PreKindergarten-16 Council committee website

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Monday, February 25, 2013

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

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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

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Monday, April 22, 2013

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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

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Friday, May 31, 2013

Meeting Details

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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

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

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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

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Monday, September 30, 2013

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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

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

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Legislative Priorities Subcommittee

CDs

13-9, 10

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Legislative priorities

Open discussion

Noon

Adjourn

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Friday, December 13, 2013

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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

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Monday, January 27, 2014

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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

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

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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

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Monday, April 28, 2014

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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

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

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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

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

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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

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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

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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

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Friday, July 25, 2014

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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

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Monday, September 22, 2014

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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

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

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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

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Meeting Details

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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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