Senate Committee on Education

AGENDA

Room 28 and Zoom

February 11, 2025 - February 14, 2025

Last Updated 2/14/2025 2:55 PM

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

1:15 PM                   State Level Education Oversight Models

Joint hearing with House Education. This hearing will be livestreamed on the House Education YouTube Channel https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-education

Zeke Perez, Assistant Policy Director, Education Commission of the States

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

2:00 PM                   Instructional Scale

Chelsea Myers, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

Bill Kimball, Superintendent, Maple Run School District

3:15 PM                   Independent Schools

CJ Spirito, Head of School, Rock Point School

Sergio Simunovic, Head of School, Greenwood School

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

1:30 PM                   Vermont Council on the Arts

Susan Evans McClure, Executive Director, Vermont Arts Council

Madeleine Messier, Student, Bellows Free Academy St. Albans

2:00 PM                   Farm to School and Early Childhood Awareness Day

Betsy Rosenbluth, Farm to School Director, Shelburne Farms, Vermont FEED

Sabrina McDonough, Teacher, Shrewsbury Mountain School

Reeve Basom, Center for an Agricultural Economy

Bob Hildebrand, SNS Food Service Director, The Abbey Group

Gina Clithero, Farm to Institution Program Manager, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

Conor Floyd, Grant Program Manager for Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education

Rosie Krueger, State Director of Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education

3:00 PM                   Follow Up of Funding and Governance Policy Proposal

Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education

Jill Briggs Campbell, Interim Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

Amanda Brown, President, APA Consulting

Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education

Thursday, February 13, 2025

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

1:30 PM                   Committee Discussion

Friday, February 14, 2025

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

1:15 PM                   Education Transformation Proposal: District Budgeting

Joint hearing with House Education, House Ways and Means, and Senate Finance. This hearing will be hosted in Room 11 and livestreamed on the House Education YouTube Channel. https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-education

Jill Briggs Campbell, Interim Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

Nate Levenson, President, New Solutions K-12

Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education

2:55 PM                   Committee Discussion

ATTENTION WITNESSES

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If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Will Slattery at wslattery@leg.state.vt.us