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Educational Opportunities Working Group Room EA

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Previous Meetings - Full Report

Summary Report
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

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

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

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

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

-

Film: The Finnish Phenomenon

Room 11

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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