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Senate Committee on Education (Room 28)

The Senate Committee on Education has jurisdiction over matters relating to education, libraries, and literary or scientific subjects.

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Previous Meetings - Full Report

Summary Report
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

Senate Convenes

Thursday, January 8, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

Joint Assembly

Receive Report of the Canvassing Committee-Governor's Election

1:30 PM

Joint Assembly

Administering Oaths and Governor's Inaugural Message

Friday, January 9, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Senate Floor

2:30 PM

Education Reform Efforts

House Chamber

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:00 PM

Children's Savings Accounts

  • Dr. Elliot
1:30 PM

Committee

Planning Meeting

3:00 PM

Vermont Independent Schools

Introduction

  • Mill Moore, Executive Director, Vermont Independent Schools Association
3:30 PM

Education Issues

Major Problems/Possible Solutions

  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
4:00 PM

Education Issues

Education Funding

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-1, 2, 3
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Senate Floor

2:00 PM

Education Issues

Major Problems/Possible Solutions

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
2:45 PM

Education Issues

Major Problems/Possible Solutions

  • Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
3:30 PM

Education Finance Working Group

Final Report- Joint meeting with House Education in Senate Chambers

  • William Johnson, Co-Chair, Education Finance Working Group
  • Neale Lunderville
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-4
Meeting Record
1:30 AM

Senate Convenes

2:00 PM

Governor's Budget Address

Joint Assembly

After Governor's Budget Address

Johnson State College

Presentations from Senator Doyle's Johnson State College Class

  • Brennan Blair, Student, Johnson State College
  • Lizandra Bonilla, Student, Johnson State College
  • Sam Christoni, Student, Johnson State College
  • Brittany Csik, Student, Johnson State College
  • Dale Glass, Student, Johnson State College
  • Kassidee Griffith, Student, Johnson State College
  • Chris Magani, Student, Johnson State College
  • Gloria Morrison, Student, Johnson State College
  • Nicholas Peoe, Student, Johnson State College
  • Brittany Richardson, Student, Johnson State College
  • Jacob Rosenski, Student, Johnson State College
Followed By

Agenda Planning Meeting

Friday, January 16, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-5, 6
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:45 PM

Education Issues

Major Problems/Possible Solutions

  • Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
2:15 PM

Education Issues

Major Problems/Possible Solutions

  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
3:15 PM

Education Issues

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-7, 8, 9
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:00 PM

Council of State Governments

Introduction and Regional Resources

  • Kaylan Sobel, Policy Analyst for Health and Education
1:30 PM

Education Tax Rates

and Education Finance

  • Candace Morgan, Director of Policy, Outreach and Legislative Affairs, Vermont Department of Taxes
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
2:30 PM

Governance Structure for Education

Overview

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-10, 11
Meeting Record
1:30 AM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Education Issues

Legislative Agenda- State Board of Education Strategic Plan

  • William Mathis, Chair, Legislative Committee, Vermont State Board of Education
  • Stephan Morse, Chair, Vermont State Board of Education
  • Mark Perrin, Board Member, State Board of Education
3:00 PM

Expanded Learning Opportunities

  • Karen Heath, Member, Prek-16 Council
  • Holly Morehouse, Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
3:30 PM

Data Reporting System

  • Brian Townsend, Director of Information Systems, Agency of Education
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-12, 13, 14
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Trends in Special Education Costs

  • Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
2:00 PM

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
3:00 PM

Education Issues

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Friday, January 23, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-15, 16
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:00 PM

Campaign for Vermont

Joint Meeting with House Education Committee in Rm 10

  • Thomas Pelham
2:00 PM

Economic Outlook

Joint Briefing with the House Education Committee in Room10

  • Tom Kavet, Economist, Kavet, Rockler and Associates
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-17, 18, 19
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Overview

Operating & Non-Operating Districts, Independent Schools and Tuition

  • Aaron Brodeur, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:30 PM

Education Funding

in Select Countries

  • Liam McRae, Legislative Intern, Bennington College
3:30 PM

Education Structure and Finance

Accountable Education Funding Proposal

  • Heidi Spear, Chair, School Board
4:00 PM

Committee Discussion

Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-20, 21, 22
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Education Issues

Technical Centers

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:00 PM

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation Update

Joint Briefing with the House Education Committee in Room 10

  • Scott Giles, President and CEO, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
3:00 PM

Agency of Education

Special Education- Update and
Report on Act 179 of 2014. Sec. E.500.7 Special Education Expenditures: Pilot Program

  • Karin Edwards, Agency of Education
3:30 PM

Education Issues

Small School Grants, Phantom Schools Grants and Funding Formulas

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-23, 24, 25
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Structure and Finance

  • Paul Cillo, President, Public Assets Institute
2:30 PM

Trends in Special Education Costs

  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
3:30 PM

Farm to School

Impact of Farm to School on Education Outcomes

  • Faye Comte, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Luke Foley, Educator, Northfield
  • Abbie Nelson, Co-Director, VT FEED and Shelburne Farms
  • Betsy Rosenbluth, Project Director, Vermont FEED
4:00 AM

Vermont Principals Association Executive Council

Joint Meeting and Reception with the House Education Committee in Room 10

  • 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
Friday, January 30, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-26, 27
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Lessons Learned

Overview of H.883 (2014) concepts

  • Rep. Johannah Donovan
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:00 PM

Education Reform Efforts

Governor's Education Recommendations

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Aly Richards, Dir. of Special Projects & Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Governor
3:00 PM

Agency of Education

Standardized Tests- Primer, No Child Left Behind

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-28, 29, 30
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Governance

  • Andrew Pond, Chair, Bolton School Board
2:30 PM

Vermonters for Schools and Community

  • Susan Clark, Steering Committee Member
  • Beth Holtzman, Steering Committee Member
  • Amy Shollenberger
  • Marty Strange, Steering Committee Member
  • Chris Tormey, Steering Committee Member
3:30 PM

Education Governance

Union School District Formation, REDs and Incentives for REDs and Other Collaboration

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-31, 32
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Prekindergarten Education

Report on Act 166 Regions

  • Karin Edwards, Director, Student Support, Agency of Education
  • Manuela Fonseca, School Support/Early Education Coordinator, Agency of Education
2:30 PM

Green Mountain Imperative

  • Lisa Ventriss, President, Vermont Business Roundtable
3:30 PM

Governor's Education Proposals

Fiscal Analysis

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Aly Richards, Dir. of Special Projects & Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Governor
4:00 PM

Agency of Education

Supervisory Union Chart

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-33, 34, 35
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Finance

VASBO

  • Grant Geisler, President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
  • Robert Mason, Chief Operating Officer, Chittenden South Supervisory Union
  • Rick Pembroke, Chief Financial Officer, Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union
2:30 PM

Committee Discussion

  • Stephen Klein, Chief Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
3:00 PM

School Business Practices

Buying Consortium for Schools

  • Chris Locarno, Business Manager, Orange North Supervisory Union
  • Martin Spaulding, Facilities Director, Lamoille Union High School
4:00 PM

Brigham Decision

Overview- Joint meeting with the House Education Committee in Room 10

  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, February 6, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-36, 37, 38
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:00 PM

Vermont State Colleges

Joint Meeting with the House Education Committee in Room 10

  • Ben Adkins, 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
  • Phil Duprey, Student and Veteran, Community College of Vermont
  • Lyle Jepson, Dean of Entrepreneurial Programs, Castleton State College
  • Leslie Kanat, Program Director, Johnson State College
  • Tom O'Keiff, Alum, Vermont Technical College
  • Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
  • Crispin White, Director of the Center for Community Engagement
2:00 PM

Education Issues

Joint Meeting with the Senate Finance Committee in Room 10

Issues, Opportunities, Challenges and Proposed Solutions Associated with Vermont's Current School Governance and Funding Systems

South Burlington School District

  • Patrick Burke, Principal, South Burlington High School
  • David Young, Superintendent, South Burlington School District

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Chittenden East

  • John Alberghini, Superintendent
  • Sue Aldrich, Board Chair
  • Michael Berry, Principal, Richmond
  • Adam Bunting, Principal
  • Michael Marks, Board Member
  • Mike Martin, Director of Curriculum and Technology
  • Jon Milazzo, Board Chair, Mount Mansfield Unified Union District
  • Michael Weston, Principal, Mount Mansfield Union High School

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Washington Central Supervisory Union

  • Steve Dellinger-Pate, Principal, Union-32 High School
  • Bill Kimball, Superintendent
  • Chris Rice, Board Chair, Berlin
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-39, 40
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Governance

Possible Ideas for Consideration in Legislation

  • Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, General Counsel, Vermont School Boards Association
2:00 PM

Vermont State Library

Consequences of FY 2016 Budget- Possible loss of State Law Library

  • Martha Reid, State Librarian, Department of Libraries
2:30 PM

College Savings Plan Report

529 College Tuition Plan

  • Tom Little, Vice-President and General Counsel, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  • Sara Teachout, Senior Fiscal Analyst: Revenue & Tax, Joint Fiscal Office
3:00 PM

Governor's Education Proposals

Draft Bill of Governor's Education Agenda

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
4:30 PM

Chairs' Meeting

Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-41, 42
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Committee Bill

Overview of House Education Committee Bill and Differences with Governor's Proposals

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:30 PM

Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative

  • Peter Drescher, Education Technology Coordinator, Agency of Education
  • Scott Farr, Superintendent Director, Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative
  • Jeanice Garfield, Member
  • Jeffrey Renard, Director, Vermont Virtual Learning Cooperative
3:15 PM

Special Education

  • Michael Giangreco, Professor of Education, University of Vermont
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-43, 44, 45
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Agency of Education

Innovation Practices Implementing EQS and Act 77

  • John Fischer, Deputy Secretary, Transformation & Innovation, Agency of Education
  • David Ruff, Executive Director, Great Schools Partnership
2:00 PM

Education Issues

Student Comment

  • Lachlan Francis, Graduate, Brattleboro Union High School
  • Victoria Howard, Student, Bellows Free Academy Fairfax
2:30 PM

Community High School of Vermont

Proposal to Cut Back

  • Lisa Menard, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections
  • Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
3:30 PM

Agency of Education

Report and Update on Current Mergers and Red Activities

  • Vaughn Altemus, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
4:00 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

  • Daniel Regan, Dean of Academic Affairs, Johnson State College
  • Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
  • Sen. Richard Westman
4:30 PM

S.67 - An act relating to school discipline reform

  • Jay Diaz, Poverty Law Project Fellow, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Jenny Prosser, Office of Legislative Council
  • Sen. Dick Sears, Sponsor
Friday, February 13, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-46, 47
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Vermont Adult Learning

  • Linda Bergeron
  • Adriano Capieu
  • Raulca Cristea
  • Kayce Gordon
  • Janelle Hewitt
  • Robert Long
  • Ericka Paine
2:00 PM

Committee Bill

Educational Achievement in Vermont

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
3:00 PM

Agency of Education

Teacher Licensing and Evaluation

  • Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-48, 49, 50
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Issues

The Broad Diversity of Vermont School Districts

  • Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association

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Orange-Windsor/Windsor Northwest Supervisory Union

  • Geo Honigford, Royalton School Board
  • Bruce Labs, Superintendent

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Orange East Supervisory Union

  • Beth Cobb, Superintendent
  • Paul Jewett, Newbury School Board

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Addison Central Supervisory

  • Rick Scott, Member, Bridport and UD#3 School Boards

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Franklin Central Supervisory Union

  • Kevin Dirth, Superintendent
  • Jim Farr, St. Albans City School Board
3:00 PM

Miscellaneous Education Bill

Re: Yield Provisions of House Education Bill

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
4:00 PM

Special Education Funding

Proposal for an Alternate funding method by ADM

  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-51, 52, 53, 53, 54, 55
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Issues

Rising Health Care Costs and Implications for School Budgets

  • Laura Soares, Vermont Education Health Initiative
2:00 PM

S.67 - An act relating to school discipline reform

Witness Testimony

  • Sue Cherry, Director, St. Johnsbury Community Justice Center
  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jay Diaz, Poverty Law Project Fellow, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Wendy Geller, Data and Research Director, Agency of Education
  • Nicole Mace, Research Coordinator, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
  • Jill Remick, Communications Director, Agency of Education
  • Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
  • Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
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

Witnesses, mark-up and Possible Vote

  • Patricia Coates, Director of External and Government Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
4:00 PM

S.67 - An act relating to school discipline reform

Committee Discussion

Thursday, February 19, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-56, 57, 58
Meeting Record
10:30 AM

Joint Assembly

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

1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Vermont Afterschool

  • Ginny Burley, Chair, Vermont Afterschool
  • Barb Russ, Director, 21st Century Community Learning Center
  • Suzanne Skaflestad, Director, Open Doors Program
2:00 PM

Committee Discussion

3:00 PM

S.67 - An act relating to school discipline reform

Discussion, Possible Amendments, Mark up

  • Jenny Prosser, Office of Legislative Council
3:30 PM

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

  • Adam Bunting, Principal, Montpelier High School
  • Sen. Bill Doyle, Minority Leader
  • Mairead Harris, Teacher, Stowe High School
  • Emily Hong Yue Guo, President, SPIRAL International
  • Jeff Maher, Principal, Stowe High School
  • Anne Watson, Montpelier High School
4:00 PM

S.74 - An act relating to binding arbitration for school teachers and administrators and for municipal employees

  • Damien Leonard, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Sen. Michael Sirotkin
4:30 PM

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

  • Patricia Coates, Director of External and Government Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
  • Jenny Prosser, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, February 20, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-59, 60
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Child Poverty Council Report

  • Jay Diaz, Poverty Law Project Fellow, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Sen. Dick McCormack
2:15 PM

S.67 - An act relating to school discipline reform

  • Karin Edwards, Director Integrated Support for Learning, Agency of Education
2:45 PM

S.67 - An act relating to school discipline reform

  • Jay Diaz, Poverty Law Project Fellow, Vermont Legal Aid
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-61,62,63
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

S.67 - An act relating to school discipline reform

Witness Comment and Committee Discussion

  • Nicole Mace, Research Coordinator, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jenny Prosser, Office of Legislative Council
  • Jill Remick, Communications Director, Agency of Education
  • Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
2:30 PM

Education Issues

Access to Quality Educators

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality
3:30 PM

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

  • Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
3:45 PM

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

Markup and Possible Vote

  • Jenny Prosser, Office of Legislative Council
Followed By

Committee Discussion

Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-65, 66, 67
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Education Issues

NEA members- Meeting in Room 10- Hearing the Perspective of Active Teachers

  • Martha Allen, President, Vermont National Education Association
  • Kathleen Bassett Cramer, Alburgh School
  • Chris Halpin, Essex High
  • Carl Johnson, Gilman Middle School
  • Kate LaRiviere, Monkton School
  • Armand Messier, Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans
  • Dotty E. Ricks, The Concord School
  • Alison Sylvester, Springfield
  • Donald Tinney, Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans
4:15 PM

S.67 - An act relating to school discipline reform

More Testimony, Markup and Possible Vote

  • Jay Diaz, Poverty Law Project Fellow, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Jenny Prosser, Office of Legislative Council
  • Jill Remick, Communications Director, Agency of Education
4:45 PM

Student Privacy

  • Chuck Davins
  • Kim Douse, Parent
  • Heather Stalling, Teacher
5:00 PM

Committee Discussion

Thursday, February 26, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-67, 68
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

S.74 - An act relating to binding arbitration for school teachers and administrators and for municipal employees

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • David Young, Superintendent, South Burlington School District
2:00 PM

Committee Discussion

& Agenda Planning

3:00 PM

Agency of Education

Committee Questions

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary
Friday, February 27, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-69, 70, 71
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Senate Floor

1:00 PM

S.74 - An act relating to binding arbitration for school teachers and administrators and for municipal employees

  • Nicole Mace, Research Coordinator, Vermont School Boards Association
1:30 PM

Education Governance

  • Vaughn Altemus, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • John Castle, Superintendent, North Country Supervisory Union
2:00 PM

S.74 - An act relating to binding arbitration for school teachers and administrators and for municipal employees

  • Steve Jeffrey, Executive Director, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
2:45 PM

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

Overview as Passed by House Education

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record

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The Vermont General Assembly is on Break During the Town Meeting Recess. No Committee Meetings are Scheduled.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-72, 73
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Issues

Mental Health Services in Schools under the Success Beyond Six Umbrella-A Rural and Urban Perspective

  • Michael Curtis, Director of Child, Youth &  Family Services, Washington County Mental Health
  • Tim Francke, Principal, Orange Center School
  • Cara Gleason, School Services Supervisor, HowardCenter
  • Tiffiny Hubbard , Director of School Services, Washington County Mental Health
  • Catherine Simonson, Director of Child, Youth &  Family Services, Howard Center
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-74
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

S.74 - An act relating to binding arbitration for school teachers and administrators and for municipal employees

  • Daniel French, Superintendent, Bennington-Rutland SU
  • Jay Nichols, Superintendent, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
  • Ben O'Brien, President, Professional Firefighters of Vermont
  • Rama Schneider, Board Member, Williamstown
Followed By

Vermont Insights Project

Building Bright Futures

  • Julie Coffey, Executive Director, Building Bright Futures
  • Kathleen Eaton Paterson, Co-Director, Building Bright Futures
  • Dave Lapointe, Co-Director, Building Bright Futures
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-75, 76, 77
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

S.118 - An act relating to remedial education for postsecondary students

  • Sen. Brian Campion
  • Jill Remick, Communications Director, Agency of Education
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Yasmine Zeisler, Chief Academic and Academic Technology Officer, Vermont State Colleges
Followed By

S. - An act relating to ecucation; governance; education funding; small schools grants; phanton pupils

Possible Senate Version of Governance Bill

  • Sen. Philip Baruth
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
3:30 PM

University of Vermont

Update

  • Thomas Sullivan, President, University of Vermont
4:00 PM

S.111 - 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

  • Sen. Joe Benning
  • Damien Leonard, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, March 13, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-78, 79
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

S. - An act relating to providing alternative education services to a student during a period of expulsion

Draft Committee Bill- Students Who are Expelled and/or Suspended to be put on Education Plans so they can Continue their Education Away from School

  • Sen. Brian Campion
  • Roi Karlinsky, Student, Bennington College
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Ben Simpson, Legislative Intern
2:15 AM

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

Sections 2-7

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Followed By

S. - An act relating to ecucation; governance; education funding; small schools grants; phanton pupils

Continued Introduction

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-080, 81
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Integrated Family Services

  • Susan Bartlett, Special Projects Coordinator, Agency of Human Services
  • Todd Bauman, Division Director, Northwestern Counseling and Support Services
  • Cheryle Bilodeau, Integrated Family Services Director, Agency of Human Services
  • Charlie Biss, Director of the Children, Adolescent and Family Unit, Department of Mental Health
  • Cheryl Huntley, Director of Children's Services, Counseling Service of Addison County
  • Carol Maloney, Director of Systems Integration, Agency of Human Services
3:15 PM

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

Section 17 as passed by House Education with proposed amendments being discussed

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-82, 83, 84
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

Section 17

  • Steve Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Brooke Dingledine , School Board Member, Randolph
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Brent Kay, Superintendent, Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union
  • William Mathis, Vermont State Board of Education
  • Erica McLaughlin, Principal, Randolph Elementary School
  • Stephan Morse, Chair, Vermont Board of Education
  • Peter Peltz
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-85, 86, 87
Meeting Record
10:30 AM

Joint Assembly

Judicial Retention

1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

Section 17 Continued

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Beth Holtzman, Steering Committee Member, Vermonters for Schools and Community
  • Chris Tormey, Steering Committee Member, Vermonters for Schools and Community
3:15 PM

Agency of Education

Confirmation of Secretary

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Friday, March 20, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-88
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Collective Bargaining

Side-by-side of pending bills and comparison with laws of New England states

  • Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Followed By

Committee Discussion

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-89, 90
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

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

Education Finance Perspectives

  • Thomas Pelham, Commissioner
2:30 PM

S.142 - An act relating to portability of Vermont Student Assistance Corporation grants and scholarships

  • Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  • Tom Little, Vice-President and General Counsel, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  • Linda Olson, President, Vermont State Colleges Faculty Federation
  • Sen. Anthony Pollina
  • Jenny Prosser, Office of Legislative Council
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
Followed By

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

Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-91, 92
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

Side-by-side of H.361 section 17 and other draft governance change sections

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-93, 94
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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
Friday, March 27, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-95, 96
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

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

Committee Discussion

  • Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-97, 98, 99
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

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

Business Perspective

  • John Alberghini, Superintendent, Chittenden East Supervisory Union
  • Marilyn Fredericks, Business Manager, Lamoille North Supervisory Union
  • Steve Hier, Business Manager, Springfield School District
2:30 PM

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

Committee Discussion- possible committee bill

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
3:45 PM

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

  • Victoria Capitani, Vice Chair, Dover Select Board
  • Richard Werner, Chair, Dover School Board
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-100, 101
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

Committee Discussion

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • William Mathis, Chair, Legislative Committee, Vermont State Board of Education
  • Jenny Prosser, Office of Legislative Council
4:00 PM

Autism Awareness

Adverse Effect in Special Education Eligibility Requirements

  • Philip Eller, Executive Director, Special Needs Support Center
  • Michal Ricca, Parent, Williston, VT
  • Brian Ricca, Parent, Williston, VT
  • Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Ernest Wheeler, Special Education Monitoring, Agency of Education
4:30 PM

Autism Awareness

Internationally acclaimed author speaking on the topic "Unlimited Potential" in cafeteria followed by a reception

  • Stephen Shore, Professor, Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-102
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

Committee Discussion

3:15 PM

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

Advantages and Disadvantages of SUs vs SDs

  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
4:00 PM

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

  • Alison Anand
Friday, April 3, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-103, 104
Meeting Record
11:00 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

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

Committee Discussion

  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:30 PM

Education Issues

Investment in the Future of Education

  • Lauren Curry, Executive Director, Tarrant Foundation
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-105, 106, 107
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

IT Strategic Plan 2015-2019

Agency of Education

  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
2:00 PM

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

  • Rep. David Sharpe, Sponsor, House Committee on Education
Followed By

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
3:30 PM

Special Education

Adverse Effect

  • Sherrie Brunelle, Paralegal, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Donarae Dawson, President Elect, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Cindy Moran, State Director of Special Education, Agency of Education
  • Karen Price, Director of Family Support, Parent Training & Info Center
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-108, 109, 110
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

  • William Mathis, Chair, Legislative Committee, Vermont State Board of Education
  • Stephan Morse, Chair, Vermont Board of Education
  • David Schoales, Member, Brattleboro Town School Board
Followed By

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

Committee Discussion

  • Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, April 9, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-111, 112
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

S.168 - An act relating to incentives for lower education spending

Tax Rate Incentives Based on Statewide Average Spending

  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Rep. Ann Manwaring, House Committee on Education
  • Sen. John Rodgers, Senator
Followed By

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

  • Vaughn Altemus, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Marty Strange, Vermonters for Schools and Community
  • Phil Taylor, School Board Member, Twin Valley Joint Contract School
Friday, April 10, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-113, 114
Meeting Record
11:30 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

Committee Discussion

  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-115, 116
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

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

Spending per ADM

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
Followed By

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

Committee Discussion

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-117, 118, 119
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

Followed By

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

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Jill Remick, Communications Director, Agency of Education
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-120, 121, 122
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

Committee Discussion

  • Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, April 17, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-123, 124
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

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

Discussion and markup of committee strike-all

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-125, 126, 127
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

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

  • Scott Giles, VP of Operations, Social Marketing & Strategy, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Followed By

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

House Proposal of Amendment

  • Stephen Dale, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Fannon, General Counsel, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeff Fannon, General Counsel, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Sue Leibowitz, Senior Research Manager, University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute
  • Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Greta Shultz, Senior Research Manager, University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute
  • John Wolf, Lobbyist, Vermont State Colleges
4:00 PM

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

  • Vaughn Altemus, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-128, 129, 130, 131
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate 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
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
5:00-7:00

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

Public Hearing Rm 11 on the Senate Education Committee Proposed Amendment

  • Alison Anand, School Board Member, Richmond
  • David Baker, Superintendent, Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union
  • Clyde Baldwin, Charlotte
  • Brett Blanchard, Principal, Fair Haven Union High School
  • David Brandt, Underhill
  • Joanne Breidenstein, Middlesex
  • Betsy Brigham, Teacher, Marshfield
  • Carol Brigham, School Board Member, Whiting
  • Peter Burrows, Superintendent, Addison Central Supervisory Union
  • Russell Caffry, Shelburne
  • Bill Cobb, Newark
  • Wendell Coleman, Londonderry
  • Gail B. Conley, Retired Superintendent, Huntington
  • Nancy Cornell, School Board Member, Starksboro
  • Ed Deegan, East Montpelier
  • Michael Deweese, Retired Superintendent, Bakersfield
  • Susan Edgerton, Member, Readsboro School Board
  • Lachlan Francis, Graduate, Putney
  • David Giddings, Readsboro, VT
  • Jon Guiffre, School Board Member and Chair, Roxbury
  • Clarence Haynes, School Board Member and Chair, Middletown Springs
  • Geo Honsigford, School Board Member, Royalton
  • Krista Huling, Vermont State Board of Education
  • Craig Hutt Vater, Principal, Mount Holly
  • Andrea Kane, Parent, Peacham
  • Brent Kay, Superintendent, Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union
  • Helen Keith, Early Education Services, Huntington
  • Kathleen Kesson, Barre Town
  • Jessica Little, Essex Town
  • Erin Maguire, Executive Director of Student Support Services, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Bob Mason, Vermont Association of School Board Associations
  • Erica McLaughlin, Principal, Orange SouthWest Supervisory Union
  • Jay Nichols, Superintendent, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
  • Lisa Olson, School Board Member, Cabot
  • Steve Owens, Secretary/Treasurer, Calais/VT National Education Association
  • Mark Perrin, Board Member, Middlebury
  • Andrew Pond, Bolton resident
  • Molly Pratt, Pittsford
  • Rama Schneider, Board Member, Williamstown
  • Rick Scott, Administrator, Bridport
  • Lee Sease, Retired Superintendent, Randolph
  • Jerome Shedd, Board Member, Middlebury, VT
  • Laura Sibilia, School Board Member, Dover
  • Annie Sproston, Peacham
  • Debra Stoleroff, Plainfield
  • Paul Stone, Orwell
  • Marty Strange, Randolph
  • Scott Thompson, Board Member, Union-32
  • Lisa Ventriss, President, Vermont Business Roundtable
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-132
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

Security Update

Mandatory Evacuation Drill

  • Janet Miller, Sergeant-At-Arms
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

Committee Discussion

Friday, April 24, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 AM

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-133, 134
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Governor's Appointments

Followed By

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

  • Jill Remick, Communications Director, Agency of Education
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Followed by

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

  • Jill Remick, Communications Director, Agency of Education
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-135, 136
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Special Education

Use of Paraprofessionals in Schools

  • Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
  • Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
Followed by

Special Education

Adverse Effect

  • Karin Edwards, Director, Student Support, Agency of Education
  • Julie Erdelyi, Special Educator
  • Claudia Pringles
  • Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
Followed By

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

  • Matt Kiley, Lighting Designer
  • Rep. Curt McCormack, Representative
  • Mike Mulcahy, Student and Educator Support Coordinator
  • Jill Remick, Communications Director, Agency of Education
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Senate Floor

11:00 AM

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

Possible Amendments- Education Support Systems and Education During Suspension

  • Jay Diaz, Poverty Law Project Fellow, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Jill Remick, Communications Director, Agency of Education
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

Friday, May 1, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-138
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

Possible Vote

  • Clarence Davis, Director of State Relations, University of Vermont
  • Damien Leonard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-139, 140
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 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

House Proposal of Amendment Subchapter 8- Vermont Universal Children's Higher Education Savings Account Program

  • Tom Little, Vice-President and General Counsel, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  • Jenny Prosser, Office of Legislative Council
Followed By

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

Possible Amendment

  • Patricia Coates, State Director, Vermont State Colleges
  • Aly Richards, Dir. of Special Projects & Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of the Governor
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-141
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

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

Discussion of floor Presentation

Thursday, May 7, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-142
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

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

Senate Finance Proposal of Amendment

  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
10:00 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

House Proposal of Amendment Subchapter 8- Vermont Universal Children's Higher Education Savings Account Program

  • Tom Little, Vice-President and General Counsel, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  • Jenny Prosser, Office of Legislative Council
  • Sara Teachout, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

Friday, May 8, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
CDs
15-143
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

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

Possible floor amendments

  • Sen. Tim Ashe
  • Aaron Kaigle, Executive Staff Assistant, Department of Taxes
  • Sen. John Rodgers, Senator
10:30 AM

Senate Floor

Monday, May 11, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:30 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

Discussion

11:00 AM

Senate Floor

Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Thursday, May 14, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Friday, May 15, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Saturday, May 16, 2015
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Security Update

  • Janet Miller, Sergeant-At-Arms
2:00 PM

Committee Discussion - Priorities

2:30 PM

Agency of Education

Update on Act 46

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

3:00 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth Testimony

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Harassment Training

House Chamber

1:00 PM

Senate Floor

2:00 PM

Governor's State of the State Address

Joint Assembly

3:30 PM

Education Fund Update

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
4:00 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth Testimony

  • Allen Gilbert, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union - Vermont
  • William Mathis, Managing Director, Vermont State Board of Education
Friday, January 8, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth Testimony

  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
2:00 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth Testimony

  • Sean McMannon, Superintendent, Winooski School District
2:30 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth Testimony

  • Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth Testimony

  • Mathew Forest, Superintendent, Caledonia Central Supervisory Union
2:00 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth Testimony

  • June Sargent, Principal, Vergennes Union Elementary School
2:30 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth Testimony

  • John Pandolfo, Superintendent, Barre Supervisory Union
Followed By

Act 46

Calculating Spending Caps

  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth

  • Debra Taylor, Superintendent, Rutland Central Supervisory Union
2:00 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth Testimony

  • Armando Vilaseca, Interim Superintendent, Addison Northeast Supervisory Union
2:30 PM

Act 46

Allowable Growth Testimony

  • Christopher Kibbe, Superintendent, Windham Northeast Supervisory Union
3:00 PM

Act 46

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
4:00 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Sen. David Zuckerman
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Act 46

Legal Issues Surrounding School Choice

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Greg Glennon, General Counsel, Agency of Education
2:15 PM

S.197 - An act relating to radon testing in schools

Bill Introduction

  • Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Chair
3:00 PM

Johnson State College

Presentations for Senator Doyle's Class

  • Nick Alden
  • Andrew Becker
  • Sarah Chamberlin
  • Andrew Charlestream
  • Brittany Csik, Student
  • Rebeccalee Gagne
  • Mason Miller
  • Donald Rokowski
  • Kelley Shaw
  • Daneil Whyte
Friday, January 15, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

S.177 - An act relating to the funding of the Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund

  • Sen. Anthony Pollina
1:40 PM

S.178 - An act relating to proportional appropriations from the Higher Education Endowment Trust Fund

  • Sen. Anthony Pollina
1:50 PM

S.179 - An act relating to the use of Vermont Student Assistance Corporation grants and scholarships

  • Sen. Anthony Pollina
2:00 PM

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

  • Sen. Anthony Pollina
2:10 PM

S.181 - An act relating to the State’s financial support of the Vermont State Colleges

  • Sen. Anthony Pollina
2:20 PM

S.208 - An act relating to gradually increasing the mandatory age of school attendance

  • Sen. Alice W. Nitka
2:45 PM

S.158 - An act relating to amendments to Act 46 and transferring the property and debt of merged districts

  • Sen. Ann Cummings
3:00 PM

S.249 - An act relating to the authority of a unified union school district meeting certain conditions to operate a school and pay tuition

  • Rep. Michael Hebert
  • Sen. Richard Westman
3:15 PM

Committee Discussion

Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Agency of Education

Education Quality Reviews and Every Student Succeeds Act

  • Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
2:30 PM

S.168 - An act relating to incentives for lower education spending

  • Sen. John Rodgers
3:00 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Possible Amendment

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Committee Discussion

2:00 PM

Vermont State Colleges

Joint Meeting with House Education 2:00-3:30 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
3:30 PM

Agency of Education

Merger Update

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
4:00 PM

S.188 - An act relating to the licensure of speech-language pathologists and audiologists

Bill Introduction

  • Sen. Kevin Mullin
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:45 PM

Senate Floor

2:00 PM

Governor's 2016 Budget Address

House Chamber

3:00 PM

Committee Discussion

Friday, January 22, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Draft no. 4.2

  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Council, Office of Legislative Council
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Secretary of State's Office

Warning Requirements for School Budgets

  • Will Senning, Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office
  • Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office
2:00 PM

S.248 - An act relating to truancy and school discipline and student offense reporting requirements

Bill Introduction

  • Sen. Dick Sears
2:30 PM

Higher Education Proposals

  • Scott Giles, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
3:30 PM

Agency of Education

School Discipline

  • Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Governor's Education Proposals

Governor's Proposals for Higher Education

  • Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont
  • James Pepper, Governor's Office
2:00 PM

Special Education

Legislative Priorities and Special Education Overview

  • Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
2:30 PM

S.194 - An act relating to student expulsion and suspension as a last resort

Bill Introduction

  • Sen. Brian Campion
3:00 PM

UVM

Annual Overview

  • Tom Sullivan, President, University of Vermont
3:45 PM

Higher Education Proposals

  • Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

12:30 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Committee Discussion on House proposals

  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
1:45 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Joint committee Meeting with Senate Finance and Senate Education on House Proposed Amendment

  • Sen. John F. Campbell
  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
2:30 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Senate Caucus of the Whole

3:30 PM

S.233 - An act relating to amending Act 46

Draft 2.1

  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Friday, January 29, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Agency of Education

Contracting Practices

  • Doug Hoffer, State Auditor, State Auditor's Office
2:00 PM

Prekindergarten Education

Report from the Working Group on Expanded Learning Opportunities

  • Holly Morehouse, Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
2:30 PM

Agency of Education

Flexible Pathways, Including Dual Enrollment and Early College

  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Toni Marra, Agency of Education
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

S.197 - An act relating to radon testing in schools

  • Peter Crowley, CZ Environmental Solutions
  • David Englander, Senior Policy and Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Health
  • Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
  • Rebecca Ryan, Director, Health Promotion and Public Policy, American Lung Association of the Northeast
2:00 PM

School Discipline

  • Jean Murray, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
2:30 PM

School Discipline

  • Jay Diaz, Staff Attorney, ACLU
3:00 PM

S.194 - An act relating to student expulsion and suspension as a last resort

  • Sen. Brian Campion
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
3:30 PM

Budget Issues

  • Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

2:30 PM

School Discipline

Restorative Program

  • Renee Badeau, Director of Student Management, Harwood Union
2:45 PM

School Discipline

  • Jonathan Kidde, Green Omega
3:15 PM

School Discipline

  • Ben Simpson, Legislative Intern, North Bennington
3:45 PM

School Discipline

  • Sue Cherry, Executive Director, Community Restorative Justice Center
4:15 PM

Committee Discussion

Thursday, February 4, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

2:30 PM

School Discipline

  • Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
  • Emily Simmons, Director of Legal & Policy Services, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
3:15 PM

School Discipline

  • Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
3:45 PM

Education Issues

Proportionality on a Newly Formed School Board

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Friday, February 5, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Funding

  • Lawrence Picus, Professor, Picus Odden & Associates
2:30 PM

Higher Education Proposals

NE Laws on Portability of Student Assistance, Review of H.832

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Followed By

Committee Discussion

Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Community High School of Vermont

  • John Howe, Teacher
  • Lisa Menard, Commissioner, Department of Corrections
2:00 PM

S.194 - An act relating to student expulsion and suspension as a last resort

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Karen Price, Associate Director of Family Support, Vermont Family Network
  • Karen L. Richards, Executive Director, Vermont Human Rights Commission
3:15 PM

Break

3:45 AM

S.194 - An act relating to student expulsion and suspension as a last resort

Committee Discussion

4:00 PM

Higher Education Proposals

S.180 daft 1.1 sec 2 and 3
S.178
Proposed Step Up Program Compared with Complete College Vermont
Possible Comment on Other Higher Education Bills Pending

  • Patricia Coates, State Director, Vermont State Colleges
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Vermont Farm to School

Northfield Elementary School

  • Misse Axelrod, Farm to School Coordinator, Roxbury Village School
  • Izzy Jackson, Student, Roxbury Village School
  • Susan Kamp, Health Systems Program Administrator, Vermont Department of Health
  • Amirah Lewis, Student, Roxbury Village School
  • Patricia O'Reagan, Teacher, Northfield Elementary School
  • Orrin Price, Student, Roxbury Village School
  • Betsy Rosenbluth, Project Director, Vermont FEED
  • Zoe Ryan, Student, Roxbury Village School
2:30 PM

Higher Education Proposals

Governor's Proposed Step Up program compared with the Complete College Vermont Proposal

  • Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
  • James Pepper, Governor's Office
3:00 PM

Agency of Education

Education Cost Drivers and Possible Containment Measures

  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
4:00 PM

Higher Education Proposals

Committee Discussion

Thursday, February 11, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:45 PM

Higher Education Proposals

S.179
S.178
College Savings Accounts and Their Funding
Portability of Vermont Student Assistance
Possible Comment on Other Higher Education Bills Pending in Committee

  • Marilyn Cargill, Vice President of Financial Aid Services, VSAC
  • Scott Giles, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Followed By

Higher Education Proposals

  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
3:00 PM

Higher Education Proposals

  • Ben Johnson, President, American Federation of Teachers
3:30 PM

Education Issues

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

  • Melissa Bailey, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
Friday, February 12, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Higher Education Proposals

Next Generation Fund
S.180
S.177
College Savings Accounts

  • Sara Teachout, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Followed By

Higher Education Proposals

Vermont Tax Department

Exemption of Textbooks from sales Tax
Income Tax deduction for Tuition Payments and Student Loans
Tax Credit for Apprenticeship Training Programs

  • Rebecca Sameroff, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Department of Taxes
3:00 PM

Higher Education Proposals

S.178
S.180 draft 1.1 Section 2 & 3
Proposed Step Up Program Compared with Complete College Vermont Program

  • Wendy Koenig, Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Issues

The Challenges Teachers are Facing in an Era of Downsizing- Vermont NEA

  • Martha Allen, President, Vermont National Education Association
  • Marielle Blais, Otter Valley Union High School
  • Mary Bowers, Teacher, Barre Town
  • Becca Polk, Teacher, Springfield
  • Patty Pomerleau, Weathersfield School
  • Dena Weiss, Teacher, Westminster
2:30 PM

Higher Education Proposals

Vermont State College's Education & Training Evaluation Service

  • Melissa Deblois, Director of Prior Learning Assessment, Community College of Vermont
  • Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont
3:00 PM

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

Committee Discussion Draft 1.1 of 2/10/16

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Senate Floor

2:00 PM

Children's Savings Accounts

  • Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, Former President, Marlboro College
  • John Pelletier, Director, Center for Financial Literacy, Champlain College
  • Shana Trombley
2:30 PM

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

Committee Discussion and Bill Markup Continued

  • Clare Buckley, Lobbyist, KSE Partners, LLP
  • Patricia Coates, State Director, Vermont State Colleges
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Wendy Koenig, Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:30 AM

Joint Assembly

Election of Two trustees of the Vermont State Colleges Corporation

1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

Continued Committee Discussion and Bill Markup

  • Scott Giles, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
3:00 PM

Higher Education Proposals

Educational Models that Encourage Continuing Education Beyond High School

  • Pat Moulton , Secretary, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
3:30 PM

Education Finance

Fiscal Realities

  • Sen. Jane Kitchel
Friday, February 19, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Career and Technical Education

Act 51 Vermont Career Technical Education Report

  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Jay Ramsey, Work Group Coordinator, Agency of Education
2:15 PM

S.194 - An act relating to student expulsion and suspension as a last resort

Recommendations on School Discipline Issues

  • Jay Diaz, Staff Attorney, ACLU
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
  • Stephanie Seguino, Professor of Economics, University of Vermont
  • Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Issues

Vermont NEA

  • Barbara Brody, Teacher, Peoples Academy
  • James Pape, Teacher, Winooski School District
2:00 PM

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

  • Patricia Coates, State Director, Vermont State Colleges
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
2:15 PM

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

Draft 3.1

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:45 AM

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

40% Rule and Enrollment Data

  • Wendy Koenig, Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
  • Stacey Kostell, Vice President for Enrollment Management, University of Vermont
Followed By

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

Complete College Vermont

  • Tricia Coates, Member, Vermont State Colleges
  • Wendy Koenig, Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Thursday, February 25, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

3:30 PM

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

Mark-up and Possible Vote

  • Tricia Coates, Member, Vermont State Colleges
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Wendy Koenig, Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
Followed By

Education Issues

Textbook Affordability if Time Permits

  • Patricia Coates, State Director, Vermont State Colleges
Friday, February 26, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

Vote

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record

-

The Vermont General Assembly is on Break During the Town Meeting Recess. No Committee Meetings are Scheduled

Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Issues

  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Gail Johnson, Assistant Principal, Molly Stark School
  • Donna MacKenzie, Principal, Molly Stark School
2:30 PM

Education Issues

Task Forces, Study Committees and Reports Due from AOE Recommendations to Streamline Burden

  • Robert Stirewalt, Director of Policy, Regulations and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
Followed By

S.194 - An act relating to student expulsion and suspension as a last resort

Committee Discussion, Amendment or No Action Decision

  • Sen. Brian Campion
  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jay Diaz, Poverty Law Project Fellow, ACLU
  • Nicole Mace, Research Coordinator, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jean Murray, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Education Issues

Coordination with Schools in Washington County

  • Michael Curtis, Director of Child, Youth &  Family Services, Washington County Mental Health
  • Tiffiny Hubbard , Director of School Services, Washington County Mental Health
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Education Issues

Update on No Child Left Behind

  • Chris Case, Education Project Manager, Agency of Education
  • Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
  • Debora Price, Director Education Quality, Agency of Education
Friday, March 11, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:45 PM

Special Education

Special Education Consolidation - Benefits and Challenges (Act 153)

  • Heather Freeman, Director of Student Services, Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union
  • Joanne Leblanc, Superintendent, Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Special Education

  • Karin Edwards, Director, Student Support, Agency of Education
2:30 PM

Special Education

  • Meagan Roy, Director of Student Support Services, Chittenden South Supervisory Union
3:30 AM

Community High School of Vermont

  • Pixie Loomis, Executive Director, Vermont Adult Learning
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Bill Introduction

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Followed By

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

Bill Introduction

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:30 AM

Joint Assembly

Judicial Retention

1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Mental Health Advocacy Day

  • Lance Metayer, Clinical and Project Coordinator, Aware Vermont
  • Karen Newman, Parent
  • Joellen Tarallo-Falk, Project Director, Center for Health and Learning and VT Suicide Prevention Center
Followed By

Special Education

Behavioral Modification/ Interventionist Coverage Maps

  • Melissa Bailey, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
Friday, March 18, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:30 PM

Education Issues

Open Source/Digital Textbooks

  • Toby Bigelow Howe, Student, UVM
  • Benjamin Kaufman, Student, UVM
2:00 PM

Education Issues

  • Matt Young, Parent
  • Tiffany Young, Parent
2:45 PM

Special Education Funding

  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Issues

Overview of Bullying Statutes

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
2:00 PM

Education Issues

Bullying In Schools

  • Robert Appel, Attorney
  • Greg Glennon, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Rep. Kathleen C. Keenan
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Mill Moore, Executive Director, Vermont Independent Schools Association
  • Ken Page, Executive Director, Vermont Principals Association
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
-

Disability Awareness Day

1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Mental Health

Services in Schools

  • Catherine Simonson, Child, Youth &  Family Services, Howard Center
Followed By

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

Committee Discussion on Action/No Action

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Sen. John Rodgers
  • Robert Stirewalt, Director of Policy, Regulations and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Special Education

  • Michael Giangreco, Professor of Education, University of Vermont
Followed By

Special Education

  • Brian Ricca, Superintendent, Montpelier Public Schools
Friday, March 25, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Issues

OPR Bill

  • Greg Glennon, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

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
2:15 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

How Mental Health Services are Provided for Students in State Custody

  • Cindy Walcott, Deputy Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
3:00 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Bill Update

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
3:30 PM

Vermont State Colleges

Vermont State Colleges- Free Courses for Seniors

  • Tricia Coates, Member, Vermont State Colleges
  • Jon Readnour, Student
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

-

No Committee Meeting

Thursday, March 31, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Bill Introduction

  • Rep. David Sharpe
Followed By

H.859 - An act relating to special education

  • Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
Friday, April 1, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

Education Issues

A Resolution on Equitable and Efficient Educational Reform & the State Board of Education's Report to the General Assembly

  • Joan Cavallo, Principal, St. Albans City Elementary School
  • Donarae Dawson, President Elect, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Krista Huling, Vermont State Board of Education
  • William Mathis, Chair, Legislative Committee, State Board of Education
  • Stephan Morse, Chair, State Board of Education
  • Peter Peltz, State Board of Education
  • Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
2:00 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

  • Ashley Berliner, Medicaid Policy and Planning Chief, Agency of Human Services
2:15 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

  • Kathleen Kourebanas, Parent
  • Cindy Moran, State Director of Special Education, Agency of Education
2:45 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
3:00 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

  • Jeff Fannon, General Counsel, Vermont National Education Association
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate 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. Scott Beck
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Rebecca Sameroff, Fiscal Analyst, Department of Taxes
  • Rep. David Sharpe
  • William Talbott, Deputy Commissioner, Agency of Education
3:30 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

  • Ned Kirsch, Superintendent, Franklin West Supervisory Union
4:00 PM

S.180 - An act relating to increasing General Fund appropriations to the Vermont State Colleges

Possible Amendment

  • Wendy Koenig, Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

Dual enrollment

  • Tricia Coates, Director of External & Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
  • Elizabeth Lyon, Advising Programs Coordinator, Johnson State College
  • Natalie Searle, Director of Secondary Education Initiatives, Community College of Vermont
Followed By

Committee Discussion

Friday, April 8, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:30 AM

Adult Education

Students

  • Earlene Conger, Franklin
  • Carly Duval, Rutland
  • Pixie Loomis, Executive Director, Vermont Adult Learning
  • Brent Lumbra, Chittenden
  • Roberta Jean Phillips, Rutland
  • Kristen Vincent, Chittenden
2:00 PM

Vermont Afterschool

  • Holly Morehouse, Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
  • Cassie Willner, Communications Coordinator, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 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

Scenarios for spending Education fund surplus

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
2:00 PM

OPR Committee Bill

  • Joel Cook, Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Lisa Durstin, Speech Language Pathologist, Vermont Speech-Language Hearing Association
  • Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
  • Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office
Followed By

Head Start

and Act 166

  • Paul Behrman, Director, Champlain Valley Head Start
  • Diana Langston, Director Essential Early Education Center, Burlington
  • Marianne Miller, Director, Head Start, Capstone Community Action
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate 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

Possible Amendment- Act 46 Consolidation Rules

  • Rep. Cynthia Browning
Followed By

Act 46

Section 49

  • Rya Hardee-Fauth, Howard Center
  • Anne Paradiso, Howard Center
  • David Schoales, Member, Brattleboro Town School Board
  • Julie Smith, Program Director, Autism Speaks
3:00 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

  • Tammy Kolbe, Assistant Professor, University of Vermont
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

After the Floor

H.859 - An act relating to special education

  • Sherrie Brunelle, Paralegal, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
Followed By

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

Markup and Possible Vote

  • Rep. Scott Beck
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Friday, April 15, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:30 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Markup and Possible Vote

  • Sherrie Brunelle, Paralegal, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
  • Kathleen Kourebanas, Parent
  • Jo-Anne Unruh, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
2:30 PM

S.217 - An act relating to the State’s organization of professional regulation

Walk- Thru- as Relates to Agency of Education

  • Amy Fowler, Deputy Secretary for Educator Quality, Agency of Education
  • Christopher Winters, Director of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
  • BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
3:15 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

  • Jeff Fannon, General Counsel, Vermont National Education Association
3:30 PM

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

  • Rep. Curt McCormack
  • Cassandra Ryan, Agency of Education
  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Senate 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

  • Emily Byrne, Director, Budget Management Division, Department of Finance & Management
  • Andy Pallito, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
Followed By

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

Committee Discussion

  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
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

Committee Discussion Vote

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

Education Issues

Committee Vote on 40 Percent Rule

  • Tricia Coates, Director of External & Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Wendy Koenig, Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

-

No Committee Meeting

Due to an Expected Long Floor Time

Thursday, April 21, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Senate Floor

-

No Committee Meeting

Due to a long Senate Floor

Friday, April 22, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Senate Floor

10:45 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Committee Discussion

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Emily Simmons, Attorney, Vermont School Boards Association
1:30 PM

Special Education Funding

  • Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
Followed By

H.859 - An act relating to special education

  • Sherrie Brunelle, Paralegal, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council
  • Mill Moore, Executive Director, Vermont Independent Schools Association
  • Colin Robinson, VT NEA
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record

-

The Senate Education Committee Will Meet Only on an As Needed Basis for the Remainder of the Session

Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
5:30 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Conference Committee Rm 28

Thursday, May 5, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Committee of Conference Rm 28

11:00 AM

Senate Floor

1:30 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Conference Committee Rm 28

2:30 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

Conference Committee Rm 28

5:45 PM

H.859 - An act relating to special education

Committee of Conference Rm 28

6:00 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

Committee of Conference Rm 28

Friday, May 6, 2016
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
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

Committee of Conference Rm 28

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

Committee of Conference Rm 28

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