House Committee on Education (Room 31)

Thursday, February 13, 2020

9:00 AM

Afterschool Programs

• Jess DeCarolis, Division Director, Student Pathways, Agency of Education

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Afterschool Advocacy Day

• Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Youth Services Advisory Council
• Heather Moore, LEAPS Program Director, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
• Tyler Duso, Student, Enosburg Falls High School
• Emily Deso-Walker, Student, Enosburg Falls High School
• Natalia Dorcely, Student, Springfield High School
• Addison Seibel, Student, Newark Street School
• Tim Mulligan, Principal, Newark Street School

11:15 AM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

• Robert Schulze, Assistant Professor, Special Education, Education Department Chair, Northern Vermont University
• Anne Slonaker, Associate Professor, Education Department Chair, Castleton University

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

After the Floor

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Mark-up and possible vote

• James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
• Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
• Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
• Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
• Sarah Kenney, Senior Director of Policy, Let's Grow Kids

3:20 PM

H.714 - An act relating to implicit bias training for public and approved independent school employees

• Representative Zachariah Ralph Watson, Sponsor, Sponsor of Amendment
• Amanda Garces, Director of Policy, Education and Outreach, Vermont Human Rights Commission

4:00 PM

Adjourn