Senate Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 28 and Zoom

April 8, 2025 - April 11, 2025

Last Updated 4/8/2025 12:51 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:45 PM                   District Spending Analysis

Julia Richter, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

2:45 PM                   H. 480 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to education law

Committee Discussion

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

 

3:15 PM                   Rural School Community Alliance

Margaret MacLean, Steering Committee RSCA

Jeanne Albert, Ph.D., School Board Chair, Lincoln, VT

Jamie Kinnarney, Superintendent, White River Valley Supervisory Union

Ryan Heraty, Superintendent, Lamoille South Supervisory Union

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   Impacts of Federal Changes

Jill Briggs Campbell, Interim Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

Anne Bordonaro, Federal Education and Support Division Director, Agency of Education

 

3:00 PM                   H. 480 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to education law

Testimony on language regarding cardiac emergency response plans for Vermont schools.

Tina Zuk, Government Relations Regional Lead, American Heart Association

Dominic Barcomb, Cardiac Arrest Survivor, Milton High School

Kyle Peckham, Head Athletic Trainer, Rice Memorial High School

Matt Howland, Athletic Trainer, Rutland Regional Medical Center

Rebecca Olmstead, School Nurse Leader, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union

Katie McCarthy, Safety Coordinator, Brattleboro High School

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, April 10, 2025

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   H. 480 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to education law

Testimony related to school safety language in H.480.

Sandra Cameron, Associate Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

 

2:30 PM                   H. 480 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to education law

Testimony related to school safety language in H.480.

Courtney O'Brien, Interim Director of Operations, Agency of Education

 

2:45 PM                   H. 209 - An act relating to intranasal epinephrine in schools

Courtney O'Brien, Interim Director of Operations, Agency of Education

 

3:30 AM                   H. 480 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to education law

Testimony on language from S.15 being implemented into the Miscellaneous Education Bill.

Brigadier General Hank Harder, Deputy Adjutant General, Office of the Adjutant General

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Friday, April 11, 2025

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   H. 480 - An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to education law

Jennifer Samuelson, Chair, Vermont State Board of Education

 

2:00 PM                   School Employee Healthcare

Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

 

2:30 PM                   Performance Based Contracts for School Improvement Projects

Eric Lafayette, Project Manager, Energy Efficient Investments, Inc.

 

3:00 PM                   Committee Budget Letter

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Will Slattery at wslattery@leg.state.vt.us