Senate Committee on Education

AGENDA

Room 28

February 11, 2020 - February 14, 2020

Last Updated 2/14/2020 2:01 PM

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor Convenes

1:00 PM                   S. 226 - An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits

Committee discussion

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council - Invited

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

1:30 PM                   S. 334 - An act relating to increasing gradually the mandatory age of school attendance

Sen. Alice W. Nitka, Sponsor

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

--                                  Proficiency Based Learning and Notation

John Carroll, Chair, State Board of Education

Kim Gleason, Member, State Board of Education

Peter Peltz, Member, State Board of Education

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

2:45 PM                   Proficiency Based Learning and Notation

Joint hearing with Senate and House Education Committees.    Room 11

Matt Jordan, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Education Commission of the States

John Carroll, Chair, State Board of Education

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor Convenes

15 min after Floor                   Proficiency Based Learning and Notation

Donald Tinney, President, Vermont National Education Association

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

Mike McRaith, Assistant Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association

Sierra Henderson, Student, U-32 High School

Ruby Singer, Student, U-32 High School

Hannah Rea, Student, U-32 High School

3:00 PM                   Vermont Farm to School

Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network

Jodie Stewart-Ruck, Principal, Shrewsbury Mountain School

Maggie Rubick, Preschool Teacher, Northshire Day School

3:15 PM                   S. 166 - An act relating to the dissolution of the State Board of Education

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Daniel French, Ed.D., Secretary, Agency of Education

John Carroll, Chair, State Board of Education

Thursday, February 13, 2020

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor Convenes

15 min after Floor                   Proficiency Based Learning and Notation

Andrew Jones, Ph.D., President, Vermont Curriculum Leaders Association

Gabe Hamilton, Proficiency-based Learning Coordinator, Mount Abraham Unified High School

John Painter, Math Department Chair and teacher, South Burlington High School

Michael Martin, Director of Learning, South Burlington Supervisory District

David Young, Superintendent, South Burlington Supervisory District

Jaxon Schaarschmidt, Student, Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans

Alexander Haag, Student, Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans

Addie Nevitt, Home School Student and Legislative Page

Chip Genung, Student and Legislative Page

Addison Pinard, Student and Legislative Page

Friday, February 14, 2020

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor Convenes

1:00 PM                   S. 226 - An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits

Committee discussion

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

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

Committee discussion

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

--                                  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

Committee discussion re: proposed strike-all and amendment language

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' 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 or comments, please contact

 Jeannie Lowell at 802-828-3805 or jlowell@leg.state.vt.us