House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room M103 and Zoom

April 29, 2025 - May 2, 2025

Last Updated 5/2/2025 2:23 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Caucuses and Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Act 78 of 2024

Updates on Afterschool and Summer Learning Grant Program

Johannes Haensch, Expanded Learning Opportunities Program Manager, Agency of Education

Emanuel Betz, 21st Century Community Learning Center State Coordinator, Agency of Education

Beth Ann Miller, Director of Expanded Learning, Missisquoi Valley School District

Alyssa Hunt, Executive Director, Boys and Girls Club of Brattleboro

Nicole Miller, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool

 

2:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

9:30 AM                   Committee Field Trip

Committee will visit the Central Vermont Career Center. Meeting will not be recorded.

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:05 PM                   H. 454 - An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems

Student testimony

Isla Segal, Student, Woodstock Union Middle School

 

2:20 PM                   H. 54 - An act relating to cell phone-free schools

Student testimony

Braeden Schuren Burns, Student, Main Street Middle School

Atticus Lawler, Student, U-32 Middle School

Isla Segal, Student, Woodstock Union Middle School

 

3:00 PM                   H. 54 - An act relating to cell phone-free schools

Testimony from the Connecticut State Board of Education

Erin Benham, Vice Chair, Connecticut State Board of Education

 

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, May 1, 2025

9:00 AM                   H. 54 - An act relating to cell phone-free schools

Kate Mobley, Dean of Enrollment and Community Relations, Community College of Vermont

Wilson Garland, Chief Information Officer, Vermont State Colleges System

 

9:30 AM                   H. 54 - An act relating to cell phone-free schools

Walk-through and mark-up of new draft

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

 

10:25 AM                   H. 54 - An act relating to cell phone-free schools

Testimony on district use of digital communications platforms

Meghan Baule, Director of Communications, Colchester School District

 

11:00 AM                   Independent School Approval and Quality Assurance Process

Lori Dolezal, Interim Director of Education Quality, Agency of Education

Chris Kane, Assistant State Director of Special Education, Agency of Education

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:30 PM                   H. 54 - An act relating to cell phone-free schools

Student testimony

 

Alex Young-Springer, Student, Hunt Middle School

 

2:35 PM                   H. 454 - An act relating to transforming Vermont’s education governance, quality, and finance systems

Student testimony

Alex Young-Springer, Student, Hunt Middle School

 

2:45 PM                   H. 248 - An act relating to supplemental child care grants and the Child Care Financial Assistance Program

Introduction to amendment proposed by Rep. Holcombe

Rep. Rebecca Holcombe, Amendment Sponsor

 

3:05 PM                   Committee Meeting

Members will watch House Human Services 2025-05-01 11:00 AM meeting recording. Meeting will not be recorded.

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, May 2, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

11:00 AM                   Special Education Spending

Joint hearing with House Ways and Means. Hearing will be hosted in room 10 and livestreamed on the House Education YouTube channel.

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

Ezra Holben, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   H. 54 - An act relating to cell phone-free schools

Testimony from the Vermont Superintendents Association

Ryan Heraty, Superintendent, Lamoille South Supervisory Union

 

2:00 PM                   H. 54 - An act relating to cell phone-free schools

Student testimony

Manny Van Fleet, Student, U-32 Middle School

Eddie McGrath, Student, Montpelier High School

Brann Boccia-Cole, Student, U-32 Middle School

 

2:25 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.

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

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