Previous Meetings - Full Report | House Committee on Education

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

Joint Assembly

1:30 PM

FLOOR

Seating

After the floor

Committee Discussion

Meeting for welcome, organization and staff introductions

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

Joint Assembly

Receive report of the Canvassing Committee- Governor's Election

1:30 PM

Joint Assembly

Administering oaths and the Governor's Inaugural Message

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-1, 2

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Education Structure and Finance

William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

10:30 AM

Education Finance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

2:30 PM

Education Reform Efforts

House Chamber

Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-3, 4, 5

10:00 AM

FLOOR

10:30 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association

11:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

11:30 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

12:00 PM

Republican Party Caucus

1:00 PM

Progressive Party Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic Party Caucus

2:45 PM

IT Training for the Committee

Michael Berry, User Support Specialist, Office of Legislative Council
Albert Coccagna, User Support Specialist, Office of Legislative Council

3:30 PM

Green Mountain Imperative

Lisa Ventriss, President, Vermont Business Roundtable

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-6, 7, 8, 9, 10

9:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

10:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Steve Jeffrey, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

11:00 AM

Education Tax Rate Letter

Mary Peterson, Commissioner, Department of Taxes

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:00 PM

Education Reform Efforts

Mr. Diaz also serves as Chair of the Vermont School Discipline Reform Coalition.

Jay Diaz, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid

3:00 PM

Legislative Council Introductions

Email for members

Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

3:30 PM

Education Finance Working Group

Final report -- Joint meeting with Senate Education in the Senate Chambers

William Johnson, Co-Chair, Education Finance Working Group
Neale Lunderville, Interim General Manager, Burlington Electric Department

4:30 PM

Reception

Association of Vermont Independent Colleges reception in the Cedar Creek Room

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-11, 12

9:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education

10:00 AM

Agenda planning

11:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

An overview

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

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:00 PM

Governor's 2015 Budget Address

3:30 PM

iPad Training

Michael Berry, User Support Specialist, Office of Legislative Council
Albert Coccagna, User Support Specialist, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-13, 14, 15

9:30 PM

FLOOR

10:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Andrew Pond, Bolton resident

11:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

12:00 PM

Vermont School Boards Association

Training for Education, Finance and Health Care Committee Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Ranking Members at 2 Prospect St.

1:45 PM

Education Structure and Finance

Paul Cillo, President, Public Assets Institute

2:30 PM

Budget

House Chamber

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-16, 17, 18

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Education Structure and Finance

Joel Cook, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

11:00 AM

ACA Excise Tax

"Cadillac Tax" and school staff

Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

11:45 AM

Education Finance

Rules and the House Committee on Education

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

2:30 PM

Education Finance

Yield proposal

William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

3:30 PM

Council of State Governments

Resources available to the House Committee on Education

Kaylan Sobel, Policy Analyst for Health and Education, Council of State Governments

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

9:00 AM

Education Finance

Overview of tax rates and the Education Fund

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

10:00 AM

Technical Centers

Sources for funding

John Fischer, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

11:00 PM

Data Reporting System

Longitudinal data system federal grant

Brian Townsend, Director of Information Technology, Agency of Education

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

Expanded Learning Opportunities

Report of the Working Group on Expanded Learning Time

Virginia Burley, Educator
Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.

2:30 PM

Introductions

Legislative agenda

William Mathis, Member, Vermont State Board of Education

3:30 PM

Tuition payments

Operating districts and non-operating districts

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

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-25, 26, 27, 28

8:30 AM

Agenda planning

9:00 AM

Teacher evaluation

Teacher hiring in terms of evaluation and certification

Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education

10:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Testimony on the study, "Vermont Educational Reform: A Balanced Approach to Equity and Funding"

Ian Burfoot-Rochford, Ph.D. Candidate, Pennsylvania State University
Daniella Hall, Ph.D. Candidate, Pennsylvania State University

11:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Martha Allen, President, Vermont National Education Association
Joel Cook, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

Education Structure and Finance

Accountable Education Funding Proposal

Heidi Spear, Chair, School Board, Fayston Elementary School

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34

8:30 AM

Education Finance

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Education Finance

Recommendations from Vermont Association for School Business Officials. Mr. Mason and Mr. Amons submitted written testimony, posted to the Committee web site.

Peter Amons, Chief Financial Officer, Rutland City Public Schools
Grant Geisler, Chief Financial Officer, Chittenden Central Supervisory Union
Robert Mason, Chief Operating Officer, Chittenden South Supervisory Union
Rick Pembroke, Chief Financial Officer, Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union

11:00 AM

Special Education Funding

Report on Act 179 of 2014. Sec. E.500.7 Special Education Expenditures; Pilot Program

Karin Edwards, Director, PK-Middle Division, Agency of Education

1:00 PM

Campaign for Vermont

Joint meeting with the Senate Committee on Education in room 10.

Thomas Pelham, Campaign for Vermont

2:00 PM

Education Finance

Joint meeting with the Senate Committee on Education in room 10

Tom Kavet, Economist, Kavet, Rockler and Associates

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-35, 36, 37

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Vermonters for Schools and Community

Susan Clark, Steering Committee Member, Vermonters for Schools and Community
Beth Holtzman, Steering Committee Member, Vermonters for Schools and Community
Marty Strange, Steering Committee Member, Vermonters for Schools and Community
Chris Tormey, Steering Committee Member, Vermonters for Schools and Community

11:00 AM

Governor's Education Proposals

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

2:30 PM

H.38 - An act relating to tuition payments to out-of-state schools

Aaron Brodeur, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Rep. Alison H. Clarkson, House Committee on Ways and Means
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

3:30 PM

H.49 - An act relating to tuition payments and public high school choice

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

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-38, 39, 40, 41, 42

9:00 AM

Education Finance

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

10:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Union School Districts, REDs, and Incentives for Mergers and Collaboration

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

11:00 PM

Special Education

Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:00 PM

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation Update

Joint meeting with the Senate Committee on Education in room 10

Scott Giles, Executive Director, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

3:00 PM

Education Finance

High spending threshold and consequences of eliminating the "look-back"

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-43, 44, 45, 46

8:30 AM

Agenda planning

9:00 AM

H.18 - An act relating to Public Records Act exemptions

Clarence Davis, Director of State Relations, University of Vermont
Rep. Linda J. Martin, Wolcott

10:00 AM

Governor's Education Proposals

Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Aly Richards, Dir. of Special Projects & Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Governor

11:00 AM

Special Education

Michael Giangreco, Professor of Education, University of Vermont

1:00 PM

FLOOR

4:00 PM

Vermont Principals' Association

Reception with the Senate Committee on Education in room 10. In addition to testimony from Mr. Page, written testimony was submitted by an anonymous Vermont school principal and Andre Messier, Principal, Lake Region Union High School

William Anton, Principal, Dover School
Jacki Ball, Associate Director for Advocacy, National Association of Secondary School Principals
Brett Blanchard, Principal, Fair Haven Union High School
Joan Cavallo, Principal, St. Albans City Elementary School
Merri Greenia, Principal, Craftsbury Elementary School
Wayne Howe, Principal, Northfield Elementary School
Michelle Mathias, Principal, Edmunds Elementary School
Andre Messier, Principal, Lake Region Union High School
Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
Dana Peterson, Principal, Woodstock Union Middle School
Judith Ross, Principal, Peacham Elementary School

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-47, 48

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Committee Priorities

1:00 PM

Education Structure and Finance

Tammy Kolbe, Assistant Professor, University of Vermont

2:00 PM

Fee Bill

Teacher licenses, teacher preparation programs

Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education

2:30 PM

Caucus of the Whole Meeting

Economic development

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-49, 50, 51, 52

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Vermont Independent Schools

Independent schools vs. public schools in terms of rules

William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Teaching innovation

Agency of Education projects, the New England Secondary Schools Consortium

John Fischer, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
David Ruff, Executive Director, Great Schools Partnership

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

2:30 PM

Prekindergarten Education

Karin Edwards, Director, Integrated Support for Learning, Agency of Education
Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Department for Children and Families

3:30 PM

Education Finance

Geographically isolated schools

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58

9:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Nicole Mace, General Counsel, Vermont School Boards Association

10:00 AM

Special Education

William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Brewster Pierce School, Huntington

Gail B. Conley, Retired Superintendent
Alison Forrest, Food Services Director, Brewster Pierce School
Megs Keir, Board Chair, Brewster Pierce School
Helen Keith, Early Education Services
Andrea Ogilvie, Board Member, Brewster Pierce School

11:30 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Proposal

Rep. Cynthia Browning

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

Prekindergarten Education

Early Learning Challenge - Race to the Top Grant for Vermont

Carolyn Wesley, Project Manager, Office of the Governor

2:30 PM

Prekindergarten Education

Report on Prekindergarten Regions in Act 166

Manuela Fonseca, Early Education Coordinator, Agency of Education

3:00 PM

Teaching innovation

Adam Bunting, Principal, Montpelier High School
Luke Foley, Educator, Northfield Middle and High School

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-59, 60, 61, 62, 63

8:30 AM

Agenda planning

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

10:30 AM

Teaching innovation

Rowland Foundation projects

Mike Martin, Senior Associate, Rowland Foundation

11:30 AM

Vermont School Boards Association

Training and lunch at Capitol Plaza, Montpelier, offices

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

Education Finance

Chart of accounts

Aaron Brodeur, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

3:00 PM

H.127 - An act relating to the simplification of the statewide education property tax by reducing the property component of the tax and adding an income-based education tax

Rep. Oliver Olsen, Sponsor of Bill

4:00 PM

Brigham Decision

Joint meeting with the Senate Committee on Education in room 10.

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-64, 65, 66

9:30 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

11:00 AM

Teacher evaluation

Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education

11:30 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Richard Kehne, Board Member, Calais Elementary School
Scott Thompson, Board Member, Union-32

1:00 PM

Vermont State Colleges

Joint meeting with the Senate Committee on Education in room 10

Ben Atkins, Student, Lyndon State College
Shayna Bennett, Student, Johnson State College
Pamela Chisolm, Dean of Enrollment Services, Community College of Vermont
Rich Clark, Director of the Castleton Polling Institute, Castleton State College
Phil Duprey, Student and Veteran, Community College of Vermont
Lyle Jepson, Dean of Entrepreneurial Programs, Castleton State College
Leslie Kanat, Director, START Program
Tom O'Keiff, Employee, Vermont Technical College
Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
Crispin White, Director of the Center for Community Engagement, Castleton State College

2:30 PM

Caucus of the Whole Meeting

Health care

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-67, 68, 69, 70

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

11:30 AM

Education Finance

Comparisons with schools in Finland

Liam McRae, Legislative Intern, Bennington College

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

After caucuses

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Rep. William Botzow

3:00 PM

Department of Libraries

Budget for the State Law Library

Martha Reid, State Librarian, Department of Libraries

3:30 PM

Agency of Education

Agency budget

William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-71, 72, 73, 74, 75

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Mary Peterson, Commissioner, Department of Taxes

10:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

11:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

William Mathis, Member, Vermont State Board of Education
Stephan Morse, Chair, State Board of Education

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

Teaching innovation

Inclusive Education at Montpelier Public Schools

Mary Lundeen, Director of Support Services , Montpelier Supervisory District

3:00 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-76, 77, 78, 79

8:30 AM

Agenda planning

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Lachlan Francis, Graduate, Brattleboro Union High School
Eli Goldman, Student, Vergennes Union High School
Victoria Howard, Student, Bellows Free Academy Fairfax
Phoebe Martell-Crawford, Student, Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans
Mary Schwartz, Project Manager, Vermont Business Roundtable

10:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Brigham Decision

Robert Gensburg, Attorney

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Fee bill

After the floor

H.191 - An act relating to Small School Competitive Grants Programs

Rep. Oliver Olsen, Sponsor

3:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Steve Jeffrey, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-80, 81, 82

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

New draft

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

1:00 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Fran Bisselle, Head of School, Maple Street School, Manchester Center
Dan Marchetti, Head of School, The Grammar School, Putney

2:00 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Susan Clark, Steering Committee Member, Vermonters for Schools and Community
Margaret Maclean, Steering Committee Member, Vermonters for Schools and Community
Marty Strange, Steering Committee Member, Vermonters for Schools and Community
Chris Tormey, Steering Committee Member, Vermonters for Schools and Community

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-83, 84, 85, 86

8:00 AM

State Board of Education

Meeting with the State Board of Education and the Agency of Education in room 10

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Act 153 incentives implications

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

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

After caucus

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Grant Geisler, President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
Rick Pembroke, Chief Financial Officer, Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union

3:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

JoAn Canning, Superintendent, Addison Northwest Supervisory Union
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Brigid Scheffert, Superintendent, Washington West Supervisory Union
Tracy Wrend, Superintendent, Lamoille South Supervisory Union
David Young, Superintendent, South Burlington School District

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92

9:00 AM

Caucus of the Whole Meeting

Clean Water for the State of Vermont

11:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Paul Cillo, President, Public Assets Institute

1:00 PM

FLOOR

1:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Todd LeBlanc, Vice President, Vermont Assessors & Listers Association
Tom Vickery, Board of Directors, Vermont Assessors & Listers Association
Randy Viens, Member, Vermont Assessors & Listers Association

2:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Draft 3.1

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

3:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Ken Fredette, Board Member, Wallingford Elementary School

4:45 PM

Dinner Break

5:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

7:00 PM

Adjourn

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-93, 94, 95, 96

8:30 AM

Agenda planning

9:00 AM

Afterschool programs

Teresa Bedell, Director, Lamoille North Supervisory Union Connections Program
Ginny Burley, Chair, Vermont Afterschool
Debra Hathaway, Executive Director, Tapestry Program
Violette Martin, Student, Cambridge Connections Afterschool

10:00 AM

H.257 - An act relating to a cap on education spending growth

Rep. Oliver Olsen, Sponsor

10:30 AM

FLOOR

Election of Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, and
Trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College

1:00 PM

FLOOR

1:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Cathy Davis, Director of Government & Media Relations, Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce

2:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Protecting student data privacy, school data systems

Greg Glennon, General Counsel, Agency of Education
Brian Townsend, Director of Information Systems, Agency of Education

3:30 PM

H.257 - An act relating to a cap on education spending growth

Rep. Oliver Olsen, Sponsor
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-97, 98, 99, 100

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

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

11:15 AM

S. - An act relating to education; education funding; small schools; declining enrollment; special education

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

1:00 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Committee discussion

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

2:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Committee discussion

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-101, 102, 103, 104, 105

10:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Staff to student ratios, modeling phase-out of hold-harmless provisions

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

11:45 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Kendal Melvin, Government Affairs Specialist, Vermont Chamber of Commerce

1:00 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Mill Moore, Executive Director, Vermont Independent Schools Association

1:15 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education

2:00 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Aaron Brodeur, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

2:15 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

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

4:00 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Mary Peterson, Commissioner, Department of Taxes

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-106, 107, 108, 109

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

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

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Donna Russo-Savage, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Noon

Lunch and Caucuses

After caucus

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

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

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-110, 111, 112, 113, 114

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

11:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

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

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-115, 116, 117, 118

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

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

10:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

10:30 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

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

11:30 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

1:30 PM

FLOOR

3:00 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-119, 120

9:30 PM

FLOOR

1:00 PM

Budget Memo

Rep. Sarah E. Buxton

1:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Section-by-section

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

Hearing Type

Standard

-

The Vermont General Assembly is on break during the Town Meeting recess. No Committee Meetings are Scheduled.

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-121, 122

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Dual enrollment

Peter Drescher, Education Technology Coordinator, Agency of Education
Scott Farr, Director, River Valley Technical Center
John Fischer, Director, Secondary and Adult Division, Agency of Education
Jeffrey Renard, Coordinator, Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative

Noon

Lunch & Caucuses

1:00 PM

FLOOR

3:00 PM

High School Completion

Frank Gerdeman, Integrated Support for Learning, Agency of Education

3:30 PM

Medicaid Budget

William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-123, 124, 125, 126, 127

8:30 AM

Dual enrollment

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont
Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, President, Marlboro College
Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges

9:30 AM

Governor's Education Proposals

Teachers' healthcare and retirement

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
James Reardon, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management

10:00 AM

Dual enrollment

Patrick Burke, Principal, South Burlington High School

10:30 AM

H.480 - An act relating to making miscellaneous technical and other amendments to education laws

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

11:00 AM

Community High School of Vermont

Dana Lesperance, Assistant Director of Career Education, Department of Corrections
Troy McAllister, Assistant Director, Department of Corrections
Wilhelmina Picard, Superintendent, Community High School of Vermont

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

Governor's Education Proposals

John Fischer, Director, Secondary and Adult Division, Agency of Education
Jeanice Garfield, Chair, Springfield School Board
Tom Little, Vice-President and General Counsel, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

4:15 PM

Early Childhood Education

Matt Levin, Executive Director, Early Childhood Alliance

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133

8:30 AM

Agency of Education

Budget discussion by the Committee

9:00 AM

H.480 - An act relating to making miscellaneous technical and other amendments to education laws

Peter Drescher, Education Technology Coordinator, Agency of Education
Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Jill Remick, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

9:45 AM

Agency of Education

Budget

Rep. Sarah E. Buxton
William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Governor's Institutes of Vermont

Jonathan Leitschuh, Graduate, Governor's Institutes of Vermont
Karen Taylor Mitchell, Governor's Institutes of Vermont

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

University of Vermont

Clarence Davis, Director of State Relations, University of Vermont
Thomas Sullivan, President, University of Vermont

2:30 PM

Data Reporting System

Work of Vermont Insights

Julie Coffey, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures
Dave Lapointe, Co-Director, Building Bright Futures
Kathleen Paterson, Co-Director, Building Bright Futures

3:45 PM

Agency of Education

Budget

Rep. Sarah E. Buxton
William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-134, 135, 136

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Caps proposal

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

9:30 AM

FLOOR

10:15 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education

11:15 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

1:45 PM

Agency of Education

Budget

Rep. Sarah E. Buxton

3:30 PM

H.76 - An act relating to the requirement of mandatory binding arbitration and to the elimination of strikes and imposed contracts in connection with collective bargaining for teachers’ and school administrators’ contracts

Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-137, 138, 139

9:00 AM

H.76 - An act relating to the requirement of mandatory binding arbitration and to the elimination of strikes and imposed contracts in connection with collective bargaining for teachers’ and school administrators’ contracts

Joel Cook, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
Nicole Mace, General Counsel, Vermont School Boards Association
Rep. Kurt Wright, Sponsor of amendment

10:00 AM

FLOOR

12:00 PM

Lunch & Caucuses

1:00 PM

H.76 - An act relating to the requirement of mandatory binding arbitration and to the elimination of strikes and imposed contracts in connection with collective bargaining for teachers’ and school administrators’ contracts

Jeff Fannon, General Counsel, Vermont National Education Association
Glenn Koocher, Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of School Committees
Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Steve Sacks, Staff Attorney, New Hampshire National Education Association

2:15 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Revision of sections 1, 17, 27

Rep. Oliver Olsen
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-140, 141, 142, 143

9:15 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Amendment to sections 1, 17, 24 and 35 and change to the education spending cap.

Rep. Oliver Olsen, Sponsor of amendment
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

11:00 AM

Community High School of Vermont

Troy McAllister, Assistant Director, Community High School of Vermont
Jeanne Smith, Corrections Educator, Community High School of Vermont

Before the floor

Employment for People with Disabilities

P. Neal Meier, Executive Coordinator, Governor's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Amendment

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-144, 145

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Amendment to Section 19, Sale of school buildings

Rep. Susan Davis
Rep. Alice M. Emmons, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Linda K. Myers

10:30 AM

Joint Assembly

Judicial Retention

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Also Committee discussion on funding H.361

Steve Jeffrey, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

3:30 PM

H.480 - An act relating to making miscellaneous technical and other amendments to education laws

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

3:40 PM

Community High School of Vermont

Committee discussion

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-146, 147, 148

9:00 AM

Agency of Education

Budget

Rep. Sarah E. Buxton
Mark Sustic, Director, Vermont Community Preschool Collaborative
William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Agency of Education

Budget

Rep. Ann Manwaring
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

1:00 PM

Collegiate Recovery on Campus

Amy Boyd-Austin, Coordinator, Collegiate Recovery on Campus
Peter Espenshade, President, Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery

2:15 PM

Committee Discussion

Agency of Education budget and H.361 reporting on the floor

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-149, 150, 151, 152

9:30 AM

H.480 - An act relating to making miscellaneous technical and other amendments to education laws

Amendment

Jill Remick, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of amendment

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

S.71 - An act relating to governance of the Vermont State Colleges

Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges

Noon

Lunch & Caucuses

2:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Section 19 amendment, revised

Rep. Alice M. Emmons, Sponsor of amendment

2:45 PM

H.448 - An act relating to creating the Vermont Universal Children’s Savings Account Program

Rep. Jill Krowinski, Sponsor of Bill

3:00 PM

H.50 - An act relating to increasing the General Fund transfer to the Education Fund to reflect the cost of newly enacted education mandates

Rep. Patricia Komline, Sponsor of Bill

3:30 PM

H.127 - An act relating to the simplification of the statewide education property tax by reducing the property component of the tax and adding an income-based education tax

Rep. James Condon, Sponsor of Bill
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

4:15 PM

H.490 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Committee discussion on amendment related to funding EEI

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-153, 154, 155

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

As amended by House Ways and Means. Preparation for floor.

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

11:00 AM

S.71 - An act relating to governance of the Vermont State Colleges

Aly Richards, Dir. of Special Projects & Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Governor

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.290 - An act relating to requiring minimum student-to-adult ratios in public schools and school districts

Rep. Kevin Christie, Sponsor of Bill

3:15 PM

H.274 - An act relating to funding the Community High School of Vermont

Rep. Fred Baser, Sponsor of Bill

3:30 PM

H.267 - An act relating to supervisory union assessments and ballot language

Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Sponsor of Bill

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

No Committee meeting

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-156, 157

9:15 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Amendments

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

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-158, 159

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Amendments

Rep. Cynthia Browning, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of amendment

10:00 AM

FLOOR

12:00 PM

Lunch & Caucuses

After caucus

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Amendments

Rep. Patricia Komline, Sponsor of amendment

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-160

8:30 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Amendments

Rep. Alyson Eastman, Sponsor of amendment
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Rep. Butch Shaw, Sponsor of amendment

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-161, 162

8:30 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Amendments

Rep. Mitzi Johnson, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Curt McCormack, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Christopher Pearson, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann
Rep. Butch Shaw, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. George W. Till, Sponsor of amendment

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After lunch

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Scheuermann Amendment, revised

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

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

No Committe meeting

9:00 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-163, 164, 165, 166

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

S.71 - An act relating to governance of the Vermont State Colleges

Tricia Coates, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges

11:15 AM

S.44 - An act relating to creating flexibility in early college enrollment numbers and to creating the Vermont Universal Children's Higher Education Saving Account Program

Tricia Coates, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
Daniel Regan, Dean of Academic Affairs, Johnson State College

11:30 AM

H.76 - An act relating to the requirement of mandatory binding arbitration and to the elimination of strikes and imposed contracts in connection with collective bargaining for teachers’ and school administrators’ contracts

Joint meeting with the House General, Housing and Military Affairs in room 10 to hear an amendment

Rep. Martin LaLonde, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Kurt Wright, Sponsor of amendment

12:00 PM

Lunch & Caucuses

2:15 PM

Teacher Licensing

Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education

3:15 PM

S.71 - An act relating to governance of the Vermont State Colleges

Tricia Coates, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges

3:30 PM

S.44 - An act relating to creating flexibility in early college enrollment numbers and to creating the Vermont Universal Children's Higher Education Saving Account Program

Tricia Coates, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges

3:45 PM

H.448 - An act relating to creating the Vermont Universal Children’s Savings Account Program

John Pelletier, Director, Center for Financial Literacy, Champlain College
Sarah Phillips, Community Services Administrator, Office of Economic Opportunity, Department for Children and Families

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-167, 168, 169

9:00 AM

H.76 - An act relating to the requirement of mandatory binding arbitration and to the elimination of strikes and imposed contracts in connection with collective bargaining for teachers’ and school administrators’ contracts

Vote

9:30 AM

ACA Excise Tax

"Cadillac Tax"

Michael Costa, Deputy Director, Health Care Reform
Nolan Langweil, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office

1:00 PM

FLOOR

3:15 PM

H.76 - An act relating to the requirement of mandatory binding arbitration and to the elimination of strikes and imposed contracts in connection with collective bargaining for teachers’ and school administrators’ contracts

Committee left floor to vote on amendments

Rep. Willem Jewett, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Martin LaLonde, Sponsor of amendment

3:30 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-170, 171, 172

9:00 AM

H.448 - An act relating to creating the Vermont Universal Children’s Savings Account Program

Colleen Quint, President and CEO, Alfond Scholarship Foundation

10:00 AM

H.28 - An act relating to students’ right to opt out of computer usage

Rep. Anne B. Donahue, Sponsor of Bill

10:15 AM

H.32 - An act relating to grade levels included in statewide public high school choice

Rep. Dennis J. Devereux, Sponsor of Bill

10:30 AM

H.49 - An act relating to tuition payments and public high school choice

Rep. Peter J. Fagan, Sponsor of Bill
Rep. Kathleen C. Keenan, Sponsor of Bill

10:45 AM

H.154 - An act relating to permitting school districts to create a reserve fund without prior voter authorization

Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Sponsor of Bill

11:00 AM

H.155 - An act relating to audits of a school district’s financial statements

Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Sponsor of Bill

11:15 AM

H.195 - An act relating to senior citizen volunteers in public schools

Rep. Sandy Haas, Sponsor of Bill

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:30 PM

H.262 - An act relating to information about instructional versus administrative spending in school budgets

Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Sponsor of Bill

2:45 PM

H.346 - An act relating to requiring school districts to count average daily membership twice annually

Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Sponsor of Bill

3:00 PM

H.423 - An act relating to portability of Vermont Student Assistance Corporation grants and scholarships

Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Sponsor of Bill

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-173

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.263 - An act relating to expanding Vermont’s publicly funded tuition system

Rep. Michael Hebert, Sponsor of Bill

10:30 AM

H.280 - An act relating to amending the State Board of Education rules on school lighting requirements

Rep. Curt McCormack, Sponsor of Bill

1:00 PM

H.283 - An act relating to removing capital construction costs related to joint action from education spending when calculating excess spending

Rep. Ann Manwaring, Sponsor of Bill

1:15 AM

H.284 - An act relating to using Education Fund monies for purposes other than local prekindergarten through grade 12 education

Rep. Ann Manwaring, Sponsor of Bill

1:30 AM

H.405 - An act relating to commissioning a study on Vermont’s current practices of paying tuition

Rep. Ann Manwaring, Sponsor of Bill

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-174, 175, 176

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

ACA Excise Tax

"Cadillac Tax"

Mark Hage, Member Benefits Director, Vermont-NEA/VEHI
Laura Soares, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

After caucus

H.49 - An act relating to tuition payments and public high school choice

Peter Amons, CFO, Rutland City Public Schools
Patrick Burke, Principal, South Burlington High School
Steve Dellinger-Pate, Principal, Union-32 High School

3:30 PM

H.154 - An act relating to permitting school districts to create a reserve fund without prior voter authorization

Mr. Rucker will also testify on Act 166, publicly funded prekindergarten education. Committee discussion on H.154 will follow.

Frank Rucker, Chief Financial Officer, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-177, 178, 179

8:30 AM

Ethics Training

House Chamber

10:45 AM

H.285 - An act relating to the Vermont Governor’s Diploma

Rep. Eileen Dickinson, Sponsor of Bill

11:00 AM

H.200 - An act relating to prohibiting public funding of independent schools

Rep. Helen Head, Sponsor of Bill

11:15 AM

H.263 - An act relating to expanding Vermont’s publicly funded tuition system

Rep. Michael Hebert, Sponsor of Bill
Rep. Vicki Strong, Co-sponsor

11:45 AM

State House Security

Janet Miller, Sergeant-At-Arms

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.280 - An act relating to amending the State Board of Education rules on school lighting requirements

Matt Kiley, Lighting Designer

2:00 PM

H.391 - An act relating to increasing expanded learning opportunities

Ginny Burley, Member, Prek-16 Council Expanded Learning Time Working Group
Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
Rep. Michael Mrowicki, Sponsor of Bill
Jay Nichols, Superintendent, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
Terry Peterson, Board Chair, Afterschool Alliance
Todd Rivver, Principal, Albany Community School

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-180, 181, 182

9:00 AM

H.448 - An act relating to creating the Vermont Universal Children’s Savings Account Program

Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

10:00 AM

H.423 - An act relating to portability of Vermont Student Assistance Corporation grants and scholarships

Tricia Coates, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Ben Johnson, President, American Federation of Teachers
Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges

11:00 PM

Teacher training

Lyle Jepson, Dean of Entrepreneurial Programs, Castleton State College
Richard Reardon, Director of Education, Castleton State College

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-183

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.376 - An act relating to the limitation of food and beverage advertising on public elementary school grounds

Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor of Bill

Following

H.390 - An act relating to creating a Truancy Prevention Working Group

Rep. Michael Marcotte, Sponsor of Bill

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-184, 185, 186

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Education Quality Reviews

Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education

Noon

Lunch and Caucuses

After caucus

Special Education

Meeting in room 10.

Sue Leibowitz, Senior Research Manager, University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute
Greta Shultz, Senior Research Manager, University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute
William Talbott, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-187, 188, 189

9:00 AM

H.448 - An act relating to creating the Vermont Universal Children’s Savings Account Program

Chris D'Elia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association
Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Jenny Prosser, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

10:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Rick Pembroke, Chief Financial Officer, Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-190, 191

9:00 AM

Small Schools

Jaye Young, Home School Parent, Essex-Caledonia Supervisory Union

10:00 AM

Evacuation Drill

11:00 AM

H.448 - An act relating to creating the Vermont Universal Children’s Savings Account Program

Jenny Prosser, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-192, 193

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-194, 195, 196

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

S.138 - An act relating to promoting economic development

Rep. Jean O'Sullivan, Committee Liaison
Rep. Valerie A. Stuart, Committee Liaison

11:30 AM

H.448 - An act relating to creating the Vermont Universal Children’s Savings Account Program

Jenny Prosser, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Noon

House of Representatives Picture - State House Steps

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

2:15 PM

H.448 - An act relating to creating the Vermont Universal Children’s Savings Account Program

Jenny Prosser, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

3:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Providing for voting on the supervisory union budgets

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

3:45 PM

H.391 - An act relating to increasing expanded learning opportunities

John Fischer, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-197, 198

9:00 AM

Committee Discussion

10:00 AM

JRS9 - Joint resolution encouraging public high schools to explore recruiting and enrolling international students on F-1 student visas in order to promote tuition based income while also exposing F-1 students and our public school K-12 Vermont students to enriched cross cultural learning experiences

Sen. Bill Doyle, Sponsor of Resolution

10:20 AM

S.44 - An act relating to creating flexibility in early college enrollment numbers and to creating the Vermont Universal Children's Higher Education Saving Account Program

Sen. Ann Cummings, Sponsor of Bill

10:30 AM

Education Finance

Rep. Scott Beck

11:00 AM

H.64 - An act relating to reforming the State education funding system

Rep. Adam Greshin, Sponsor of Bill

11:15 AM

H.69 - An act relating to reforming the State education financing system

Rep. Adam Greshin, Sponsor of Bill

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:00 PM

Flexible Pathways

A presentation by five Vermont high schools on support for Act 77. In room 11. Committee attendance contingent on the House floor schedule.

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

No meeting

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

No meeting

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

No meeting

10:00 AM

FLOOR

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-199

9:15 AM

JRS20 - Joint resolution relating to the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation’s lending authority

Tom Little, Vice-President and General Counsel, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

9:30 AM

S.44 - An act relating to creating flexibility in early college enrollment numbers and to creating the Vermont Universal Children's Higher Education Saving Account Program

H.448 sections discussion

Tom Little, Vice-President and General Counsel, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

9:45 AM

JRS9 - Joint resolution encouraging public high schools to explore recruiting and enrolling international students on F-1 student visas in order to promote tuition based income while also exposing F-1 students and our public school K-12 Vermont students to enriched cross cultural learning experiences

Jenny Prosser, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-200, 201

9:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Committee discussion on H.361 as passed by Senate Education, Senate Finance and Senate Appropriations

9:15 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

9:30 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

10:00 AM

H.391 - An act relating to increasing expanded learning opportunities

Jill Remick, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
Amy Shollenberger, Advocate, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-202, 203, 204

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.480 - An act relating to making miscellaneous technical and other amendments to education laws

Update on amendments

Jill Remick, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
Aly Richards, Director of Special Projects and Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Governor
Sen. Jeanette K. White, Sponsor of amendment
Jonathan Wolff, Advocate, Vermont State Colleges

11:00 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Finance plan

Rep. Sarah E. Buxton
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

1:30 PM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Rick Pembroke, Chief Financial Officer, Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-205, 206

9:30 AM

H.361 - An act relating to making amendments to education funding, education spending, and education governance

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-207

9:00 AM

H.480 - An act relating to making miscellaneous technical and other amendments to education laws

Christie Amendment, H.391

Jenny Prosser, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-208

9:00 AM

H.480 - An act relating to making miscellaneous technical and other amendments to education laws

Christie Amendment, H.391

Jenny Prosser, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

9:30 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

Act 46

Mark Andrews, Superintendent, Essex Town School District
Judith DeNova, Superintendent, Chittenden Central Supervisory Union
Dorinne Dorfman, Principal, Leland and Gray Union Middle and High School
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Oliver Olsen, Representative
Tracy Wrend, Superintendent, Lamoille South Supervisory Union

1:00 PM

High Spending Thresholds

Joel Cook, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Bob Mason, Past President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
Oliver Olsen, Representative
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

3:00 PM

Discussion

4:00 PM

Adjourn

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Outline of Statewide Outcomes

Testimony followed by Committee discussion

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

12:00 PM

Republican Party Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic Party and Progressive Party Caucuses

2:30 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds and what school districts are facing due to an increase in health care premiums.

Bob Mason, Past President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
Cheryl Scarzello, President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials

3:30 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

10:00 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Mary Moran, Superintendent, Rutland City Public Schools

10:30 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

JoAn Canning, Superintendent, Addison Northwest Supervisory Union

10:45 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Rep. Maureen Dakin

11:00 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Jeff Fannon, General Counsel, Vermont National Education Association
Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association

11:30 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

1:00 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Elmore and Morrisville concerns, the high spending thresholds

Tracy Wrend, Superintendent, Lamoille South Supervisory Union

2:00 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

2:30 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union - Vermont

3:00 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Bruce Labs, Superintendent, Orange Windsor Supervisory Union

3:30 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Session

To be held in the House Chamber

10:30 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Allowable Growth Percentage

Andrew Pond, Bolton resident, Bolton School Board

11:00 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

William Mathis, Member, Vermont State Board of Education

1:00 PM

No Meeting Scheduled

2:00 PM

State of the State Address

To be held in the House Chamber

3:30 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

10:00 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Mark Avery, Vice-Chair, Rivendell School Board
Kathy Hoyt, Member, Rivendell School Board

11:00 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Rep. Catherine Toll

1:00 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Sean McMannon, Superintendent, Winooski School District

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Security Update

Janet Miller, Sergeant-At-Arms

11:00 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Mathew Forest, Superintendent, Caledonia Central Supervisory Union

12:00 PM

Republican Party Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic Party and Progressive Party Caucuses

2:15 PM

School Meals Programs

Anore Horton, Child Nutrition Manager, Hunger Free Vermont
Linda Wheelock, President, School Nutrition Association - Vermont

4:00 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

High spending thresholds

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

5:00 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Vote on committee bill

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

No Meeting Scheduled

1:00 PM

Education Finance

Yield calculation

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

2:00 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Katie Taylor, Government Affairs Director, Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce

3:30 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

No Meeting Scheduled

11:00 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Sandy Conrad, Selectboard Member, Royalton Selectboard

1:00 PM

Educator Quality Reviews

Also testimony on the Every Student Succeeds Act

Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education

3:00 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Rick Pembroke, Chief Financial Officer, Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union

3:30 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

11:00 AM

Reports Repeal

Committee discussion

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

11:00 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

11:30 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Amendment language

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

12:00 PM

Republican Party Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic Party and Progressive Party Caucuses

2:15 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

William Talbott, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

2:30 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Rep. Paul Dame, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Patricia Komline, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Job Tate, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Chip Troiano, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Janssen Willhoit, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor of amendment

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Amendments

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

12:30 PM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Amendment vote

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:00 PM

Vermont State Colleges

2016 Performance Indicators. Joint meeting with Senate Education in room 11.

David Bergh, Dean of Students, Johnson State College
Joseph Bertolino, President, Lyndon State College
Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont
Dan Smith, President, Vermont Technical College
Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
David Wolk, President, Castleton State College

Hearing Type

Standard

11:30 AM

H.556 - An act relating to raising the education spending thresholds for fiscal year 2017

Committee discussion

2:00 PM

Governor's 2016 Budget Address

3:30 PM

FLOOR

5:00 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Committee amendment

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

10:30 AM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Committee amendment

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

11:00 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

1:15 PM

Caucuses

2:15 PM

State Board of Education

Budget and staffing for the Agency of Education and the State Board of Education

William Mathis, Member, State Board of Education
Stephan Morse, Board Chair, State Board of Education

3:00 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Rep. Paul Dame, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Diane Lanpher, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Ann Manwaring, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Alice Miller, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Kesha K. Ram, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Butch Shaw, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Teo Zagar, Sponsor of amendment

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

University of Vermont

Felicia Kornbluh, President, United Academics (AAUP/AFT)
Thomas Sullivan, President, University of Vermont

10:10 AM

FLOOR

Committee plans to join floor session a few minutes late.

1:15 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Rep. Chip Troiano, Sponsor of amendment

1:30 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Education Finance

The Cost of an Adequate Education in Vermont

Lawrence Picus, Picus Odden & Associates

11:00 AM

H.553 - An act relating to conditions for eligibility to receive enhanced tax incentives under Act 46

Rep. Patsy French, Sponsor of Bill

11:10 AM

H.627 - An act relating to the definition of “excess spending” for allowable growth calculation

Rep. Paul Dame, Sponsor of Bill

11:20 AM

H.637 - An act relating to the requirement to pass a civics test for high school graduation

Rep. Patrick Brennan, Sponsor of Bill

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.579 - An act relating to expanding the ability of a unified union district to operate and pay tuition

Rep. Linda J. Martin, Sponsor of Bill
Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Sponsor of Bill
Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Sponsor of Bill

2:30 PM

Legislative research

Proposed research topics for the remainder of this legislative session

Jackson Berman, Student, University of Vermont
Christopher Thomas, Student, University of Vermont
Frances Workman, Student, University of Vermont

3:00 PM

H.636 - An act relating to the payment of tuition by a unified union school district that designates one or more schools as the public high school of the district

Rep. Timothy Briglin, Sponsor of Bill

3:15 PM

H.516 - An act relating to the transfer of assets and debt belonging to merging school districts

Rep. Janet Ancel, Sponsor of Bill

4:00 PM

Vermont Principals' Association

Meeting in room 10

Paul Manna, Professor, College of William & Mary

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

9:30 AM

FLOOR

11:30 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Branagan amendment

Rep. Carolyn Whitney Branagan, Sponsor of amendment
Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Introduction

Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

12:00 PM

Republican Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic and Progressive Caucus

2:15 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Report on Act 179 of 2014, Sec. E.500.7. Special Education Expenditures

Karin Edwards, Director, Integrated Support for Learning, Agency of Education

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Data Reporting System

Report on Act 38 of 2009, an Act Relating to PreK-12 and Higher Education Partnerships, Sec. 3. Electronic Longitudinal Data System

Brian Townsend, Director of Information Systems, Agency of Education

10:00 AM

Act 46

Report on Act 46 of 2015, Sec. 49. Coordination of Educational and Social Services

Melissa Bailey, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Project Vision Rutland

Brian Kilcullen, Chief of Police, Rutland City Police Department
Joseph Kraus, Chair, Project Vision Rutland
Corinne Rodriguez, Project Vision Rutland
Scott Tucker, Captain, Rutland City Police Department

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:00 PM

Population-level Outcomes and Indicators

Rep. Anne Theresa O'Brien, Co-Chair, Government Accountability Committee

2:30 PM

H.594 - An act relating to side-by-side RED qualification

Rep. John L. Bartholomew, Sponsor of Bill

2:40 PM

H.601 - An act relating to allowing municipalities to retain certain types of education funding when the school district in that town merges

Rep. Willem Jewett, Sponsor of Bill

2:50 PM

H.652 - An act relating to school district reporting to the Agency of Education

Rep. Alyson Eastman, Sponsor of Bill

3:00 PM

H.664 - An act relating to entering into a statewide contract with public school teachers and capping teachers’ salaries

Rep. Ronald E. Hubert, Sponsor of Bill

3:10 PM

H.643 - An act relating to the right to appeal the State Board of Education’s determination of eligibility for a small schools support grant

Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Sponsor of Bill

3:20 PM

H.678 - An act relating to the manner in which average daily membership is computed for public high school students exercising school choice

Alison Clarkson, Sponsor of Bill
Rep. Peter J. Fagan, Sponsor of Bill

3:30 PM

H.679 - An act relating to the manner in which average daily membership is computed for public high school students exercising school choice

Rep. Alison H. Clarkson, Sponsor of Bill
Rep. Peter J. Fagan, Sponsor of Bill

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

H.694 - An act relating to responsibility for providing transportation services

Rep. William Botzow, Sponsor

9:10 AM

H.717 - An act relating to amendments to Act 46

Rep. Cynthia Browning, Sponsor

9:20 AM

H.745 - An act relating to a study of career technical education

Rep. Jean O'Sullivan, Sponsor
Rep. Valerie A. Stuart, Sponsor

9:30 AM

H.732 - An act relating to withdrawal from a union school district

Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor

9:40 AM

H.733 - An act relating to the ability of a school district to pay tuition to other schools

Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor

9:50 AM

H.731 - An act relating to expanding the ability of a unified union district to operate and pay tuition

Rep. Timothy Briglin, Sponsor
Rep. James Masland, Sponsor

10:00 AM

TBD

VEHI

Mark Hage, Member Benefits Director, Vermont-NEA/VEHI

11:00 AM

H.794 - An act relating to requiring voter approval of supervisory union budgets

Rep. Patti J. Lewis, Sponsor

11:10 AM

H.795 - An act relating to participation in public school activities by students enrolled in independent schools

Rep. Patti J. Lewis, Sponsor

11:20 AM

H.796 - An act relating to school safety and use of disciplinary action

Rep. Kesha K. Ram, Sponsor

11:30 AM

H.832 - An act relating to attracting and retaining Vermont’s next generation

Rep. Kesha K. Ram, Sponsor

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:15 PM

School Discipline

Exclusionary Discipline Response: response to written request of February 26, 2015 related to S.67.

Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education

3:00 PM

Budget

Agency of Education budget

William Talbott, Deputy Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

3:30 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Report of Act 46 of 2015, Section 46. Special Education; Funding; Average Daily Membership; Study and Proposal

William Talbott, Deputy Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.612 - An act relating to the licensure of speech-language pathologists and audiologists

Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Truancy Issues

Sue Cherry, Executive Director, Saint Johnsbury Community Restorative Justice Center
Leitha Cipriano, Executive Director, Center for Restorative Justice
Heather Hobart, Executive Director, Lamoille Restorative Center

11:30 AM

H.839 - An act relating to official State estimates for the Education Fund

Rep. Ann Manwaring, Sponsor

11:45 AM

H.840 - An act relating to the Education Fund Outlook

Rep. Ann Manwaring, Sponsor

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

11:15 AM

Next Generation Funding Programs

Pathways to post-secondary education for first generation Vermont students

Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont
Yasmine Ziesler, Chief Academic and Academic Technology Officer, Vermont State Colleges

12:00 PM

Republican Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic and Progressive Caucus

2:15 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Nathan Levenson, President, District Management Council
Meagan Roy, Director of Student Support Services, Chittenden South Supervisory Union
Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

3:30 PM

Teachers' Pensions and Retirement Benefits

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Sherry Carlson, Consultant, Vermont Birth to Five
Matt Levin, Executive Director, Early Childhood Alliance
Sonja Raymond, Executive Director, Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children

10:00 AM

Agency of Education

Budget

William Talbott, Deputy Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

10:30 AM

Farm to School

Joint meeting in room 11 with House and Senate Agriculture

Misse Axelrod, Northfield, Vermont
Wyatt Bannister, Bristol, Vermont
Todd Brown, Owner, Farmer Brown Farm
Susan Camp, Vermont Department of Health
Jack Carroll, Two Rivers Supervisory Union
Laura Collaro, Bristol, Vermont
Charlotte Crum, Bristol, Vermont
Doug Davis, Director, Food Service, Burlington School District
Genevieve Forand, Bristol, Vermont
Wesley Husk, Bristol, Vermont
Izzy Jackson, Northfield, Vermont
Amirah Lewis, Northfield, Vermont
Steve Marinelli, Milton School District
Patricia O'Reagan, Northfield, Vermont
Orrin Price, Northfield, Vermont
Zoe Ryan, Northfield, Vermont
Peg Sutlive, Bristol, Vermont
Ryan Torres, Philanthropic Advisor
Bruce Williams, Superintendent, Two Rivers Supervisory Union
Ali Zipparo, Farm to School Coordinator, Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

1:00 PM

FLOOR

1:30 PM

Agency of Education

Committee discussion on AOE budget

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

10:30 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Michael Giangreco, Professor of Education, University of Vermont

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

Act 46

School choice

Jason Gaddis, Parent, Windsor, VT

2:30 PM

Vermont State Colleges

Higher Education Proposals

Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges

3:30 PM

Results Oriented Program Approval

"ROPA"

Tricia Coates, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
Steve Owens, Member, Vermont Standards Board for Professional Educators

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Community High School of Vermont

Wilhelmina Picard, Director of Corrections Education, Community High School of Vermont

1:00 PM

Higher Education Proposals

Finance

Ben Johnson, President, American Federation of Teachers

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Education Issues

Martha Allen, President, Vermont National Education Association
Marielle Blais, Teacher, Otter Valley Union High School
Anne Koplieka-Loehr, Teacher, Brattleboro Area Middle School
Patty Pomerleau, Teacher, Weathersfield School
Joyce Sullivan, Retired Teacher, Putney, VT

11:00 AM

Career and Technical Education

Brent Kay, Superintendent, Orange SouthWest Supervisory Union

12:00 PM

Republican Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic and Progressive Caucus

2:15 PM

H.846 - An act relating to making changes to the calculation of the statewide education property tax

Rep. Scott Beck, Sponsor

3:30 PM

Community College of Vermont

Move Up 802

Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont
Heather Weinstein, Dean of Students, Community College of Vermont

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Recovery Day

Amy Boyd-Austin, Director, Collegiate Recovery on Campus
Michael Johnson, Director, Turning Point Recovery Center, Springfield

9:30 AM

Adult Technical Education

Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
Michele Kupersmith, Workforce, Education and Training Coordinator, Department of Labor
Jay Ramsey, Director, Career and Technical Education, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Governor's Education Finance Proposals

Lucy Leriche, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
Janet McLaughlin, Special Projects Director, Vermont Community Foundation
Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
John Pelletier, Director, Center for Financial Literacy, Champlain College
James Pepper, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Policy Advisor, Governor's Office

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Expanded Learning Opportunities

Jessop Burrow, Student, Leland and Gray Union Middle and High School
Thara Fuller, Program Director, 21st Century Community Learning Center
Ashley Hescock, Student, Leland and Gray Union Middle and High School
Kaylah Jacobs, Student, Leland and Gray Union Middle and High School
Holly Morehouse, Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.

10:15 AM

Results Oriented Program Approval

"ROPA"

Tricia Coates, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges

10:30 AM

Joint Assembly -Election of Trustees of Vermont State Colleges

11:15 AM

H.846 - An act relating to making changes to the calculation of the statewide education property tax

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

Governor's Education Finance Proposals

William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Career and Technical Education

DR 16-831

James DesMarais, Legal Counsel, Legislative Council

Next

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Draft 1.1

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

11:00 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Barbara Brody, Teacher, Peoples Academy
Lisa Grout, Teacher, North Country Union High School
Chris Halpin, Para-educator, Essex High School
James Pape, Teacher, Winooski School District
Molly Pratt, Teacher, Arlington Memorial High School
Alison Sylvester, Teacher, Springfield School District

11:30 AM

Deaf Awareness

Report of the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf/Blind Advisory Council in room 11

Steven Florio, President, NASADHH
Bill Hudson, Senior Counselor for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
Monica Hutt, Commission, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

12:00 PM

Republican Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic Party and Progressive Party Caucuses

2:15 PM

Career and Technical Education

D. Lynn Coale, Director, Hannaford Career Center
Michael Lawler, Director, Southwest Vermont Career Development Center
Bruce Lee-Clark, Pre-Law Instructor, Southwest Vermont Career Development Center
Robert Travers, Director, Center for Technology, Essex

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Sherrie Brunelle, Paralegal, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
Marilyn Mahusky, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
Meagan Roy, Director of Student Support Services, Chittenden South Supervisory Union
Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

10:00 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

SWIFT program

Marisa Duncan-Holley, Special Education Director, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
Beth Hemingway, Director of Student Support Services, Grand Isle Supervisory Union
Wendy Pierce, Special Education Director, Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union

11:00 AM

Career and Technical Education

Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
Michele Kupersmith, Workforce, Education and Training Coordinator, Department of Labor

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

Governor's Education Finance Proposals

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Governor's Education Finance Proposals

Cindy Cole, Director of School Psychological Services, Chittenden South Supervisory Union
Karin Edwards, Director, Student Support, Agency of Education
Michele Kupersmith, Workforce, Education and Training Coordinator, Department of Labor
Lucy Leriche, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
Sherry Schoenberg, Co-Director, Vermont Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
Cassandra Townshend, Co-Director, Vermont Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

11:30 AM

Governor's Education Finance Proposals

Tricia Coates, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
Wendy Koenig, Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont

1:00 PM

FLOOR

2:00 PM

Career and Technical Education

Timothy Murphy, Teacher, Randolph Technical Career Center
William Sugarman, Former Director, Randolph Technical Career Center

2:30 PM

Prekindergarten Education

Act 166 Update

Donarae Dawson, President Elect, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

3:00 PM

Dual enrollment

Act 77 Update

Donarae Dawson, President Elect, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association

3:30 PM

Vermont Technical College

Dan Smith, President, Vermont Technical College

4:00 PM

Governor's Education Finance Proposals

Committee discussion

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Lumina Foundation Meeting

Advance Vermont - A Call to Action, 70% by 2025
at the Capital Plaza, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Hearing Type

Standard

-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

The General Assembly is on break for Town Meeting week.

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Rep. Adam Greshin, Sponsor of Bill, House Committee on Ways and Means

12:00 PM

Republican Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic and Progressive Caucus

2:15 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

William Anton, Principal, Dover School
Laura Jakubowski, President Elect, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
Nathan Levenson, President, District Management Council
Cheryl Scarzello, President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
Alison Sullivan, Teacher, Dover School
Richard Werner, Chair, Dover School Board

4:00 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Act 166 and Head Start

Christy Swenson-Robertson, Assistant Director, Head Start, Capstone Community Action

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

10:00 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Ned Kirsch, Superintendent, Franklin West Supervisory Union

10:30 AM

Bill Signing Ceremony

Governor's signing of the sick leave bill in the well of the House

11:00 AM

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Peter Griffin, Legislative Council, Office of Legislative Council
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Tammy Kolbe, Assistant Professor, University of Vermont

3:00 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Karin Edwards, Director, Integrated Support for Learning, Agency of Education
Kate Rogers, School Support/ Essential Early Education Consultant, Agency of Education

Hearing Type

Standard

8:30 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Elaine Pinckney, Superintendent, Chittenden South Supervisory Union

10:30 AM

H.637 - An act relating to the requirement to pass a civics test for high school graduation

Lucian Spataro, Legislative Liaison, Rathner and Associates

11:15 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Mark-up and vote

James DesMarais, Legal Counsel, Legislative Council

3:00 PM

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Rep. Adam Greshin, House Committee on Ways and Means
Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Rep. Patricia Komline, House Committee on Ways and Means
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Rep. Christopher Pearson, Sponsor of amendment
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

1:00 PM

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Amendments to be considered

Rep. Scott Beck, Sponsor of amendment
Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Rep. Ann Manwaring, Sponsor of amendment
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
William Talbott, Deputy Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

12:00 PM

Republican Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic and Progressive Caucus

2:30 PM

Teachers' Pensions and Retirement Benefits

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

3:30 PM

H.831 - An act relating to public school choice

Rep. Robert Bancroft, Sponsor of Bill

4:00 PM

H.770 - An act relating to municipal funding for education expenses

Mark Barlow, Board Member, Burlington School District
Rep. Kurt Wright, Sponsor of Bill

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

School Choice

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

10:00 AM

H.830 - An act relating to bullying

Robert Appel, Esq.
Anne Venturo, Parent, Essex

11:00 AM

Break

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Mental Health Advocacy Day

Todd Bauman, Director of Children and Youth Services, Northwestern Counseling and Support Services
Peter Espenshade, President, Vermont Association for Mental Health and Addiction Recovery
Matt Habedank, Program Manager, Northwestern Counseling and Support Services
Joellen Tarallo-Falk, Executive Director, Center for Health and Learning and VT Suicide Prevention Center

10:00 AM

Governor's Education Finance Proposals

William Talbott, Deputy Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education

10:30 AM

Joint Assembly

Judicial Retention

11:30 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Act 60 and equity

Paul Cillo, President, Public Assets Institute

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

1:00 PM

School Choice

Alison Anand, Teacher, Richmond
James B. Anderson, Parent, Chittenden
Michael Bimm, Parent, Montgomery
Ann Marie Dryden, Resident, Elmore
Rick Gordon, Director, Compass School
Jan Miller, Resident, Elmore
Rep. Donald Turner, Minority Leader
Matt Young, Parent, Lyndon
Tiffany Young, Parent, Lyndon

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Education Structure and Finance

Act 153 and Act 156

Rep. Timothy Briglin

12:00 PM

Republican Caucus

1:15 PM

Democratic and Progressive Caucus

2:15 PM

Career and Technical Education

With written testimony from Jay Nichols, Superintendent, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union, and Mary Moran, Superintendent, Rutland City School District.

Brent Kay, Superintendent, Orange SouthWest Supervisory Union

3:00 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Amendments from House Appropriations.

Rep. Anne Theresa O'Brien, House Committee on Appropriations

3:30 PM

FY2017 State Budget Proposal

Presentation of overview in the well of the House

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Audit Report

Equalized pupils

Greg Glennon, General Counsel, Agency of Education
Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office
Linda Lambert, Director of IT and Performance Audits, State Auditor's Office
William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner and CFO, Agency of Education

10:00 AM

Prekindergarten Education

Recent reports from the Agencies of Education and Human Services.

Wendy Geller, Director of Analysis and Data Management, Agency of Education
Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children & Families
Melissa Riegel-Garrett, Prekindergarten Coordinator, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Governor's Committee for the Employment of People with Disabilities (GCEPD)

Kenneth Ballard, Board Member, Governor's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities
Hugh Bradshaw, Employment Services Manager, VocRehab Vermont, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living

11:45 AM

Public Comment

Terry Cushing, Resident, Woodbury

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Teacher evaluation

Taite Clark, Student, Sharon Academy
Michael Livingston, Head of School, Sharon Academy
Kate Sensenich, School Counselor, Sharon Academy
Brian Tonks, Assistant Head of School, Sharon Academy

10:00 AM

H.830 - An act relating to bullying

Walk through of amendment.

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Greg Glennon, General Counsel, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Education Structure and Finance

Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union - Vermont

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

After the floor

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Amendments

Rep. Cynthia Browning, Sponsor of amendment
Rep. Peter J. Fagan, House Committee on Appropriations
Rep. Oliver Olsen, Sponsor of amendment
Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of amendment

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of amendment

10:00 AM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Income Sensitivity

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

10:00 AM

Legislative research

School choice project

Evan Leonard, Student, Vermont Legislative Research Service, UVM

10:30 AM

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Amendment

Rep. Cynthia Browning, Sponsor of amendment

12:30 PM

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Olsen and Sibilia Amendment

Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of amendment

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Dual enrollment

AOE report.

Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

10:00 AM

Speech and Language Professionals

Greg Glennon, General Counsel, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Rowland Foundation

Charles Scranton, Executive Director, Rowland Foundation

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

Speech and Language Professionals

Testimony on licensing.

Wendy Adams, Speech Language Pathologist, Orange North Supervisory Union
Lisa Durstin, Immediate Past President, Vermont Speech-Language Hearing Association
Leigh Stockton, Speech Language Pathologist, Waitsfield Elementary School
Wendy Teller-Elsberg, Speech Language Pathologist, Dothan Brook School
Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

Speech and Language Professionals

Colin Benjamin, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
Christopher Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

2:15 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Licensing Title 26 Professionals

Joel Cook, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
Steven John, Chair, Vermont Standards Board for Professional Educators
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

11:30 AM

Education Finance

Andrea Ogilvie, Board Member, Brewster Pierce School

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Licensing Title 26 Professionals

Patricia Prelock, Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Vermont

11:00 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Kathleen Kourebanas, Parent

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

11:30 AM

Adult Education and Literacy

Room 11

Ahlam Al Attar, English Language Learner, Chittenden County
Trevor Collins, Student, High School Completion, Rutland County
Carly Duval, Student, Essential Skills, Rutland County
Jilian Learned, Student, High School Completion, Chittenden County
Pixie Loomis, Executive Director, Vermont Adult Learning
Tom Temple, Student, Essential Skills, Rutland County

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

2:15 PM

S.241 - An act relating to regulation of marijuana

Margo Austin, Student Assistance Program Counselor, Burlington High School
Harry Chen, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health
Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Jerry Otero, Youth Policy Manager, Drug Policy Alliance Network
Matt Simon, Legislative Analyst, Marijuana Policy Project

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Field Trip

Full day visit to the Randolph Technical Career Center and Vermont Technical College

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

H.830 - An act relating to bullying

Bernice Garnett, Professor of Education, University of Vermont
Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission

10:00 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Sherrie Brunelle, Paralegal, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
Roy Gerstenberger, Director, Developmental Disabilities Services Division, Department of Disabilities, Aging & Independent Living
Kathleen Kourebanas, Parent

11:00 AM

H.830 - An act relating to bullying

Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

11:00 AM

Committee Discussion

Agenda planning

1:00 PM

Career and Technical Education

Joint meeting with House Commerce and Economic Development in room 11.

Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Michele Kupersmith, Workforce, Education and Training Coordinator, Department of Labor
Sherry Lussier, Director, Green Mountain Technology and Career Center
Pat Moulton , Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
Annie Noonan, Commissioner, Department of Labor

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

40% Rule

Thomas Sullivan, President, University of Vermont

10:00 AM

FLOOR

Extended floor time

Noon

Lunch and Caucuses

After the floor

FLOOR

Extended floor time

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

H.830 - An act relating to bullying

Heather Thomas Lynn, Legal Counsel, Vermont School Boards Insurance Trust

10:00 AM

Education Governance

William Talbott, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education

11:00 AM

Portability

Mr. Johnson testified on behalf of Linda Olson, Vice-President for Higher Education, American Federation of Teachers.

Tricia Coates, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Ben Johnson, President, American Federation of Teachers and VT AFL-CIO
Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Act 46

How students are counted.

Brooke Dingledine , School Board Member, Orange SouthWest Supervisory Union
Brent Kay, Superintendent, Orange SouthWest Supervisory Union
Sen. Mark A. MacDonald, Orange County

1:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

10:00 AM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

12:00 PM

Lunch and Caucuses

2:15 PM

FLOOR

Extended floor time expected

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

JRH27 - Joint resolution requesting federal action to alleviate the national student loan debt crisis

Tricia Coates, Director of External and Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

10:00 AM

Career and Technical Education

Kathleen Finck, Former Director, Essex Technical Career Center
Richard Flies, Former Director, North Country Career Center
Joseph Teegarden, Former Director, Green Mountain Technology and Career Center

11:00 AM

Education Reform Efforts

Report on the Center for Creative Solutions at Marlboro College's spring meeting on Equity, Excellence, and Value in Public Education

Felicity Ratte, Director, Center for Creative Solutions, Marlboro College

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

Education Finance

How students are counted.

Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education

10:00 AM

JRH27 - Joint resolution requesting federal action to alleviate the national student loan debt crisis

Chris D'Elia, President, Vermont Bankers' Association
Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

10:30 AM

H.376 - An act relating to the limitation of food and beverage advertising on public elementary school grounds

Alana Chriest, Student, University of Vermont

11:30 AM

Committee Discussion

Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

1:00 PM

FLOOR

After the floor

JRH27 - Joint resolution requesting federal action to alleviate the national student loan debt crisis

Michael Chernick, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

3:00 PM

H.280 - An act relating to amending the State Board of Education rules on school lighting requirements

Vote on the Senate's amendment

Hearing Type

Standard

9:00 AM

JRH27 - Joint resolution requesting federal action to alleviate the national student loan debt crisis

Vote

9:30 AM

FLOOR

After the floor

TBD

Hearing Type

Standard

2:00 PM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

10:45 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

3:30 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

An update

3:45 PM

H.853 - An act relating to setting the nonresidential property tax rate, the property dollar equivalent yield, and the income dollar equivalent yield for fiscal year 2017, and other education changes

An update

Hearing Type

Standard

9:30 AM

FLOOR

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2015-2016 Session

House Committee on Education (Room 32)

The House Committee on Education considers matters relating to arts, libraries, literary and scientific subjects and education.

Previous Meetings - Full Report

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

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Friday, January 9, 2015

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

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Friday, January 16, 2015

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

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Friday, January 23, 2015

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

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