House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room M103 and Zoom

January 13, 2026 - January 16, 2026

Last Updated 1/9/2026 6:53 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

10:00 AM                   House Floor

Followed by mandatory training

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Vermont Superintendents Association

Joint hearing with Senate Education

Hearing will be held in Room 10 and will be livestreamed on the Senate Education YouTube page: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-education

Update

Patrick Reen, Trustee, Vermont Superintendents Association - Zoom

 

1:45 PM                   Farm to School Awareness Day

Joint hearing with Senate Education (continued)

Hearing will be held in Room 10 and will be livestreamed on the Senate Education YouTube page: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-education

Dana Hudson, Vermont Farm to School and Early Childhood Network, Shelburne Farms

Alyson Gryzb, Director, Bennington Early Childhood Center - Zoom

Michael  Leichliter, Superintendent, Harwood Unified Union School District

Ian Rose, Child Nutrition Director, Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union

 

2:15 PM                   Break

 

2:30 PM                   Vermont Superintendents Update

Joint hearing with Senate Education (continued)

Hearing will be held in Room 10 and will be livestreamed on the Senate Education YouTube page: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/senate-education

Educational opportunities discussion;

School District Redistricting Taskforce Report and Act 73 of 2025 discussion

Tim Payne, Superintendent, Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union - Zoom

Sherry Sousa, Superintendent, Mountain Views Supervisory Union - Zoom

Adam Bunting, Superintendent, Champlain Valley School District

Pam Reed, Superintendent, Rutland City School District - Zoom

Jamie Kinnarney, Superintendent, White River Valley Supervisory Union

 

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

9:15 AM                   H. 542 - An act relating to terminating testing of schools in Vermont for polychlorinated biphenyls

Walk-through

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel - Invited

 

10:00 AM                   TBA

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

2:00 PM                   TBA

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

Followed by Caucus of the Whole

 

Thursday, January 15, 2026

9:00 AM                   Security Briefing

This will not be livestreamed due to sensitive content

 

10:15 AM                   Hunger Free Vermont

Child and Adults Care Food Program

Autumn Moen, Legislative Policy Lead, Hunger Free Vermont

Amy Fleming, Nutrition & Education Department Manager, BROC Community Action

 

11:00 AM                   TBA

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   TBA

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, January 16, 2026

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   H. 542 - An act relating to terminating testing of schools in Vermont for polychlorinated biphenyls

Witnesses TBA

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   TBA

 

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

 Matt Sorensen at Matt.Sorensen@vtleg.gov