2019-2020 Session
Change SessionHouse Committee on Education (Room 31)
The House Committee on Education considers matters relating the educational needs of Vermonters, including the arts, libraries, and literary and scientific subjects; the amount of revenue required to satisfy the educational needs; and the manner of raising necessary revenue.
Meeting Record
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
- 10:00 AM
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House Floor
Caucuses immediately following Floor
- 10 mins after Caucuses
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H.295 - An act relating to increasing the term of office for the clerk and treasurer of a union school district and a unified union district
Introduction and walk-through
- Representative James Gregoire, Sponsor of Amendment
- James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
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Budget Discussion
- Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
- Matt Levin, Executive Director, Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance
- Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm to School Network
- 12:00 PM
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Lunch
- 1:00 PM
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S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities
Introduction
- Representative Philip Baruth, Chair, Senate Education Committee
- Representative Brian Campion, Sponsor
- Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- 1:30 PM
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Vermont National Education Association
Perspectives from the classroom
- Karen Chitambar, Teacher, North Country Union High School, Newport
- Lauren Buck, Teacher, Spaulding High School, Barre
- Betsy Nolan, Teacher, Edmunds Elementary School, Burlington
- Tom Payeur, Teacher, Winooski High School
- Donald Tinney, President, Vermont National Education Association
- 2:00 PM
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Vermont Association of School Business Officials
- Frank Rucker, President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials, WCSU
- Brenda Fleming, Former President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials, WCSU
- Brittany Gilman, Business Manager, Addison Central School District
- Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
- 2:30 PM
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S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities
- Brittany Gilman, Business Manager, Addison Central School District
- Mark Levine, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health
- Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
- Molly Costanza-Robinson, Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Middlebury College
- Elena Mihaly, Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation
- David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
- 4:30 PM
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Adjourn
