House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 9 and Zoom

January 30, 2024 - February 2, 2024

Last Updated 2/2/2024 3:04 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-education.

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

10:00 AM                   House Floor & Caucus

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:20 PM                   H. 630 - An act relating to boards of cooperative education services

Committee discussion

Brooke Olsen-Farrell, Superintendent, Slate Valley Unified School District

Joseph P. Dragone, Ph.D., Director of Special Projects and Strategic Partnerships, Capital Region Board of Cooperative Educational Services

 

2:00 PM                   Education  Funding

Joint hearing with House Ways and Means. Hearing will begin livestreaming on the House Ways and Means YouTube channel at 1:15pm. House Education will join over Zoom at 2:00pm

 

3:40 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

9:03 AM                   Bonding Capacity

Committee discussion

Michael Gaughan, Executive Director, Vermont Bond Bank

 

10:03 AM                   Mental Health Advocacy Day

Sean Perry, Co-Founder, We R H.O.P.E., Inc

Steven Berbeco, Director, Mental Health Initiative

 

10:33 AM                   High School Completion Program

Committee discussion

Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

10:50 AM                   Break

 

11:00 AM                   High School Completion Program

Adult Education and Literacy Network response

Catherine Kalkstein, Chair, Adult Education and Literacy High School Completion Program Student Access Committee

Joe Przyperhart, Director of Programs, Vermont Adult Learning

Michelle Faust, M.S., Executive Director, Northeast Kingdom Learning Services

Sean-Marie Oller, Executive Director, The Tutorial Center

 

11:20 AM                   Break for Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   H. 630 - An act relating to boards of cooperative education services

Committee discussion

Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

2:00 PM                   H. 630 - An act relating to boards of cooperative education services

Committee discussion

Rebecca McBroom, General Council, Vermont National Education Association

 

2:25 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, February 1, 2024

9:20 AM                   PCB Testing in Schools

Committee discussion

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

 

10:07 AM                   School Construction Aid Taskforce Report

Joint hearing with House Ways and Means hosted in Room 9. The hearing will be livestreamed on the House Education YouTube channel.

Ashlynn Doyon, Director of Policy, Office of the State Treasurer

Jill Briggs Campbell, Director of Operations, Agency of Education

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:17 PM                   Mental Health in Schools

Testimony from principals and school staff

Erica McLaughlin, Assistant Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

Chris Young, Principal, North Country Union High School

Sarah Pickering, Principal, Arlington High School

Mary Ross, Principal, Vernon Elementary

Mary Guggenberger, Principal, Killington Elementary

Katie Ahern, Director of Student Support Services, Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union

Patricia Tomashot, Executive Director, Vermont School Counselor Association (VTSCA)

Justin Pinard, Communication and Public Relations Chair, Vermont School Counselor Association (VTSCA), School Counselor, South Burlington High School

 

2:38 PM                   School Construction

Committee discussion

Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Rik Sehgal, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, February 2, 2024

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:03 AM                   Annual Update on the University of Vermont

Suresh Garimella, President, University of Vermont

 

11:03 AM                   Evaluation of State Boards of Education

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

Jennifer Hicks, Data Management and Analysis Division Director, Agency of Education

Danielle Dupuis, Director of Assessment, Agency of Education

Josh Souliere, Educator Quality Division Director, Agency of Education

 

-                                   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

 Annie Gianni at agianni@leg.state.vt.us