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April 27, 2021 - April 30, 2021

Last Updated 4/30/2021 9:56 AM

 

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

9:00 AM                   Housing Discussion

Gus Seelig, Executive Director, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

Jennifer Hollar, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board

 

10:00 AM                   House Convenes

 

1:00 PM                   S. 102 - An act relating to the regulation of agricultural inputs for farming

Rep. John O'Brien, Reporter, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Rep. William Canfield, Reporter, House Committee on Ways and Means

Rep. Rodney Graham, Reporter, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Rep. Thomas Bock, Reporter, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Dan Dickerson, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:30 PM                   Housing Discussion

Administration's Housing Proposal Review

Sean Brown, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Geoffrey Pippenger, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

Sarah Truckle, Financial Director, Department for Children and Families

Jessica Radbord, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

 

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

9:00 AM                   Informational Meeting

Higher Education as an Economic Development Tool

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

 

10:00 AM                   S. 124 - An act relating to miscellaneous utility subjects

Rep. Michael Yantachka, Reporter, House Committee on Energy and Technology

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

1:15 PM                   House Convenes

 

Thursday, April 29, 2021

9:00 AM                   Informational Meeting

Unemployment Insurance

Michael Harrington, Commissioner, Department of Labor

Cameron Wood, Director, Unemployment Insurance Division, Department of Labor

 

10:00 AM                   S. 16 - An act relating to the creation of the Task Force on School Exclusionary Discipline Reform

Rep. Erin Brady, Reporter, House Committee on Education

Breanna Parker, Legislative Fiscal Data Analyst , Joint Fiscal Office - Invited

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

11:00 AM                   S. 115 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes in education laws

Rep. Peter Conlon, Reporter, House Committee on Education

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

1:15 PM                   House Convenes

 

Friday, April 30, 2021

8:30 AM                   Informational Meeting

Earned Income Tax Credit

Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

9:15 AM                   Informational Meeting

Impact of EITC on the Benefits Cliff

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

 

9:30 AM                   House Convenes

 

1:00 PM                   Informational Meeting

State's Classification System

Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources

Aimee Pope, Classification Manager, Department of Human Resources