House Committee on Education

 

AGENDA

 

Room M103 and Zoom

February 11, 2025 - February 14, 2025

Last Updated 2/18/2025 1:08 PM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are livestreamed at

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

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Lunch and Caucuses

 

1:15 PM                   State Level Education Oversight Models

Joint hearing with Senate Education. Hearing will be hosted via Zoom and livestreamed on the House Education YouTube channel.

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

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

 

1:50 PM                   Break

 

2:00 PM                   Achieving Scale in Public Education

Committee discussion

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

 

2:50 PM                   Break

 

3:05 PM                   H. 129 - An act relating to the State Aid for School Construction Program

Committee discussion

Jon Gray, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

9:00 AM                   PreKindergarten 101

Walk-through of current Pre-K funding program

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

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

9:40 AM                   Break

 

9:50 AM                   Act 168 of 2024

Agency of Education implementation updates on Boards of Cooperative Education Services.

Jill Briggs Campbell, Interim Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

Lindsey Hedges, Interim Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education

 

10:15 AM                   Break

 

10:20 AM                   Break

 

10:30 AM                   Education Transformation Proposal: Governance

Follow-up committee discussion on governance proposal

Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education

Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education

Jill Briggs Campbell, Interim Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

 

11:30 AM                   Farm to School Awareness Day

FY2026 budget request and testimony from advocates

Dana Hudson, Vermont Farm to School and Early Childhood Network, Shelburne Farms

Yvonne Miceler, Student, Champlain Valley Union High School, Member, FEAST Youth Summit Committee

Aziza Malik, Teacher, Champlain Elementary

Loretta Seibert, Student, Montpelier High School

Conor Floyd, Grants Program Manager, Child Nutrition Programs, Agency of Education

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

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:30 PM                   Cost Drivers and Governance

Committee discussion

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 13, 2025

9:15 AM                   Prekindergarten Education

Report of the Implementation Committee. This will be a joint hearing of the House Committees on Human Services and Education and will be held in Room 11 of the State House and livestreamed on the House Human Services YouTube channel.

Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

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

Janet McLaughlin, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families

Morgan Crossman, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures

Renee Kelly, Head Start Collaboration Director, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families

Sharron Harrington, Executive Director, Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children

Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education

Meg Porcella, Division Director, Student Support Services Division, Agency of Education

Tammy Bates, Early Education Program Manager, Agency of Education

 

11:30 AM                   Vermont Arts Council

Student testimony on arts education

Susan Evans McClure, Executive  Director, Vermont Arts Council

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Testimony and Agenda Planning

Committee discussion

 

2:00 PM                   Instructional Scale and Governance

Vermont School Board's Association testimony in response to Vermont Superintendents' Association January 31 presentation on instructional scale.

Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

Phil Gore, Chief Learning Officer, Idaho School Boards Association, Former Director of Board Services, Vermont School Boards Association

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After Floor                         Adjourn

 

Friday, February 14, 2025

9:00 AM                   Budget Request

State Board of Education FY2026 Budget Request

Jennifer Deck Samuelson, Esq., Chair, Vermont State Board of Education

Tammy Kolbe, Ed.D., Vice Chair, State Board of Education

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   H. 129 - An act relating to the State Aid for School Construction Program

Testimony and discussion of Sec. 2

Bob Donohue, School Facilities Program Manager, Agency of Education

 

11:00 AM                   Redistricting

Jay Badams, Superintendent, Norwich/Hanover Interstate School District

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Education Transformation Proposal: District Budgeting

Joint hearing with House Ways and Means, Senate Education, and Senate Finance. Hearing will be hosted via Zoom and livestreamed on the House Education YouTube channel.

Nate Levinson, President, New Solutions K-12

Zoie Saunders, Secretary, Agency of Education

 

3:00 PM                   Governor's Proposed FY2026 Budget

Agency of Education FY2026 Budget Proposal. Joint Hearing with House Ways and Means to hear the Agency of Education FY2026 Budget Proposal. Hearing will be hosted in room 11 and livestreamed on the House Education YouTube.

Sean Cousino, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

Jill Briggs Campbell, Interim Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

 

3:45 PM                   Adjourn

 

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