Senate Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 28 and Zoom

January 20, 2026 - January 23, 2026

Last Updated 1/23/2026 4:42 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:00 PM                   Governor's 2027 Budget Address

Joint Assembly, House Chamber

 

2:05 PM                   School District Mapping

Career and Technical Education (CTE Regions)

as School District Boundaries Map

Sen. Scott Beck, Senator, School District Redistricting Task Force

 

2:40 PM                   School District Mapping

Response to Agency of Education mapping update

Jay Nichols, Senior Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association

Dr. Cheryl Charles, Ph.D, Chair, Rural School Community Alliance

Margaret MacLean, Steering Committee Member, Rural School Community Alliance

Jeanne Albert, Ph.D., Steering Committee Member, Rural School Community Alliance

Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

 

4:15 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:55 PM                   Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

Update and priorities

Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

Thomas Little, Vice President, General Counsel, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

 

2:40 PM                   Building Bright Futures

Updates and priorities continued

Morgan Crossman, Ph.D., Executive Director, Building Bright Futures

Matt Levin, Executive Director, Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance

 

3:35 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 22, 2026 - Meeting in Room 11

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   S. 232 - An act relating to public libraries and the Department of Libraries

Introduction and walk-through

 

Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sponsor, Addison County

Amy Williams, Vice President, Vermont Library Association

Margaret Woodruff, Chair, Government Relations and Advocacy Committee, Vermont Library Association

Catherine Delneo, Commissioner and State Librarian, Vermont Department of Libraries

 

2:15 PM                   Break

 

2:20 PM                   Vermont Superintendents Association

Joint hearing with House Education

Hearing will be held in Room 11 and will be livestreamed on the Senate Education YouTube page

 

Response to Agency of Education mapping update

 

Amy Minor, President, Vermont Superintendents Association

Patrick Reen, Trustee, Vermont Superintendents Association

Brooke Olsen-Farrell, President-Elect, Vermont Superintendents Association

 

3:05 PM                   Break

 

3:10 PM                   NEK Day

With school district mapping discussion

Martha VanderWolk, Ph.D, School Board Member, Canaan School Board

Sharon Ellingwood, School Board Member, NEK Choice School District

Miles Etter, Chair, ENSU and NEK Choice Boards

 

3:40 PM                   School District Mapping

Response to Agency of Education mapping update

Dr. Elaine Collins, Ed.D., Superintendent, North Country Supervisory Union

 

4:15 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 23, 2026

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:05 PM                   School District Mapping

Response to Agency of Education mapping update

Jamie Kinnarney, Superintendent, White River Valley Supervisory Union

Layne Millington, Superintendent, Two Rivers Supervisory Union

Sherry Sousa, Superintendent, Mountain Views Supervisory Union - Zoom

Ryan Heraty, Superintendent, Lamoille South Supervisory Union

 

2:20 PM                   Vermont School Board Association

Response to Agency of Education mapping update

Flor Diaz Smith, President, Vermont School Board Association Board of Directors

Meghan Metzler, Vice President, Vermont School Board Association Board of Directors

 

2:50 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   Economic Consequences of Mergers

Grace Miller, Undergraduate Researcher and High School Mathematics Teacher - Zoom

 

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES

 

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 Daphne Kinney-Landis at Daphne.Kinney-Landis@vtleg.gov