House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room M103 and Zoom

January 20, 2026 - January 23, 2026

Last Updated 1/16/2026 2:56 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Lunch and Caucuses

 

1:00 PM                   Governor's 2027 Budget Address

Joint Assembly, House Chamber

 

2:30 PM                   School District Redistricting Task Force Report: Appendix E

Review

Jay Badams, Member, School District Redistricting Task Force - Invited

 

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

9:15 AM                   H. 687 - An act relating to an exception to the moratorium on approval of new approved independent schools

Introduction and walk-through

Rep. Edward "Teddy" Waszazak, Sponsor, Washington-3

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

 

9:30 AM                   H. 495 - An act relating to the consideration of consolidated school district boundaries using existing regional structures

Introduction and walk-through

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

Rep. Philip Jay Hooper, Sponsor, Orange-Washington-Addison

 

10:00 AM                   Miscellaneous Education Bill

Compact for Education

Annie Gianni, State Relations Strategist, Education Commission of the States

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Equitable Budgeting

Nathan Lavery, Executive Director of Finance, Burlington School District - Invited

 

2:00 PM                   TBA

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, January 22, 2026

9:00 AM                   TBA

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   NEK Day

Abigail Long, Executive Director, Kingdom Trails Association, East Burke

 

2:00 PM                   Boards of Cooperative Education

Update

Jill Graham, Executive Director, Vermont Learning Collaborative - Zoom

Sherry Sousa, Superintendent, Mountain Views Supervisory Union - Zoom

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Friday, January 23, 2026

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

Act 73 of 2025

 

11:00 AM                   Miscellaneous Education Bill

Chronic Absenteeism

Jill Briggs Campbell, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

Anne Bordonaro, Deputy Chief of Accountability, Assessment, and Continuous Improvement, Agency of Education - Zoom

Courtney O'Brien, Safe and Healthy Schools Division Director, Agency of Education

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   FY27 Budget PCB Funding

Matt Chapman, Director, Waste Management & Prevention Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

Trish Coppolino, Senior Environmental Program Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation, Agency of Natural Resources

 

1:30 PM                   H. 542 - An act relating to terminating testing of schools in Vermont for polychlorinated biphenyls

Matt Chapman, Director, Waste Management & Prevention Division, Department of Environmental Conservation

Trish Coppolino, Senior Environmental Program Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation, Agency of Natural Resources

 

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 Matt Sorensen at Matt.Sorensen@vtleg.gov