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  • Sen. Seth Bongartz, Chair
  • Sen. David Weeks, Vice Chair
  • Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale
  • Sen. Nader Hashim
  • Sen. Terry Williams, Clerk
  • Sen. Steven Heffernan

Senate Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Please note! This Committee will meet in Room 10 all week

May 4, 2026 - May 8, 2026

Last Updated 5/1/2026 5:22 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Monday, May 4, 2026

8:00 AM                   H. 650 - An act relating to educational technology products

Please note that committee members will be on Zoom.

 

Witness Testimony

 

TBD Witness, Agency of Education - Invited

Todd Daloz, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Attorney General's Office - Zoom

Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent, Montpelier Roxbury School District - Zoom

Michael Berry, Director of Curriculum and Technology, Montpelier Roxbury School District - Zoom

 

10:00 AM                   Adjourn

 

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:15 PM                   H. 955 - An act relating to next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system

Walk-through of new draft, mark-up, witness testimony

 

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

Jon Gray, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Heather Bushey, Former President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials - Zoom

TBD Witness, Superintendent - Invited

TBD Witness, Rural School Community Alliance - Invited

TBD Witness

 

--                                  Adjourn

 

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

11:00 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:15 PM                   TBA

 

--                                  Adjourn

 

Thursday, May 7, 2026

11:00 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:15 PM                   TBA

 

--                                  Adjourn

 

Friday, May 8, 2026

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:15 PM                   TBA

 

--                                  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.

 

Should you require accessibility services, please click here and note that requests should be made 48 hours in advance of testimony.

 

 

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

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