Educational Opportunities Working Group (Room EA)

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

12-1, 2

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Committee Introductions

Committee Charge and Nominations

• Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

9:15 AM

James M. Jeffords Center

Research Services Available

• Melody Brown Burkins, University of Vermont
  
• Dr. Domenico Grasso, Vice-President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College, University of Vermont
  
• Rep. Ann Manwaring
  
• H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
  
• Laura Sibilia, Executive Director, Town of Dover
  

10:15 AM

Committee Discussion

With Entities Identified in Enabling Legislation

• Rep. Ann Manwaring
  
• H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
  
• Mark Perrault, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  
• Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  
• Laura Sibilia, Executive Director, Town of Dover
  
• William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Education
  

11:45 AM

Future Meeting Planning

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

12-3, 4, 5, 6

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

James M. Jeffords Center

Contract with the Jeffords Center

• H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
  
• Mark Perrault, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  
• William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Education
  

10:00 AM

NCSL Research

Update from Legislative Council

• Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  

10:05 AM

Committee Charge

Discussion of "High Quality"

• David Finney, President, Champlain College
  
• John Fisher, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Education
  
• Kieran Killeen, Professor, University of Vermont
  
• Katie Mobley, Director of Secondary Education Initiatives, Community College of Vermont
  
• Lisa Ventriss, President, Vermont Business Roundtable
  

- 5 minutes

Committee Discussion

Comment from co-sposnor of the Educational Opportunities Working Group legislation

• Rep. John Moran
  

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Future Meetings

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

12-7, 8, 9

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Committee Charge

Equitable Educational Opportunities

• Tim Donovan, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
  
• Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont
  
• Brent Kay , Superintendent, Orange Southwest Supervisory Union
  
• H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
  
• Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  
• Dan Smith, Community Liaison, Vermont State College
  

11:00 AM

Data Reporting System

Goals, Timeline and Policy Concerns

• H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
  
• Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  
• William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Education
  
• Brian Townsend, Director of Information Systems, Department of Education
  

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

12-10, 11, 12

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

Data Reporting System

• Richard Boes, Commissioner, Department of Information & Innovation
  
• H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
  
• Beth O'Brien, Principal, Montgomery Elementary School
  
• William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Education
  
• Brian Townsend, Director of Information Systems, Department of Education
  

10:00 AM

School Improvement Initiatives and Analysis of Opportunities to Learn

• Richard Boes, Commissioner, Department of Information & Innovation
  
• Nancy Richardson
  

11:00 AM

James M. Jeffords Center

Draft Report

• H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
  
• David Shiman, Professor, University of Vermont
  

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

12-13, 14, 15

Meeting Record

9:15 AM

Prekindergarten Education

• Julie Coffey, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures
  

9:30 AM

Afterschool, Summer, and Expanded Learning Opportunities

• Holly Morehouse, Director, Vermont Center for Afterschool Excellence
  

9:50 AM

Data Reporting System and Strategic Plan for the Future

• William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Education
  
• Armando Vilaseca, Commissioner, Department of Education
  

11:00 AM

James M. Jeffords Center

Draft Report

• H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
  

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Film: The Finnish Phenomenon

Room 11

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

12-16, 17, 18

Meeting Record

9:00 AM

James M. Jeffords Center

Draft Report

• H. Bud Meyers, Director, James M. Jeffords Center
  

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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