House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 11

October 27, 2021

Last Updated 10/22/2021 4:38 PM

 

Meetings will be livestreamed here

 

 

 

9:00 AM                   Update from Agency of Education

ARPA/ESSER - state plan and use of funds (release of funds for HVAC to Efficiency Vermont)

 

COVID - response, guidance and strategic plan (data on school days lost due to COVID-related concerns including close contact and quarantine)

 

Update on e-finance

 

Act 72 (facilities bill) -  inventory and assessment

 

Community schools grants

 

Administrative priorities for 2022

 

Career and Technical Education Update

 

State Board of Education - status on discussion regarding roles and responsibilities

 

Future education policy

 

Dan French, Secretary, Agency of Education

Heather Bouchey, Ph.D., Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

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

Jill Briggs Campbell, COVID-19 Federal Emergency Funds Project Manager

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Update from State Board of Education

Progress on negotiations with the Agency of Education regarding roles and responsibilities

 

Update from the Board on current activity

 

Jennifer Samuelson, Vice Chair, Vermont State Board of Education

 

11:15 AM                   Update on Pre-K and Childcare

Status in Vermont

 

Potential impacts from Congressional bills

 

Morgan Crossman, Ph.D., Executive Director, Building Bright Futures

Anna Brouillette, Policy and Program Director, Building Bright Futures

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch Break

 

1:00 PM                   Voices from the Field

How are the students?  The staff?  The communities?

 

What is working and what is not?

 

Requests for the 2022 legislative session (or non-action)?

 

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association

Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association

Mill Moore, Executive Director, Vermont Independent Schools Association

 

3:00 PM                   Break

 

3:15 PM                   Voices from the Field

How are the students?  The staff?  The communities?

 

What is working and what is not?

 

Requests for the 2022 legislative session (or non-action)?

 

Act 173 Advisory Group update

 

Darren McIntyre, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

Meagan Roy, Director of Student Support Services, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators, Chair, Census-Based Funding Advisory Group

 

3:45 PM                   Update from the Vermont Association of School Business Officials

Response to e-finance

 

Report on receipt and use of ARPA and ESSER funds

 

Requests for legislative action in the 2022 session (or non-action)?

 

Michelle Baker, Director of Finance & Operations, Vermont Association of School Business Officials

 

4:15 PM                   Update from Career and Technical Centers

Comments regarding the 2021-22 school year

 

Funding challenges and access to federal funds

 

Scott Farr, Director, River Valley Technical Center School District

Brian Emerson, Director, River Bend Career & Technical Center

 

5:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Phil Petty at ppetty@leg.state.vt.us