House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 31

February 10, 2020 - February 14, 2020

Last Updated 2/26/2020 9:50 AM

 

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Caucuses immediately following the Floor

 

11:30 AM                   Lunch

 

12:30 PM                   Our Voices Exposed (OVX)

Youth Tobacco Prevention Group

Riley Norton, Student, Rutland High School

Eliza Bridge, Student, Rutland High School

Giovanni Falco, Student, Rutland High School

Joe Doherty, Advisor, Rutland High School

 

1:00 PM                   H. 209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association

David Epstein, AIA, Managing Principal, TruexCullins

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:45 PM                   Proficiency Based Learning and Notation

Joint Hearing with Senate and House Education Committees

Room 11

Joel Moore, State Relations Strategist, Education Commission of the States

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

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

9:00 AM                   Farm to School

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

David Baker, Superintendent, Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union

Craig Locarno, Food Service Director, Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union

Peter Stratman, Teacher, Cabot School

Camryn Hoffman, Student, Cabot School

Silas Robbins, Student, Cabot School

Nene Riley, Teacher, Cabot School

Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont

 

10:15 AM                   H. 661 - An act relating to increasing special education State aid for prekindergarten students

Walk-through

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education

 

11:00 AM                   20-0816 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Committee Discussion

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

15 Mins. After Floor                   20-0816 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Committee Discussion

 

3:30 PM                   Act 173

Meagan Roy, Chair, Act 173 Advisory Committee

 

4:15 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 13, 2020

9:00 AM                   Afterschool Programs

Jess DeCarolis, Division Director, Student Pathways, Agency of Education

 

-                                   Afterschool Advocacy Day

Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Youth Services Advisory Council

Heather Moore, LEAPS Program Director, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union

Tyler Duso, Student, Enosburg Falls High School

Emily Deso-Walker, Student, Enosburg Falls High School

Natalia Dorcely, Student, Springfield High School

Addison Seibel, Student, Newark Street School

Tim Mulligan, Principal, Newark Street School

 

11:15 AM                   H. 668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

Robert Schulze, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Special Education, Education Department Chair, Northern Vermont University - Phone

Anne Slonaker, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Education Department Chair, Castleton University

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                     20-0816 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Mark-up and possible vote

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association

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

 

3:20 PM                   H. 714 - An act relating to implicit bias training for public and approved independent school employees

Rep. Zachariah Ralph, Sponsor, Sponsor of Amendment

Amanda Garces, Director of Policy, Education and Outreach, Vermont Human Rights Commission

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, February 14, 2020

9:00 AM                   Love Letter for the Climate

Finn Olson, Youth Lobby Coordinator, Vermont Youth Lobby

Lili Markow, Youth Lobby Coordinator, Vermont Youth Lobby

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 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