House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 31

February 24, 2020 - February 28, 2020

Last Updated 3/9/2020 8:44 AM

 

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

9:00 AM                   20-0816 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:30 AM                   20-0816 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

 

9:45 AM                   20-0816 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

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

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Caucuses immediately following the Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   20-0816 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Discussion, Mark-up and Possible Vote

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

 

3:15 PM                   20-0816 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education

 

4:15 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

9:00 AM                   "The Boy and the Bat"

Carter Somaini, Student

Rebecca Somaini, Parent

 

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

Discussion and Mark-up

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education

Melissa Riegel-Garrett, Child Development Division Policy Director, Department for Children and Families

Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association

 

10:10 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

Discussion and Mark-up

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

Katie Ballard, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Essex

Jamie Crenshaw, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Milton

 

11:00 AM                   H. 209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Discussion and Mark-up

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

John Carroll, Chair, State Board of Education

 

11:50 AM                   H. 935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Vote

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House  Floor

 

After the Floor                     Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 27, 2020

9:00 AM                   Committee  Discussion

 

10:30 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

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

 

11:00 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

Mark-up

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

11:30 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

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                     Adjourn

 

Friday, February 28, 2020

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:20 PM                   H. 209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Mark-up and Vote

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Rep. Alice M. Emmons, House Committee on Corrections and Institutions

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

Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office

 

12:50 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

Mark-up and Vote

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

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

Katie Ballard, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Essex

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

 

2:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts in electronic form to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date. Please include your name, organization, date and title in your email. 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