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House Committee on Education
AGENDA
Room 9 and Zoom
February 1, 2022 - February 4, 2022
Last Updated 2/3/2022 1:36 PM
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-education.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2022
10:00 AM House Floor
- Lunch and Caucuses
1:00 PM 22-0275 - An act relating to education; T.16 chapter 11 rewrite
Policy Issues
Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Representing, Stowe
Will Senning, Director, Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office
James Warnock, Founding Member, Lincoln Save Community Schools Group
Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Herb Olson, Member, Starksboro Save Our Schools Committee
2:00 PM Act 67
Anne Bordonaro, Division Director, Federal and Education Support Programs, Agency of Education
Rosie Krueger, State Director of Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education
Conor Floyd, Grant Program Manager for Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education
2:30 PM H. 483 - An act relating to potential new models of funding and governance structures to improve the quality, duration, and access to career technical education in Vermont
Jess DeCarolis, Division Director, Student Pathways, Agency of Education
- H. 468 - An act relating to establishing a remote learning pilot program for CTE students
Jay Ramsey, Assistant Director of the Student Pathways Division, Vermont Agency of Education
3:30 PM 22-0275 - An act relating to education; T.16 chapter 11 rewrite
Committee Discussion
- Adjourn
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
9:00 AM Act 173
Brad James, Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Mary Lundeen, President, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
Jessica Spencer, President Elect, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
Amy Rex, Superintendent, Milton Town School District
Timothy Dunn, Director of Student Services, Milton Town School District
Wilmer Chavarria, Director of Equity and Educational Support Systems, Milton Town School District
Danielle Corti, School Board Chair, Oxbow Unified Union School District
Shelly Wilson, Special Education Director, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
9:55 AM Break
10:00 AM Act 173
Brian Ricca, Superintendent, St. Johnsbury School District
Kara Lufkin, Intensive Needs Special Educator, St. Johnsbury School District
Mark Speno, Superintendent, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
Jennifer Botzojorns, Superintendent, Kingdom East Supervisory District
Michael Clark, Superintendent, Grand Isle Supervisory Union
Susan Aranoff, J.D., Senior Planner and Policy Analyst, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
Paul Smith, Curriculum Director, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
Frank Rucker, Business Administrator, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
11:00 AM Break
11:30 AM H. 483 - An act relating to potential new models of funding and governance structures to improve the quality, duration, and access to career technical education in Vermont
Jody Emerson, Associate Principal, U-32 High School
Brian Emerson, Director, River Bend Career & Technical Center
John Tague, Superintendent, Franklin West Supervisory Union
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM H. 547 - An act relating to exempting students from standardized assessments in public schools
Introduction
Rep. Theresa Wood, Sponsor
1:30 PM 22-0275 - An act relating to education; T.16 chapter 11 rewrite
Policy Issues
Paul Forlenza, Vice Chair, Lincoln Selectboard
2:00 PM 22-0275 - An act relating to education; T.16 chapter 11 rewrite
Committee Discussion
3:00 PM House Floor
- Adjourn
Thursday, February 3, 2022
9:00 AM Mental Health Advocacy Day
Alex Lehning, Vermont Cooperative for Practice Improvement and Innovation
Kristy Hommel, Ending the Silence Coordinator, NAMI VT
Cortney Slobodnjak, LCMHC, NCC, President, Vermont Mental Health Counselors Association
10:00 AM 22-0275 - An act relating to education; T.16 chapter 11 rewrite
Committee Discussion
11:00 AM Agency of Education and State Board of Education
Daniel French, Ed.D., Secretary, Agency of Education
Tammy Kolbe, Ph.D., Member, Vermont State Board of Education
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM House Floor
1:30 PM 22-0275 - An act relating to education; T.16 chapter 11 rewrite
Committee Discussion
- Adjourn
Friday, February 4, 2022
10:30 AM House Floor
- Lunch
- 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
Amanda Rosalbo at arosalbo@leg.state.vt.us