House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 31

January 20, 2020 - January 24, 2020

Last Updated 2/28/2020 2:18 PM

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Caucuses immediately following the Floor

 

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Committee  Discussion

Pre-K and Literacy

Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association

Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association

Sarah Kenney, Senior Director of Policy, Let's Grow Kids

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's FY2021 Proposed Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

 

3:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

9:00 AM                   Community College of Vermont

Update

Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont

 

9:30 AM                   H. 935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Walk - through

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

11:00 AM                   Advance Vermont

Presentation

Tom Cheney, Director, Advance Vermont

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House  Floor

 

2:30 PM                   Literacy Bills

Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent of Schools, Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools

 

3:25 PM                   Literacy Bills

Katie Ballard, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Essex

Sandra Chittenden, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Essex

Jamie Crenshaw, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Milton

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 23, 2020

9:00 AM                   H. 661 - An act relating to increasing special education State aid for prekindergarten students

Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Sponsor, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

 

9:15 AM                   20-0816 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association

Chelsea Myers, Director of Professional Development and Communications, Vermont Superintendents Association

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   20-0816 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Continued

Jacquelyne Wilson, Superintendent, Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union - Skype

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association

Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

Sue Ceglowski, Executive  Director, Vermont School Boards Association

 

11:00 AM                   Literacy Bills

Blanche Podhajski, Ph.D., President, Stern Center for Language and Learning

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

3:25 PM                   Literacy Bills

Marjorie Lipson, Ph.D., Professor of Education, University of Vermont - Skype

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 24, 2020

9:30 AM                   House  Floor

 

11:30 AM                   H. 707 - An act relating to providing emergency service courses at regional technical centers

Rep. William Canfield, Sponsor, Fair Haven

Sarah Buxton, Director, State Workforce Development, Department of Labor

Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Literacy Bills

Meagan Roy, Director of Student Support Services, Champlain Valley School District

Jensa Bushey, District Literacy Leader, Champlain Valley School District

Kelly Bouteiller, Instructional Coach, Charlotte Central School

 

2:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring one hard copy. 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

 Avery Lamb at 802-828-2256 or alamb@leg.state.vt.us