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Additional information available at http://prek16vt.org/

To view committee documents and handouts, please see http://pluto.ccv.vsc.edu/prek16/

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Previous Meetings - Full Report

Summary Report

Monday, February 25, 2013
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
13-1, 2
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Prekindergarten Education

Council Subcommittee Report

  • Julie Coffey
9:45 AM

Post Secondary School Transition

Council Subcommittee Report

  • Tim Donovan, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
10:30 AM

Legislative Updates

Legislative Activities and the Governor's Agenda

  • Rep. Peter Peltz
11:00 AM

Chancellor's Report on Brattleboro Area Higher Education Consortium

  • Tim Donovan, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
11:15 AM

Committee Discussion

12:00 PM

Adjourn


Monday, April 22, 2013
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund Subcommittee
CDs
13-3
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund

  • Matt Considine, Director of Investments, Office of the State Treasurer
  • Katie Green, Investments Manager, Office of the State Treasurer
  • Stephen Wisloski, Deputy Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
11:30 AM

Adjourn


Friday, May 31, 2013
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
13-4, 5
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Introduction

9:15 AM

Early Childhood Education Summit, 2013

9:30 AM

Legislative Update

2013 session and PreK-16 Council priorities planning

  • Rep. Peter Peltz
10:30 AM

Career Technical Education

11:00 AM

Green Mountain Technology and Career Center

Tour


Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
13-6, 7
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

School Meals Programs

Universal access

  • Dorigen Keeney, Director, Hunger Free Vermont
10:20 AM

Post-secondary school opportunities

  • Tim Donovan, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
11:15 AM

Setting priorities for the 2014 session

Council discussion

11:55 AM

Early Childhood Education Summit, 2013

Included overview of Race to the Top

  • Aly Richards, Dir. of Special Projects & Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Governor
12:15 PM

Adjourn


Monday, September 30, 2013
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund Subcommittee
CDs
13-8
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund

  • Matt Considine, Director of Investment, Office of the State Treasurer
  • Katie Green, Investments Manager, Office of the State Treasurer
  • Stephen Wisloski, Deputy Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
11:00 AM

Adjourn


Thursday, October 31, 2013
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
Legislative Priorities Subcommittee
CDs
13-9, 10
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

Legislative priorities

Open discussion

Noon

Adjourn


Friday, December 13, 2013
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
13-11,12
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

Approve Minutes

10:10 AM

Legislative priorities

Report of the Subcommittee on Legislative Priorities

  • Rep. Peter Peltz
10:30 AM

Introduction

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
11:00 AM

Great Schools Partnership

  • David Ruff, Executive Director, Great Schools Partnership
11:30 AM

Other Business

Early Education Summit, Vermont Business Roundtable planning, University of Vermont conference on education.

Noon

Adjourn


Monday, January 27, 2014
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
14-1, 2
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

Introduction and Welcome

10:10 AM

Approve Minutes

10:15 AM

Update

Group discussion on University of Vermont Legislative Summit on Education Policy, Education Finance Symposium at Saint Michael's College and work of the Vermont Business Roundtable

11:15 AM

Legislative Update

11:30 AM

Agency of Education

Priorities and issues

11:45 AM

Council Discussion and Next Steps

Noon

Adjourn


Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund Subcommittee
CDs
14-3
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund

  • Matt Considine, Director of Investment, Office of the State Treasurer
  • Katie Green, Investments Manager, Office of the State Treasurer
  • Stephen Wisloski, Deputy Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
10:00 AM

Adjourn


Monday, April 28, 2014
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
14-4
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Introductions

9:15 AM

Early Childhood Data Reporting System

  • Julie Coffey, Governmental Affairs Director, Building Bright Futures
9:30 AM

Legislative Update

  • Rep. Peter Peltz
10:00 AM

Legislative Studies

Discussion on Council priorities and study requests from the General Assembly

11:00 AM

Adjourn


Thursday, June 5, 2014
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
Higher Education Funding Subcommittee (Act 148 of 2014 (S.40))
CDs
14-5, 6
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Introductions

1:15 PM

S.40 - An act relating to establishing an interim committee that will develop policies to restore the 1980 ratio of state funding to student tuition at Vermont State Colleges and to make higher education more affordable

3:00 PM

Adjourn


Thursday, June 26, 2014
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
Working Group on Expanded Learning Time
CDs
14-7, 8
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Welcome and Introduction

1:15 PM

Overview of Research and Available Data

1:45 PM

Setting Priorities for the Working Group

2:15 PM

Developing Work Plan and Timeline

3:00 PM

Adjourn


Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
Working Group on Expanded Learning Time
CDs
14-9, 10, 11
Meeting Record
Noon

Committee Discussion - Priorities

All are welcome to bring lunch to have while we talk.

1:30 PM

Testimony from Key State Agencies

  • John Fischer, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
  • Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children & Families
3:15 PM

Data Discussion

Identifying key components of quality and access

3:30 PM

Action Items and Next Steps


Friday, July 25, 2014
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
Higher Education Funding Subcommittee (Act 148 2014 (S.40))
CDs
14-12, 13
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Introductions

1:05 PM

Act 148

Review of legislation

1:15 PM

Data Discussion

Presentation of data submitted July 1, 2014

  • Linda Olson, President, VSC Faculty Federation
1:45 PM

Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund

2:05 PM

Planning for upcoming meetings

Topics, constituency groups and the calendar outline

2:35 PM

Comments from the audience

2:50 PM

Set December/January meeting date

3:00 PM

Adjourn


Monday, September 22, 2014
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Comments
Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund Subcommittee
CDs
14-25
Meeting Record
2:00 PM

Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund

  • Stephen Wisloski, Deputy Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
3:00 PM

Adjourn


Thursday, October 2, 2014
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
14-29
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

TBA

10:10 AM

Expanded Learning Time

Report from the Chair of the Working Group on Expanded Learning Time

  • Sen. Don Collins, Senator
  • Karen Heath, Literacy Specialist, Barre City Schools
10:30 AM

Act 148

Work of the Higher Education Funding Subcommittee (Act 148 of 2014 (S.40))

11:00 AM

Act 77

Flexible Pathways

11:30 AM

Upcoming Legislation

Planning for the 2015 session

12:00 PM

Adjourn


Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
14-43, 44
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Introductions

1:10 PM

Expanded Learning Time Programs

  • Holly Morehouse, Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
1:45 PM

Act 148

  • Elisabeth Beatty-Owens, Chair, Higher Education Funding Subcommittee
2:15 PM

Act 77

2:45 PM

Legislative priorities

3:15 PM

Adjourn


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