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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