House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 31

June 1, 2020 - June 5, 2020

Last Updated 6/17/2020 2:43 PM

 

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

12:00 PM                   COVID-19 Response: Education Funding

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

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

Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

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

Sue Ceglowski, Executive  Director, Vermont School Boards Association

Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

 

1:00 PM                   Future of Public Higher Education in Vermont Study

Committee Discussion

Michael Thomas, President and CEO, New England Board of Higher Education

Candace Williams, Director of Policy Research and Strategic Initiatives, New England Board of Higher Education

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

 

3:30 PM                   House Caucus

 

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

11:00 AM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, June 4, 2020

1:00 PM                   Future of Public Higher Education in Vermont Study

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

Rep. Peter J. Fagan, House Committee on Appropriations

Michael Thomas, President and CEO, New England Board of Higher Education

Candace Williams, Director of Policy Research and Strategic Initiatives, New England Board of Higher Education

Rep. Michael Marcotte, Chair, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

Rep. Eileen Dickinson, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

Sophie Zdatny, Interim Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges

 

Friday, June 5, 2020

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   COVID- 19 Response: Exposure Liability Act

Wendy Koenig, Federal and State Relations and Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont

Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges

 

-                                   H. 961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

Committee discussion of  Draft 2.2 Ammendment to H.961 - Creation of Select Committee on The Future of Public Higher Education in Vermont

Wendy Koenig, Federal and State Relations and Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont

Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

Candace Williams, Director of Policy Research and Strategic Initiatives, New England Board of Higher Education

Rep. Peter J. Fagan, House Committee on Appropriations

Sophie Zdatny, Interim Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges

 

3:30 PM                   H. 961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

Committee Discussion

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

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

 

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