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The Senate Committee on Education has jurisdiction over matters relating to education, libraries, and literary or scientific subjects.

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  • Documents/2026/Workgroups/Senate Education/Acts and Previous Major Legislation/Act 73 of 2025/Witness Testimony
    • Thursday, April 16, 2026
      • Sherry Sousa: Written Testimony
      • Sherry Sousa: Mountain Views School District's Pathway to a Voluntary Act 46 Merger Presenation
    • Wednesday, April 15, 2026
      • Jamie Kinnarney: Written Testimony
      • Elaine Pinckney: Written Testimony
    • Friday, March 27, 2026
      • Matthew Fedders : Written Testimony: Version 6 Senate Education Map Concerns
      • Matthew Fedders : Written Testimony
      • Abigail Pelton: Written Testimony and Windham, Vermont, School District Statment
    • Tuesday, March 24, 2026
      • Tiffany Donza: Written Testimony
    • Thursday, March 19, 2026
      • Chris Tormey: Written Testimony
      • Deborah Singiser: Written Testimony
      • Mark Koenig: Written Testimony
      • Seamus Abshere: Written Testimony
    • Wednesday, March 18, 2026
      • Jason Miller: Written Testimony
      • Keri Bristow: Written Testimony
      • Renick Darnell-Martin: Written Testimony
      • Seth Webb: Written Testimony
    • Tuesday, March 17, 2026
      • Nathan Pickard: Written Testimony
    • Friday, March 13, 2026
      • Cyrus Lynch: Written Testimony
      • Julie Regimbal: Written Testimony: Bongartz Map Version 2 Response
      • Emma Cappelluti: Written Testimony
    • Thursday, February 26, 2026
      • Herb Olson: Starksboro SU Boundaries Response Letter
      • Herb Olson: Written Testimony SU Boundaries
      • Robert Carpenter: Written Testimony
      • Cindy Lamore: Written Testimony
    • Wednesday, February 25, 2026
      • Jamie Kinnarney: Written Testimony
      • Matt Foster: Written Testimony
      • Michael Livingston: Written Testimony
      • Michael Livingston: WRVSU Portrait of a Learner Handout
    • Tuesday, February 24, 2026
      • Andrew Haas: Written Testimony
      • Cheryl Charles: Rural School Community Alliance Written Testimony
      • Dan MacArthur: Additional Written Testimony
    • Friday, February 13, 2026
      • Ada Allen: Written Testimony
      • Jason Miller: Written Testimony
      • Lisa McCarthy: Written Testimony
      • Stacey Peters: Witness Testimony
      • Eric Montbriand: Written Testimony
      • Bob Chutter: Written Testimony
      • Dan MacArthur: Written Testimony
    • Thursday, February 12, 2026
      • Sue Ceglowski: Vermont School Boards Association Written Testimony: Conlon Map Response
      • Jeff Fannon: Vermont-National Education Association Written Testimony: Response to Conlon Map
      • Peter Conlon: Draft District Map
    • Wednesday, February 11, 2026
      • Chelsea Myers: Vermont Superintendents Association Written Testimony Response to Conlon Map
      • Chelsea Myers: Vermont Superintendents Association Redistricting Taskforce Testimony
    • Tuesday, February 10, 2026
      • Peter Conlon: Draft District Map
      • Peter Conlon: Draft District Map with Elevation
      • Jay Nichols: Written Testimony: Response to Conlon Proposed Map
    • Friday, February 6, 2026
      • Ben Kinsley: Campaign for Vermont Presentation
    • Tuesday, February 3, 2026
      • Mary Lundeen: Maintenance of Effort (MOE) – Special Education
      • Mary Lundeen: Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators 2026 Legislative Priorities
      • Mary Lundeen: Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators Testimony - Act 73 and the Intersection of Special Education
    • Thursday, January 29, 2026
      • John Adams: Act 73 of 2025 Mapping Resources
    • Friday, January 23, 2026
      • Ryan Heraty: Written Testimony
      • Grace Miller: Evaluating the Impact of School District Mergers in Vermont Study
      • Grace Miller: Mergers Testimony
      • Sherry Sousa: Reimagining Vermont Public Education Presenation
      • Sherry Sousa: Written Testimony
      • Jamie Kinnarney: Written Testimony
      • Flor Diaz Smith: Vermont School Boards Association Mapping Testimony
      • Flor Diaz Smith: Vermont School Boards Association Position Paper
    • Thursday, January 22, 2026
      • Amy Minor: Vermont Superintendents Association Mapping Redistricting Testimony
      • Elaine Collins: Written Testimony
    • Tuesday, January 20, 2026
      • Cheryl Charles: Rural School Community Alliance Written Testimony
      • Jay Nichols: Vermont Principals' Association Written Testimony - Redistricting Maps
    • Thursday, January 15, 2026
      • John Adams: Act 73 of 2025 Mapping Resources
      • Zoie Saunders: Presentation on Redistricting Maps
      • Zoie Saunders: Enrollment Data 1
      • Zoie Saunders: Potential Governance Structures
      • Zoie Saunders: Regional Data
      • Zoie Saunders: Sample Regional High Schools
      • Zoie Saunders: Sample VSBA Regions
      • Zoie Saunders: Sample: Hybrid - VSBA Regional
      • Zoie Saunders: Sample Map: Regional High Schools
      • Zoie Saunders: Sample Map: Hybrid - VSBA Regional
      • Zoie Saunders: Sample Map: Regional High Schools + Elevation + Traffic Time
      • Zoie Saunders: Sample Map: Hybrid - VSBA Regional + Elevation + Traffic Time
      • Zoie Saunders: Sample Map: VSBA Regions
      • Zoie Saunders: Sample Map: VSBA Regions + Elevation + Travel Time
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