House Committee on Education (Room 9)

Thursday, January 11, 2024

9:00 AM

School Construction

Introduction and Discussion

• Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
• Jon Gray, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

10:00 AM

Budget Adjustment Update

Request from the Adult Education & Literacy Network

• Brian Kravitz, Adult Education and Literacy Network
• Catherine Kalkstein, Adult Education and Literacy Network

11:00 AM

H.677 - An act relating to providing positions and funding to support statewide student support systems

• Beth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
• Representative Tesha Buss, Sponsor, Windsor County

11:40 AM

Break for Lunch

1:30 PM

H.630 - An act relating to improving access to high-quality education through community collaboration

Committee Discussion

1:45 PM

Break

1:40 PM

H.634 - An act relating to school closures and the designation of a public school to serve as the public school of the district

Committee discussion. Live streamed with 1:30 meeting.

2:00 PM

PCB Testing and Remediation - Cost and Funding

Committee Discussion

• Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
• Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health
• Matt Chapman, Department of Waste Management & Prevention Division, Solid Waste Program, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
• Adam Greshin, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
• Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education

3:00 PM

House Floor

Late arrival at 3:15pm