                                  S. 335 - An act relating to universal access to afterschool programs

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Afterschool Program

 

--                                  S. 166 - An act relating to the dissolution of the State Board of Education

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

3:00 PM                   Committee Adjourns

 

Friday, January 24, 2020

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor Convenes

 

1:30 PM                   S. 226 - An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Neil Odell, President, Vermont School Boards Association

Sue Ceglowski, Executive  Director, Vermont School Boards Association

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

 

--                                  S. 166 - An act relating to the dissolution of the State Board of Education

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

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