House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 9 and Zoom

February 6, 2023 - February 10, 2023

Last Updated 2/10/2023 4:26 PM

 

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

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

10:00 AM                   House Floor and Caucuses

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   State Colleges Committee Bill

Discussion with legislative council

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

 

1:15 PM                   Break

 

1:30 PM                   Energy Efficiency Investments, Inc.

Introduction and overview

Mike Davey, Business Development Manager, Energy Efficient Investments, Inc.

 

2:00 PM                   Special Education at Approved Independent Schools

Meg Kenny, Associate Head, Burr and Burton Academy

Dr. Mat Forest, Director of Special Services, St. Johnsbury Academy

 

3:15 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

9:00 AM                   Town Tuition Program Committee Bill

Discussion with legislative council

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

 

9:35 AM                   Financial Literacy in High Schools

Courtney Poquette, HS Business and Personal Finance Educator, Winooski High School

Amira Mohamed Oussaid, Student, Winooski High School

 

10:10 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   Governor's Institutes of Vermont

Introduction and overview

Elizabeth Frascoia, Executive Director, Governor's Institutes of Vermont

 

11:05 AM                   H. 99 - An act relating to the Vermont National Guard Tuition Benefit Program

Ken Gragg, Deputy Adjutant General, Vermont National Guard

 

11:15 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Farm to School Awareness Day

Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Shelburne Farms

Gina Clithero, Farm to Institution Program Manager, Vermont Agency of Agriculture

Jeswin Anthony, Student, Harwood Union High School

Lindsey Bigelow, Student, Harwood Union High School

Jodie Stewart Ruck, Curriculum Director, Mill River UU School District

Conor Floyd, Grant Program Manager for Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education

Harley Sterling, School Nutrition Director and President of SNAVT, Windham Northeast Supervisory Union

Helen Rortvedt, Farm to School Program Director, NOFA VT

 

2:10 PM                   Agency of Education Update on Shooting Hoax

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

 

2:30 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 9, 2023

9:00 AM                   Civic Education in Vermont

Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office

 

9:30 AM                   Break

 

10:00 AM                   Agency of Education Staffing Levels

Dan French, Secretary, Agency of Education

 

10:30 AM                   Workforce Shortage, Mental Health Care for Children

Workforce shortage in schools and at designated agencies

Lynn Cota, Superintendent, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union

Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent, Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools

Karen Conroy, Superintendent, St. Johnsbury School District

Sherry Sousa, Superintendent, Windsor Central Supervisory Union

Tiffiny Moore, LCMHC, School Based Program Director, Washington County Mental Health Services

 

11:50 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   School Construction in Rhode Island

Joint hearing with Senate Committee on Education and House Committee on Ways and Means. The meeting will be livestreamed via the House Education YouTube channel.

Mario Carreño, Chief Operating Officer, Rhode Island Department of Education

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, February 10, 2023

9:30 AM                   House Floor

Antidiscrimination training following the Floor

 

11:30 AM                   Pre-K Tuition Payments to Out of State Providers

Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education

 

11:45 AM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Success Beyond Six

Program overview and discussion of role of designated agencies

Laurel Omland, Director of Child & Family Services, Department of Mental Health

Marianna Donnally, School Mental Health & Practice Development Coordinator, Department of Mental Health

Rep. Marc Mihaly, House Committee on Appropriations

Rep. Tiffany Bluemle, House Committee on Appropriations

 

2:15 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

 Rowan Hawthorne at rhawthorne@leg.state.vt.us