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Senate Committee on Education
AGENDA
Via Zoom
February 23, 2021 - February 26, 2021
Last Updated 3/22/2021 12:02 PM
Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
9:30 AM Senate Floor
1:30 PM Pupil Weighting
Joint meeting with Senate Finance
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Daniel French, Ed.D., Secretary, Agency of Education
Victoria Capitani, Chair, Dover Select Board
Alex Yin, Member, Winooski District School Board
-- Break
-- COVID-19 Education-related Needs
Ilisa Stalberg, Maternal and Child Health Deputy Director, Vermont Department of Health
-- S. 84 - An act relating to the use of exclusionary discipline for students who are under eight years of age and to school district truancy referrals to the State’s Attorneys
Introduction of bill by sponsor and walk-through by legislative counsel
Sen. Kesha Ram, Sponsor
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
4:00 PM Adjourn for Chairs' Meeting
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
1:00 PM Senate Floor
1:45 PM S. 114 - An act relating to improving prekindergarten through grade 12 literacy within the State
Katie Ballard, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, VT Coalition For Disability Rights
Daniel French, Ed.D., Secretary, Agency of Education
Chelsea Myers, Associate Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent of Schools, Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools
Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM S. 32 - An act relating to school wellness and feminine hygiene products
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
Kara Casey, Director of Economic Development, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
Daniel French, Ed.D., Secretary, Agency of Education - Invited
Mill Moore, Executive Director, Vermont Independent Schools Association
-- S. 16 - An act relating to the creation of the School Discipline Advisory Council
Review of latest draft
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Thursday, February 25, 2021
1:00 PM Senate Floor
10 min after Floor S. 26 - An act relating to the Working Group on the Status of Libraries in Vermont and the Department of Libraries
Committee discussion
Tucker Anderson, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-- S. 32 - An act relating to school wellness and feminine hygiene products
Committee discussion
-- Break
2:00 PM Results of the Votes for Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, Trustees of the UVM and State Agricultural Collegel
Joint Assembly
10 min after Joint Assembly S. 114 - An act relating to improving prekindergarten through grade 12 literacy within the State
Review of latest draft
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-- S. 27 - An act relating to facilitating cultural liaisons
Abeer Al Zubaidy
-- Break
3:45 PM S. 26 - An act relating to the Working Group on the Status of Libraries in Vermont and the Department of Libraries
Jason Broughton, State Librarian; Commissioner of Libraries, Vermont Department of Libraries
Friday, February 26, 2021
11:30 AM Senate Floor
1:15 PM S. 26 - An act relating to the Working Group on the Status of Libraries in Vermont and the Department of Libraries
Kevin Unrath, Librarian, Pierson Library, Shelburne
-- S. 115 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes in education laws
Vote on S.26, S.27 and S.32 as incorporated into 21-0929
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-- S. 16 - An act relating to the creation of the School Discipline Advisory Council
Review of latest draft
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-- S. 114 - An act relating to improving prekindergarten through grade 12 literacy within the State
Mark-up and possible vote
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:30 PM Break
-- S. 114 - An act relating to improving prekindergarten through grade 12 literacy within the State
Vote
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-- S. 16 - An act relating to the creation of the School Discipline Advisory Council
Vote
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-- H. 81 - An act relating to statewide public school employee health benefits
Introduction and walk-through of bill
Rep. Tommy Walz, House Committee on General, Housing & Military Affairs
James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
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Jeannie Lowell at jlowell@leg.state.vt.us