House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room 11 and Zoom

January 28, 2025 - January 31, 2025

Last Updated 1/31/2025 4:00 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Lunch and Caucuses

 

1:00 PM                   Governor's 2025  Budget Address

Joint assembly to receive budget address

 

2:30 PM                   Drawing School District Borders

Legal analysis. Joint hearing with Senate Education. Hearing will be hosted in room 11 and livestreamed on House Education YouTube channel.

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

 

3:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

9:10 AM                   H. 54 - An act relating to cell phone-free schools

Introduction and walk-through

Rep. Angela Arsenault, Sponsor, Chittenden-2

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

 

10:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

Discussion of upcoming themes and priorities

 

10:30 AM                   Special Education

Mary Lundeen, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

Pam Reed, President, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

Erin Maguire, Former President, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

Alyssa Barnes, Director of Student Services, Lamoille South Supervisory Union

 

11:15 AM                   Act 173

Overview and updates

Meagan Roy, Former Chair, Census-Based Funding Advisory Group

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Mental Health Advocacy Day

Matt Habedank, Director of Early Childhood and School Based Services, Northwestern Counseling and Support Services

Amy Irish, School Based Services Program Manager, Northwestern Counseling and Support Services

Jennifer Colman, Green Mountain Mobile Therapy

Cortney Slobodnjak, LCMHC, NCC, Co-Executive Director, Mental Health Counselors Association

 

2:15 PM                   Committee Discussion

Continued discussion of upcoming themes and priorities

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

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                     Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 30, 2025

9:00 AM                   Foundation Formula - Best Practices

Joint hearing with House Ways and Means. Hearing hosted in room 270 in the Pavilion and livestreamed on the House Ways and Means YouTube channel.

Joel Moore, Director of State Relations, Education Commission of the States

Chris Duncombe, Principal, Education Commission of the States

Rebecca Sibilia, Executive Director, EdFund

Tammy Kolbe, Ed.D., Principal, American Institutes for Research

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Committee Meeting

Committee will be joining a webinar hosted by the Council of State Governments on the topic of Education Funding. Meeting will not be recorded.

 

2:00 PM                   History of the Agency of Education

Armando Vilaseca, Former Secretary, Agency of Education

 

2:40 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                     Adjourn

 

Friday, January 31, 2025

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Instructional Scale

Chelsea Myers, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

Bill Kimball, Superintendent, Maple Run School District

 

11:35 AM                   Act 168 of 2024

Updates on Boards of Cooperative Educational Services

Sherry Sousa, Superintendent, Mountain Views Supervisory Union

Jill Graham, Executive Director, Vermont Learning Collaborative

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:30 PM                   Education Transformation Funding Details

Joint hearing with House Ways and Means. Hearing will be hosted in room 267 in the Pavilion and livestreaned on the House Education YouTube.

Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education

Jill Briggs Campbell, Interim Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

 

3:20 PM                   Adjourn

 

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

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