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STATE OF VERMONT
House of Representatives
  • Rep. Theresa Wood, Chair
  • Rep. Jessica Brumsted, Vice Chair
  • Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Ranking Member
  • Rep. Rey Garofano
  • Rep. James Gregoire
  • Rep. Noah Hyman
  • Rep. Jubilee McGill
  • Rep. Daniel Noyes, Clerk
  • Rep. Kelly Pajala
  • Rep. Taylor Small
  • Rep. Dane Whitman

House Committee on Human Services

 

AGENDA

 

Room 46 and Zoom

March 28, 2023 - March 31, 2023

Last Updated 3/31/2023 2:55 PM

 

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-human-services.

 

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

9:30 AM                   FY24 Budget

Consideration of emergency housing amendment

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Caucuses & Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Joint Assembly

Retention of Supreme Court Justices and Superior Court Judges

 

After Joint Assembly                   House Floor

 

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

8:45 AM                   FY24 Budget

Vote on H.494 amendment

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

9:00 AM                   H. 208 - An act relating to child care and early childhood education

Walk-through

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:00 AM                   H. 300 - An act relating to establishing the Afterschool and Summer Care Grant Program and Special Fund

Walk-through

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:15 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   H. 403 - An act relating to inequities in child care grants

Bill introduction

Rep. Chris Taylor, Sponsor

 

10:40 AM                   H. 340 - An act relating to the Child Care Financial Assistance Program

Bill introduction

Rep. James Gregoire, Sponsor

 

10:50 AM                   Break

 

11:00 AM                   H. 222 - An act relating to reducing overdoses

Consideration of Parsons Amendment

Rep. Joseph Parsons, Sponsor of Amendment

 

11:20 AM                   Lunch

 

12:00 PM                   Caucus of the Whole

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, March 30, 2023

9:30 AM                   FY24 Budget

Discussion and vote on H.494 amendment, draft 4.1

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   Child Care and Early Childhood Education

Financing strategies for child care

Kate Ritter, Cost Modeling Manager, Children's Funding Project

 

11:00 AM                   Child Care and Early Childhood Education

National best practices in pre-kindergarten education; Vermont's current universal pre-kindergarten program in comparison to national benchmarks

GG Weisenfeld, Senior ECE Policy Specialist, National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, March 31, 2023

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Child Care and Early Childhood Education

Vermont child care and early childhood systems

Nasha Patel, Consultant, Watershed Advisors

 

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

 Lori Morse at lmorse@leg.state.vt.us