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House Committee on Education (Room 31)

The House Committee on Education considers matters relating the educational needs of Vermonters, including the arts, libraries, and literary and scientific subjects; the amount of revenue required to satisfy the educational needs; and the manner of raising necessary revenue.

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Previous Meetings - Full Report

Summary Report
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Convenes

11:30 AM

Committee Check-In

Member introductions and seating assignment

1:30 PM

House Floor

New member seating and election of Canvassing Committee

4:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, January 10, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:00 AM

Joint Assembly

Results from Canvassing Committee

11:00 AM

Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

House Floor immediately following Joint Assembly

1:30 PM

Joint Assembly

Governor's Inaugural Address

4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, January 11, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:00 AM

Security Training

Immediately following adjournment of the Floor

11:00 AM

iPad Training

  • Brandon Dyer, User Support Specialist, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:15 PM

Tax Workshop - Principles of a High-Quality Tax System

Room 10

1:30 PM

Committee Discussion

Expectations and roles

2:00 PM

Vermont Department of Taxes and Office of State Tax Commissioner

Introduction

  • Deborah Carroll, Principal Assistant, Department of Taxes
  • Kate Strousse, Executive Assistant, Vermont Department of Taxes
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

Committee Training

How schools are organized

  • Kate Connizzo, Digital Communications and Web Manager, Agency of Education
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Joint Fiscal Office

How education is funded in Vermont - Part 1 of 2

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
3:00 PM

Committee Training

Update on merger activity

  • Krista Huling, Chair, State Board of Education
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
3:30 PM

State Board of Education

Introduction

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Krista Huling, Chair, State Board of Education
  • Peter Peltz, Member, State Board of Education
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators

Introduction

  • Mary Lundeen, Director of Student Support Services, Montpelier-Roxbury School District
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
11:00 AM

Joint Fiscal Office

How education is funded in Vermont - Part 2 of 2

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:30 PM

Vermont-National Education Association

Introduction

  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, January 17, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

Committee Training

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Bill introduction by sponsors

  • Rep. Kevin "Coach" Christie, Hartford
  • Rep. Dylan Giambatista, Essex Junction
  • Rep. Diana Gonzalez, Winooski
11:00 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Walk-through

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Amanda Garces, Founder, Vermont Coalition for Ethnic and Social Equity in Schools
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

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Decorum Training

Immediately following adjournment of House Floor

  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
3:00 PM

Vermont School Board Association

Introduction

  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, January 18, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Legislative Research Service

Introduction

  • Anthony Gierzynski, Director, Vermont Legislative Research Service, UVM
  • Emily Klofft, Teacher's Assistant, Vermont Legislative Research Service, UVM
  • Eric Tucker, Teacher's Assistant, Vermont Legislative Research Service, UVM
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:30 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Comparison to H.14 from last session

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:00 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Amanda Garces, Founder, Vermont Coalition for Ethnic and Social Equity in Schools
12:00 PM

Lunch

2:00 PM

Vermont Independent Schools Association

Introduction

  • Michael Livingston, President, Vermont Independent Schools Association
  • Mill Moore, Executive Director, Vermont Independent Schools Association
2:45 PM

Governor's Proposed FY2019 Budget Adjustment

Agency of Education

  • Rep. Peter Conlon, House Committee on Education
  • Rep. Charles Conquest, House Committee on Appropriations
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Committee Discussion

Report of the Census-Based Funding Advisory Group

  • Meagan Roy, Director of Student Support Services, Champlain Valley School District
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

11:30 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

School Merger Discussion

Discussion

  • Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Stowe
1:30 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Tabitha Pohl-Moore, President, NAACP - Rutland
1:50 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Beth Fastiggi, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources
2:00 PM

School District Mergers

Discussion

  • Danielle Corti, School Board Member, Newbury School Board
  • Penny Jones, School Board Member, Lamoille South Supervisory Union
  • Scott Thompson, School Board Member, U-32 School Board
2:30 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
3:00 PM

Agency of Education

Introduction to administrative staff

  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, VT Department of Education
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Don Stevens, Chief, Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation
9:00 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Hope Petraro, Student, Montpelier High School
  • MaryAnn Songhurst, Student, Montpelier High School
  • Sarika Tandon, Board Member, Vermont Coalition for Ethnic and Social Equity in Schools Advisory Board
9:30 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
10:00 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Shadiin Garcia, National Social Justice Consultant, Shoreline Consulting
10:30 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Amanda Garces, Founder, Vermont Coalition for Ethnic and Social Equity in Schools
10:40 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Amanda Rohdenburg, Director of Advocacy, Outright Vermont
11:00 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Amanda Garces, Founder, Vermont Coalition for Ethnic and Social Equity in Schools
  • Rich Holschuh, Commissioner, Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs
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H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Committee discussion immediately following testimony

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

Governor's Proposed FY2019 Budget Adjustment

Agency of Education - lead testing in schools

  • Rep. Peter Conlon, House Committee on Education
2:10 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Alexa Gabriel, Preschool Teacher, AllTogetherNow!
2:30 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Brenda Churchill, State House Liaison, LGBTQIA Alliance of Vermont
  • Amanda Garces, Founder, Vermont Coalition for Ethnic and Social Equity in Schools
3:00 PM

School District Mergers

Discussion

  • Bev Davis, Superintendent, Orleans Central Supervisory Union
3:30 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Sarah Launderville, Executive Director, Vermont Center for Independent Living
4:00 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Krista Huling, Chair, State Board of Education
4:30 PM

School District Mergers

Discussion

  • John Pandolfo, Superintendent, Barre Supervisory Union
  • Sonya Spaulding, Chair, Barre City School Board
5:00 PM

School District Mergers

Discussion

  • Jeanne Collins, Superintendent, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union
  • David Younce, Superintendent, Mill River Unified Union School District
5:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, January 24, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Agency of Education and Agency of Digital Services

SLDS report and equalized pupils

  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Shawn Nailor, Deputy Director, Agency of Digital Services
10:00 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
11:20 AM

Agency of Education

Data Updates

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, VT Department of Education
11:30 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Mark-up and possible vote

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

Decorum training immediately following Floor

2:00 PM

Governor's FY2020 Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

3:15 PM

Association of Vermont Independent Colleges

Introduction

  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
3:30 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Amanda Garces, Founder, Vermont Coalition for Ethnic and Social Equity in Schools
  • Keith Goslant, Chair, LGBTQIA Alliance of Vermont
3:45 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Mark-up and vote

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Don Stevens, Chief, Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, January 25, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:30 AM

School District Mergers

Discussion

  • Jill Stahl Tyler, Chair, Brattleboro Town School Board
11:30 AM

Vermont Legal Aid

Introduction

  • Michael Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Julia Shaw, Health Care Policy Analyst, Vermont Legal Aid
12:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

iPad Training

  • Brandon Dyer, User Support Specialist, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM

House Floor

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Governor's Proposed FY2019 Budget Adjustment

Caucus of the Whole - House Floor

  • Rep. Janet Ancel, Sponsor of Bill
  • Rep. Michael Mrowicki, Sponsor of Bill
  • Dorothy Naylor, Member, Calais School Board
  • Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Sponsor of Bill
  • Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Sponsor of Bill
  • Cara Zimmerman, Chair, Stowe School Board
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

2:00 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • David Edleson, Rabbi, Temple Sinai Vermont
  • David Fainsilber, Rabbi, Jewish Community of Greater Stowe
  • Jason Lorber, Citizen
  • Emily Rosenbaum, President, Jewish Community of Greater Stowe
  • Amy Small, Rabbi, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue
5:15 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Possible vote on amendments

5:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Mental Health Advocacy Day

Center for Health and Learning and Vermont Suicide Prevention Center

  • Julia Hampton, Health Program Specialist, Center for Health and Learning and Vermont Suicide Prevention Center
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School-based services

  • Matt Habedank, Children's Behavior Services Program Manager, Northwestern Counseling and Support Services
  • Amy Irish, School Based Behavior Consultant Team Leader, Northwestern Counseling and Support Services
11:00 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

  • Laura Pelosi, Lobbyist, St. Johnsbury Academy and Burr and Burton Academy
11:30 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Committee discussion

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

Mental Health Advocacy Day

Therapeutic schools

  • Kym Asam, Regional Director of Schools and Clinical Programming, Northeastern Family Institute Vermont
  • Cara Capparelli, Clinical Director, Northeastern Family Institute Vermont
  • Drew Gradinger, Director, Kindle Farm School
3:00 PM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Walk-through of all-committee member amendment and vote

  • Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:30 PM

Vermont State Colleges System

Introduction

  • Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges System
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, January 31, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Presentation

Innovations and successes in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont

  • Hunter Beer, Student, Burke Town School
  • Jennifer Botzojorns, Superintendent, Kingdom East School District
  • Elaine Collins, President, Northern Vermont University
  • Melissa Jacobs, Board Chair, Craftsbury Saplings Childcare Center
  • Nya Jewell, Student, Burke Town School
  • Tom Lovett, Headmaster, St. Johnsbury Academy
  • Harry Miller, School Board Chair, Craftsbury Schools
  • Lily Miller, Student, Burke Town School
  • Morgan Moore, Teacher, Burke Town School
  • Chelsea Ott, Student, Burke Town School
  • Sarah Waring, Vice President of Grants and Community Investments, Vermont Community Foundation
10:30 AM

UP for Learning

Introduction

  • Lindsey Halman, UP Program Director, UP for Learning
11:00 AM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Committee discussion

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

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Decorum Training

Immediately following House Floor

3:15 PM

Agency of Education

Report on Act 46 of 2015, Section 6(d) Accelerated Activity; Supervisory Union Becoming a Supervisory District; Enhanced Tax Incentives; Data and Report

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
3:45 PM

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Overview and update

  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, VT Department of Education
  • Amy Fowler, Citizen
  • Patrick Halladay, Education Project Manager, Agency of Education
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, February 1, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Introduction - Scheuermann Alternative Amendment

  • Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann
8:45 AM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Walk-through with amendment

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
9:20 AM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:45 AM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Geo Honigford, Member, Royalton School Board
  • Margaret MacLean, Citizen, Peacham
11:30 AM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Side-by-Side Act 49 (2017) and H.39 (Scheuermann Amendment - Alternative Language)
Scheuermann Amendment - Alternative Language Draft No. 7.1

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann
12:00 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Vote

  • Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, sponsor of bill
1:50 PM

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

  • Amy Fowler, Citizen
2:15 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Walk-through of Committee Amendment

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann
3:30 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Vote for advancement to Floor

3:35 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Future Business Leaders of America

Introduction

  • Ethan Duncan, Student, Champlain Valley Union High School
  • Taylor Lane, Student, Lake Region Union High School
  • Noah Lemieux, Student, Champlain Valley Union High School
  • Katherine Pion, Student, Lake Region Union High School
  • Ajay Warner, Student, Lake Region Union High School
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

11:00 AM

UVM Extension

Presentation on education-related programs

  • Lena Ashooh, 4-H Youth, Shelburne
  • Sarah Kleinman, Director of 4-H, Farmworker, and Family Education Programs, University of Vermont Extension
  • Lauren Traister, Teen and Leadership Specialist, UVM Extension
11:30 AM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Hold for possible discussion

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Committee discussion

2:30 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Walk-through of Committee Amendment Draft No. 5.1

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Donna Russo-Savage, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
  • Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
2:45 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
3:00 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

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

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

  • Margaret MacLean, Citizen, Peacham
  • Rep. Michael Mrowicki, Sponsor
  • Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Sponsor
3:45 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Committee discussion and vote

4:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Farm to School and Early Childhood Day

  • Opal Carney, Student, Green Mountain Technology and Career Center
  • Emilie Choquette, Student, Green Mountain Technology and Career Center
  • Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Beth Miller, Community Impact Director, Rutland Parent Child Center
  • Betsy Rosenbluth, Project Director, Vermont FEED
  • Sam Rowley, Educator, Green Mountain Technology and Career Center, Hyde Park
  • Calvin Smith, Student, Green Mountain Technology and Career Center
  • Remington Vogan-Schneider, Student, Green Mountain Technology and Career Center
  • Barrett Williams, Principal, Sharon Elementary School
10:00 AM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Introduction of new amendment

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
10:30 AM

Governor's Institutes of Vermont

  • Christie Cecere, Student, Montpelier High School
  • Evan Elliott, Student, U-32 High School
  • Isabel Giamusso, Student, U-32 High School
  • Karen Taylor Mitchell, Executive Director, Governor's Institutes of Vermont
  • Anja Samsom, Student, Montpelier High School
  • Julian Stoller, Student, Montpelier High School
11:20 AM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Committee discussion and vote on Scheuermann Amendment

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

Committee Check-In

4:15 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, February 7, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:45 AM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

Walk-through

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
8:55 AM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Rachel Seelig, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
9:05 AM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
9:15 AM

Proficiency Based Standards and Grading

  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
10:00 AM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Karen Price, Director of Family Support, Vermont Family Network
  • Rachel Seelig, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
10:45 AM

Break

11:30 AM

Committee Check-In

12:00 PM

Lunch

12:45 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

Walk-through of technical amendment to Conlon-Cupoli-Webb Amendment

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
1:00 PM

House Floor

3:00 PM

Flexible Pathways

  • Jess DeCarolis, Division Director, Personalization and Flexible Pathways, Agency of Education
  • Veronica Newton, Work-Based Learning Coordinator, Agency of Education
  • Yasmine Ziesler, Chief Academic Officer, Vermont State Colleges
3:30 PM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Rachel Seelig, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
4:00 PM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Troy McAllister, Chair, Special Education Advisory Council
  • Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, February 8, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

Committee Discussion

Bills on the wall

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Proficiency Based Standards and Grading

  • Moses Murphy, Senior Associate Director of Admissions, University of Vermont
1:30 PM

Centers for Technical Education

  • Jay Ramsey, Director, Career and Technical Education, Agency of Education
2:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

11:00 AM

University of Vermont Annual Update

  • Thomas Sullivan, President, University of Vermont
12:00 PM

Our Voices Exposed (OVX)

  • Alexis Collins, Student, St. Johnsbury Academy
  • Deborah Lee, School Counselor, St. Johnsbury Academy
  • Joseph Vineyard, Student, St. Johnsbury Academy
  • Emelie Ziegler, Student, St. Johnsbury Academy
12:15 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Proficiency Based Standards and Grading

  • Donald Tinney, President, Vermont National Education Association
1:30 PM

Agency of Education

Per pupil count readiness

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
2:00 PM

H.185 - An act relating to transgender and gender nonconforming student access to gender-segregated school programs, activities, and facilities

Introduction

  • Kate Jerman, Citizen
  • Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Sponsor
  • Jeane Robles, Citizen
2:45 PM

H.138 - An act relating to radon testing in schools

Walk-through

  • Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:15 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:00 AM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Clare O'Shaughnessy, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
  • Tonya Rutkowski, State Systemic Improvement Plan and Monitoring Coordinator, Agency of Education
  • Rachel Seelig, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

3:00 PM

Agency of Education

Agency Budget Presentation

  • Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, February 14, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Afterschool

  • Orianna Baez, A.I.M. Afterschool Bellows Falls
  • Olivia Brooks, Student, Vergennes High School
  • Bradley Kutchukian, Student, Vergennes High School
  • Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
  • Alia Ross, Student, Winooski High School
  • Grace Waryas, Student, Bellows Fall Middle School
9:30 AM

Proficiency Based Standards and Grading

  • Penny Bishop, Professor and Associate Dean for Innovation and Technology, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont
10:00 AM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Clare O'Shaughnessy, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
  • Rachel Seelig, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:30 PM

Vermont Student Assistance Corporation

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

TBA

3:30

H.100 - An act relating to assessing the environmental health and safety of school buildings

Introduction

  • Rep. Maida Townsend, Sponsor
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H.138 - An act relating to radon testing in schools

Introduction

  • Rep. Maida Townsend, Sponsor
4:00 PM

Outright Vermont

Proposed changes to funding

  • Dana Kaplan, Executive Director, Outright Vermont
  • Mike McRaith, Principal, Montpelier High School
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, February 15, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

11:00 AM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Walk-through

  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:30 AM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Clare O'Shaughnessy, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
  • Miriam Stoll, Chair, Vermont Development Disabilities Council
12:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

After Floor

Implicit Bias Training

Led by the Vermont Human Rights Commission for the entire House in the House Chamber

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM

Party Caucuses

2:00 PM

H.138 - An act relating to radon testing in schools

  • Elizabeth Hamlin-Berninger, Director of Advocacy - New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont, American Lung Association
2:45 PM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

Committee Amendment Walk-through

  • Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Clare O'Shaughnessy, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Afterschool

  • Lasse Siurala, International Expert on Youth Culture
9:45 AM

H.138 - An act relating to radon testing in schools

  • Peter Crowley, President, CZ Environmental Solutions
10:45 AM

Outright Vermont

Appropriation for continued programming

  • Mara Iverson, Director of Education, Outright Vermont
  • Dana Kaplan, Executive Director, Outright Vermont
11:15 AM

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

Walk-through

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:30 AM

H.138 - An act relating to radon testing in schools

  • Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

Adjourn immediately following Floor

Thursday, February 21, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Committee Check-In

10:30 AM

Election of Sergeant at Arms, Adjutant and Inspector General, and Trustees of UVM and State Agricultural College

Joint Assembly

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

Adjourn immediately following Floor

Friday, February 22, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Troy McAllister, Chair, Special Education Advisory Council
  • Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Clare O'Shaughnessy, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
  • Rachel Seelig, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
9:30 AM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Susan Aranoff, Senior Planner and Policy Analyst, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
  • Troy McAllister, Chair, Special Education Advisory Council
  • Clare O'Shaughnessy, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
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Harvard Kennedy School of Government

  • Nodira Meliboeva, Student, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
  • Grace Palmer, Student, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
  • Kesha Ram, Student, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
  • Eva Rosenberg, Student, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
  • Katie Stenclik, Student, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
10:30 AM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

Committee Amendment Walk-through and possible vote

  • Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Troy McAllister, Chair, Special Education Advisory Council
  • Clare O'Shaughnessy, Staff Attorney, Agency of Education
  • Karen Price, Director of Family Support, Vermont Family Network
  • Rachel Seelig, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
11:15 AM

Committee Discussion

Vermont NEA "I am from here" video viewing

  • Rep. Sarah "Sarita" Austin
12:00 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM

H.140 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

Committee Amendment Walk-through and vote

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:45 PM

Committee Check-In

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
1:30 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

10 mins after Caucuses

H.295 - An act relating to increasing the term of office for the clerk and treasurer of a union school district and a unified union district

Introduction and walk-through

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. James Gregoire, Sponsor of Amendment
-

Budget Discussion

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Matt Levin, Executive Director, Early Childhood Advocacy Alliance
  • Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Vermont Farm to School Network
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Introduction

  • Sen. Philip Baruth, Chair, Senate Education Committee
  • Sen. Brian Campion, Sponsor
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
1:30 PM

Vermont National Education Association

Perspectives from the classroom

  • Lauren Buck, Teacher, Spaulding High School, Barre
  • Karen Chitambar, Teacher, North Country Union High School, Newport
  • Betsy Nolan, Teacher, Edmunds Elementary School, Burlington
  • Tom Payeur, Teacher, Winooski High School
  • Donald Tinney, President, Vermont National Education Association
2:00 PM

Vermont Association of School Business Officials

  • Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Brenda Fleming, Former President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials, WCSU
  • Brittany Gilman, Business Manager, Addison Central School District
  • Frank Rucker, President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials, WCSU
2:30 PM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • Molly Costanza-Robinson, Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Middlebury College
  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Brittany Gilman, Business Manager, Addison Central School District
  • Mark Levine, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health
  • Elena Mihaly, Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Regional Educational Television Network

Introduction

  • Jess Wilson, Executive Director, Regional Educational Television Network
9:15 AM

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
10:00 AM

Agency of Education Staffing Levels

Joint Hearing with House Government Operations Committee

  • Rebecca Agile, Vermont State Employees Association
  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Margaret Carrera-Bly, Vermont State Employees Association
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Sigrid Olson, Technology Integration, Vermont State Employees Association
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

Disability Awareness Day

  • Katie Ballard, Parent, Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights
2:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Walk-through and testimony

  • Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Elena Mihaly, Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, February 28, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Vermont Adult Learning

High School Completion Program Test

  • Lori Brown, Windsor County Regional Director, Vermont Adult Learning
  • Hal Cohen, Executive Director, Vermont Adult Learning
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Thomas Longstreth, Executive Director, ReSOURCE
  • Elisabeth Woronzoff, High School Completion Plan Manager and Teacher, Vermont Adult Learning
10:30 AM

Budget Discussion

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
11:00 AM

Agency of Education

Equalized Pupils

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

Budget Discussion

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
2:00 PM

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
  • Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office
2:45 PM

Budget Discussion

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:15 PM

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

  • Patricia Coates, Director of Government and External Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
3:30 PM

Committee Discussion and Planning

4:00 PM

Adjourn

Friday, March 1, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

  • Krista Huling, Chair, State Board of Education
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
9:30 AM

House Floor

11:00 AM

H.521 - An act relating to amending the special education laws

Walk-through and testimony

  • Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
12:00 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

Mark-up and possible vote

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
1:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
2:15 PM

Joint Fiscal Office

Walk-through of Town Meeting reports

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
2:30 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

The General Assembly is on break for Town Meeting Day week

Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses during Floor

12:00 PM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Walk-through of new draft

  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:30 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Agency of Education

Adult High School Completion Program

  • Robin Castle, Education Programs Manager and State Director of Adult Education and Literacy, Agency of Education
  • Jess DeCarolis, Division Director, Student Pathways, Agency of Education
  • Sharon Parker, High School Completion Program Coordinator, Agency of Education
1:45 PM

Habitat for Humanity

  • Debbie Goodwin, Executive Director, Central Vermont Habitat for Humanity
2:00 PM

H.521 - An act relating to amending the special education laws

Testimony and possible vote

  • Meagan Roy, Chair, Census-Based Funding Advisory Group
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
-

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

Testimony and possible vote

  • Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
  • Erin Elliot, Manager, Solutions Engineer, Parchment
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Philip Mason, National Sales Manager Services Product Owner and Solutions Engineer, Parchment
  • Joseph Piazza, Services Product Owner and Solutions Engineer, Parchment
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
3:00 PM

H.302 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in drinking water of schools

Walk-through and comparison to S.40

  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.3 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Mark-up of Senate Proposal of Amendment

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
-

Small Schools Grants

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Rep. David Yacovone, Lamoille-Washington
10:55 AM

10 Minute Break

11:05 AM

Committee Check-In

11:15 AM

Burr and Burton Academy

  • Cole Hadlock, Student, Burr and Burton Academy
  • Jillian Joyce, Student, Burr and Burton Academy
  • Sage Lalor, Student, Burr and Burton Academy
  • Evelyn Seidner, Student, Burr and Burton Academy
  • Brendan Sullivan, Student, Burr and Burton Academy
11:30 AM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:15 PM

Committee Check-In

3:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, March 14, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

Mark-up and possible vote

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Tanya Marshall, State Archivist and Chief Records Officer, Secretary of State's Office
  • Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office
9:00 AM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

  • Jennifer Botzojorns, Superintendent, Kingdom East School District
  • David Epstein, Managing Principal, TruexCullins
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Sean McMannon, Superintendent, Winooski School District
  • Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
  • David Young, Superintendent, South Burlington Supervisory District
10:30 AM

10 Minute Break

10:40 AM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

  • Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • David Epstein, Managing Principal, TruexCullins
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
10:50 AM

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

  • Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources
  • Elizabeth Novotny, General Counsel, Mosaic Learning Center
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, March 15, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
9:30 AM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

Mark-up and possible vote

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Chris Winters, Deputy Secretary, Secretary of State's Office
-

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • James Condos, Vermont Secretary of State
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Richard Kenney, Chief Water System Operator, Hartford
  • Tanya Marshall, State Archivist and Chief Records Officer, Secretary of State's Office
  • Elena Mihaly, Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation
  • Elizabeth Novotny, General Counsel, Mosaic Learning Center
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

H. - An act relating to the closing of postsecondary schools

Committee check-in

2:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • Elena Mihaly, Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation
  • Elizabeth Novotny, General Counsel, Mosaic Learning Center
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:30 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

10 mins after Caucuses

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • Rep. Charles Conquest, Liaison, House Committee on Appropriations
  • Michael Desrochers, Executive Director of Fire Management, Department of Public Safety
  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Bruce MacIntire, Director of Facilities, Addison Central School District
  • Elizabeth Novotny, General Counsel, Mosaic Learning Center
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Lyall Smith, Facilities Director, Williston Schools, Champlain Valley School District
  • Ken Sullivan, Director of Buildings, Grounds, and Safety, Addison Northwest School District
4:45 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Testimony and possible vote

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Reeva Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, Child Development Division, Department for Children and Families
10:00 AM

15 Minute Break

10:15 AM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Committee discussion

  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Elizabeth Novotny, General Counsel, Mosaic Learning Center
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
-

The Compass School

Student Introductions

  • Abigail Ham, Student, Lyndon Institute
  • Chandre Pero, Student, The Compass School
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

Committee Check-In

Thursday, March 21, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Elena Mihaly, Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation
  • Elizabeth Novotny, General Counsel, Mosaic Learning Center
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
-

10 Minute Break

  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Elena Mihaly, Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation
  • Elizabeth Novotny, General Counsel, Mosaic Learning Center
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
Friday, March 22, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

H.536 - An act relating to education finance

  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Peter Griffin, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
9:30 AM

House Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Mark-up

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Elena Mihaly, Attorney, Conservation Law Foundation
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
-

Adjourn

Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

-

Adjourn

Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Mark-up and possible vote

  • Stephanie Barrett, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Jen Duggan, Vice President/Director, Conservation Law Foundation
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Elizabeth Novotny, General Counsel, Mosaic Learning Center
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
10:30 AM

Retention of Superior Judges and Magistrates

Joint Assembly

-

Lunch

  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
1:45 PM

House Floor

Thursday, March 28, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

As Passed by the Senate

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM

House Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

Vermont Superintendents Association, Capitol Plaza Hotel

1:00 PM

House Floor

-

Adjourn

Friday, March 29, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Mark-up and possible vote

  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Sarah Kenney, Senior Director of Policy, Let's Grow Kids
  • Elizabeth Novotny, General Counsel, Mosaic Learning Center
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
9:30 AM

House Floor

12:15 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

H.185 - An act relating to transgender and gender nonconforming student access to gender-segregated school programs, activities, and facilities

  • Jamie Atchinson, Student, Harwood Union High School
  • Hunter Drown-Mansfield, Student, Northfield Middle-High School
  • Ash Engelsman, Student, Randolph Union High School
  • Dana Kaplan, Executive Director, Outright Vermont
  • Maggie Nadean, Student, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax
  • Rep. Barbara Rachelson, Sponsor, House Committee on Judiciary
  • Jeane Robles, Citizen
  • Andi Tisdell, Student, Peoples Academy
1:45 PM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • Patricia Komline, Lobbyist, Vermont Independent Schools Association
2:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

10 mins after Caucus

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Committee discussion

12:00 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Mark-up and possible vote

  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
1:00 PM

Proficiency Based Standards and Grading

  • Natalie Bates, Student, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax
  • Helen Beattie, Executive Director, UP for Learning
  • Kiana Labor, Student, Bellows Free Academy, Fairfax
  • Aidan Lodge, Student, Peoples Academy
-

10 Minute Break

2:00 PM

H.39 - An act relating to the extension of the deadline of school district mergers required by the State Board of Education

  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
4:00 PM

Adjourn

Capital Plaza Hotel, Montpelier Room

Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Vote

  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
9:30 AM

Student-to-Staff Ratio Report

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Tammy Kolbe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
-

Proficiency Based Standards and Grading

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Andrew Jones, Director of Curriculum, Mill River Unified Union School District
  • Tammy Kolbe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, College of Education and Social Services, University of Vermont
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:10 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, April 4, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

School Nutrition Day

  • Robert Hildebrand, President, School Nutrition Association of Vermont
  • Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont
9:30 AM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sponsor
10:00 AM

Interstate Merger

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Cynthia Lamore, School Board Chair, Stamford Elementary School
  • Kimberly Roberts-Morandi, Interstate Committee Member
  • Rep. Laura Sibilia, Windham-Bennington
-

Break

11:00 AM

Committee Check-In

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, April 5, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

-

Lunch

1:00 PM

Teacher Licensure

  • Patrick Halladay, Interim Division Director for Education Quality, Agency of Education
  • Erik Remmers, Chair, Vermont Standards Board for Professional Educators
1:30 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

-

Lunch

  • Patricia Coates, Director of Government and External Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
  • Patricia Coates, Director of Government and External Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
12:45 PM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Rep. Selene Colburn, Sponsor, Burlington
  • Jeff Nolan, Higher Education and Consultant, Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Pat Moulton , President, Vermont Technical College
  • Sydney Ovitt, Student, University of Vermont
  • Sarah Robinson, Deputy Director, Vermont Network Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
  • Sally Short, Chair, University of Vermont Student Government Association Committee on Sexual Assault
10:00 AM

10 Minute Break

-

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Emily Byrne, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Rep. Peter J. Fagan, Sponsor, House Committee on Appropriations
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

Small Schools Grants

  • Krista Huling, Chair, State Board of Education
Thursday, April 11, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Matthew Valerio, Defender General, Vermont Defender General's Office
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Taite Shomo, Co-Organizer, It Happens Here, Middlebury College
  • Grace Vedock, Co-Organizer, It Happens Here, Middlebury College
2:30 PM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Wendy Koenig, Federal Relations and Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, April 12, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Charity Clark, Chief of Staff, Office of Vermont Attorney General
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-

H.548 - An act relating to supervisory union realignment under Act 46

  • Rep. Cynthia Browning, Sponsor of Bill, Arlington
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Peter Amons, Business Manager, Rutland City School District
  • Edie Cole, Business Manager, Windham Northeast Supervisory Union
  • Therese Corsones, Executive Director, Vermont Bar Association
  • Adam Greshin, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
  • James Pepper, Deputy State's Attorney, Department of State's Attorneys & Sheriffs
  • Frank Rucker, President, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

Suggestion of amendment

  • Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Sponsor of amendment, Rutland-Bennington
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Julie Mach, School Board Member, Mettawee School District
1:30 PM

Universal PreK Research Partnership Study

  • Kyle DeMeo, Senior Research Associate, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands at Education Development Center
  • Clare Irwin, Senior Research Associate, Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands at Education Development Center
-

10 Minute Break

2:45 PM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
-

No morning meetings scheduled

2:30 PM

House Floor

Thursday, April 18, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

Section 5

  • Tricia Coates, Director of External & Governmental Affairs, Vermont State Colleges
9:30 AM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

  • Rep. Terence Macaig, House Committee on Institutions and Corrections
  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

Committee Check-In

-

Adjourn

Friday, April 19, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:00 AM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

  • David Epstein, Managing Principal, TruexCullins
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Rep. Terence Macaig, House Committee on Institutions and Corrections
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:00 AM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Vermont Brain Bee

Introduction

  • Lisa Bernardin, Coordinator, Vermont Brain Bee
  • Erik McLysaght, Student, Mount Abraham Unified High School
  • Isabelle Petrucci, Student, Essex High School
1:30 PM

Education Finance

E-Finance System

  • Edward Connors, Business Manager, Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union
2:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

Pre-Kindergarten Education Legislative Study Report

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Erin Huckle, Research Associate, Education Development Center
  • Clare Irwin, Senior Research Associate, Education Development Center
-

15 Minute Break

3:15 PM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • Rep. Janet Ancel, House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Samantha Burke, Student, Wells
  • Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Rutland-Bennington
  • Jess DeCarolis, Division Director, Student Pathways, Agency of Education
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Julie Finnegan, Assistant Director, Upward Bound
  • Rep. Kimberly Jessup, Middlesex
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
9:45 AM

Education Finance

E-Finance System

  • Debra Drew, Business Manager, St. Johnsbury School District
-

Lunch

12:00 PM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Patricia Komline, Lobbyist, Vermont Independent Schools Association
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
1:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, April 25, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Education Finance

E-Finance

  • Sean Cousino, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Tim Holland, Project Manager, Agency of Digital Services
  • John Quinn, Secretary, Agency of Digital Services
-

Break

  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
11:00 AM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

  • Rep. Alice M. Emmons, Chair, House Committee on Corrections and Institutions
  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

10 mins after Floor

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • David Englander, General Counsel, Vermont Department of Health
Friday, April 26, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:55 AM

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

  • Rep. Charles Conquest, Liaison, House Committee on Appropriations
11:00 AM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
-

Adjourn

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

  • Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Sponsor, House Committee on Corrections and Institutions
  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-

Adjourn

Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
-

No morning meetings scheduled

1:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, May 2, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:15 AM

H.521 - An act relating to amending the special education laws

As Passed by the Senate

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Deb Witkus, Advocate, Greater Falls Connections
-

S.40 - An act relating to testing and remediation of lead in the drinking water of schools and child care facilities

Proposed amendments

  • Rep. Thomas Burditt, Sponsor of amendment, House Committee on Judiciary
  • David Englander, Senior Policy & Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Health
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Charles "Butch" Shaw, Sponsor of amendment, House Committee on Corrections and Institutions
1:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, May 3, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

-

Adjourn

Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

-

Lunch

4:00 PM

H.79 - An act relating to eligibility for farm-to-school grant assistance

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Rep. John O'Brien, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

H.521 - An act relating to amending the special education laws

  • Susan Aranoff, Senior Planner and Policy Analyst, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Troy McAllister, Chair, Special Education Advisory Council
  • Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
-

Break

9:30 AM

H.521 - An act relating to amending the special education laws

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
10:30 AM

House Floor

4:30 PM

House Floor

Thursday, May 9, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
11:00 AM

H.521 - An act relating to amending the special education laws

Committee discussion

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

-

Adjourn

Friday, May 10, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:15 AM

H.521 - An act relating to amending the special education laws

  • Meagan Roy, Chair, Census-Based Funding Advisory Group
9:30 AM

House Floor

-

Lunch

1:30 PM

House Floor

Monday, May 13, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

H.542 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Dual enrollment and the Education Fund

  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Nicole Mace, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
-

H.521 - An act relating to amending the special education laws

  • Alena Berube, Special Education Finance Director, Agency of Education
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
3:00 PM

House Floor

Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

-

Recess

3:00 PM

House Floor

Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

-

Recess

Thursday, May 16, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

-

Recess

12:30 PM

House Floor

Friday, May 17, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Committee Check-In

10:00 AM

House Floor

-

Recess

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:30 PM

House Floor

Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following break for recess

-

Recess

1:00 PM

House Floor

3:30 PM

House Floor

Thursday, May 23, 2019
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
-

House Floor

Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM

Committee Discussion

2:30 PM

Education Policy Initiatives

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
-

Impacts of Education Policy Initiatives on Vermont School Districts and the Agency of Education

  • Bill Bates, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Pupil Weighting Factors Report

Joint Hearing with the House Ways and Means Committee
Room 10

  • Bruce Baker, Professor, Rutgers University
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Tammy Kolbe, Associate Professor, Leadership and Development Sciences, University of Vermont
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

4:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, January 9, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Education Funding

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
10:00 AM

Education Tax Rate Letter

  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
10:45 AM

Weighting Study

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

Governor's State of the State Address

Joint Assembly-House Chamber

4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, January 10, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:30 AM

Data Management and Assessment

  • Wendy Geller, Data and Research Director, Agency of Education
11:00 AM

Annual Snapshot

  • Patrick Halladay, Division Director for Education Quality, Agency of Education
12:00 PM

Lunch

12:45 PM

Clarifying Legislative Intent

  • Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

12:45 PM

"The Science of Reading: What It Means and What It Tells Us About How to Teach Reading"

Video

  • Rep. Kathryn Webb, Chair, House Committee on Education
1:45 PM

Governor's FY2020 Proposed Budget Adjustment

Agency of Education

  • Bill Bates, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Kathy Flanagan, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
3:00 PM

Act 1

  • Amanda Garces, Director of Policy, Education and Outreach, Vermont Human Rights Commission
3:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
7:30 AM

Breakfast for the Presidents of the Colleges

Capitol Plaza

9:30 AM

Literacy Bills

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-

H.406 - An act relating to screening students for dyslexia and ensuring teachers receive training concerning dyslexia

  • Rep. Felisha Leffler, Sponsor
11:00 AM

University of Vermont Annual Update

  • Suresh Garimella, President, University of Vermont
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:30 PM

Act 66 Update

  • David Englander, Senior Policy & Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Health
  • Bryan Redmond, Director, Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division, Department of Environmental Conservation
3:15 PM

Data Management and Assessment

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Wendy Geller, Data and Research Director, Agency of Education
  • Kevin Viani, IT Director, Agency of Education
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, January 16, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Pre-K and Early Education

Joint hearing with the House Committee on Human Services
Room 10

  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Morgan Crossman, Building Bright Futures
  • Clare Irwin, Senior Research Associate, Education Development Center
  • Melissa Riegel-Garrett, Child Development Division Policy Director, Department for Children and Families
  • Ken Schatz, Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
12:00 PM

Vermont Superintendents Association Lunch

Capitol Plaza Hotel
Montpelier Room

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

Adjourn

Friday, January 17, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:30 AM

Literacy Bills

  • Donald Tinney, President, Vermont National Education Association
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Education Fund Training

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

Adjourn

Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following the Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Committee Discussion

Pre-K and Literacy

  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • Sarah Kenney, Senior Director of Policy, Let's Grow Kids
  • Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association
2:00 PM

Governor's FY2021 Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

3:00 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Community College of Vermont

Update

  • Joyce Judy, President, Community College of Vermont
9:30 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Walk - through

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:00 AM

Advance Vermont

Presentation

  • Tom Cheney, Director, Advance Vermont
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:30 PM

Literacy Instruction

  • Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent of Schools, Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools
3:25 PM

Literacy Bills

  • Katie Ballard, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Essex
  • Sandra Chittenden, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Essex
  • Jamie Crenshaw, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Milton
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, January 23, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.661 - An act relating to increasing special education State aid for prekindergarten students

  • Rep. Carolyn W. Partridge, Sponsor, House Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
9:15 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • Chelsea Myers, Director of Professional Development and Communications, Vermont Superintendents Association
10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Continued

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Jacquelyne Wilson, Superintendent, Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
11:00 AM

Literacy Bills

  • Blanche Podhajski, President, Stern Center for Language and Learning
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

3:25 PM

Literacy Bills

  • Marjorie Lipson, Professor of Education, University of Vermont
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, January 24, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

11:30 AM

H.707 - An act relating to providing emergency service courses at regional technical centers

  • Sarah Buxton, Director, State Workforce Development, Department of Labor
  • Rep. William Canfield, Sponsor, Fair Haven
  • Drew Hazelton, Chief of Operations, Rescue Inc.
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Literacy Bills

  • Kelly Bouteiller, Instructional Coach, Charlotte Central School
  • Jensa Bushey, District Literacy Leader, Champlain Valley School District
  • Meagan Roy, Director of Student Support Services, Champlain Valley School District
2:30 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

H.804 - An act relating to equitable access to a high-quality education through community schools

Walk-through

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Kathleen James, Sponsor
  • Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

After the Floor

H.709 - An act relating to requiring gender balance on the University of Vermont’s Board of Trustees

  • Wendy Koenig, Federal and State Relations and Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
  • Rep. Mary Sullivan, Sponsor, Burlington
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Northeast Kingdom Collaborative

  • Jennifer Botzojorns, Superintendent, Kingdom East Supervisory Union
  • Lucy Cannon, Member, Abenaki Nation
  • Brian Carroll, Director of Student Services, Kingdom East Supervisory Union
  • Margaret McLean, Executive Director, Vermont Rural Education Collaborative
  • Becca Munkelwitz, Alumni, Northern Vermont University
  • Individual Students, Burke Town School
  • Individual Students, Lyndon Town School
  • Trevor Utton, Student, Northern Vermont University
2:30 PM

Literacy Bills

  • Cynthia Gardner-Morse, Literacy Tutor and Concerned Citizen, Calais
  • Mack Gardner-Morse, Concerned Citizen, Taxpayer, and Voter, Calais
  • Mark Seidenberg, Professor, University of Wisconsin
4:30 PM

Public Hearing on Literacy Bills: H.668, H.669 & H.406

Room 11

  • Lisa Allen, Parent
  • Jessica Berry, Special Educator
  • Andrew Brown, Parent
  • Hilda Costello, Parent
  • Melissa Culver, Parent
  • Jessica Dion, Parent
  • Dorinne Dorfman, School Administrator
  • Cynthia Gardner-Morse, Literacy Tutor and Concerned Citizen, Calais
  • Mary Grace, Executive Director, Partnerships for Literacy and Learning
  • Aniyah Haskins, Student
  • Joie Lehouillier, Parent
  • Emily Lesh, Parent
  • Brittany Lovejoy, Educator
  • Julie Maskell, Grandparent
  • Sierra Maskell, Parent
  • Jessica Millard, Parent
  • Linda Morin, Parent
  • Sandy Murphy, Educator
  • Kara Quinn, Teacher
  • Caleb Rockcastle, Student
  • Sheri Rockcastle, Parent
  • Heather Rodriguez, Parent
  • Estes Rodriguez, Student
  • Julia Spaulding, Student
  • Marylynne Strachan, Parent
  • Malakai Valgean, Student
6:00 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Meg Baker, Universal Pre-K Coordinator, Addison County
  • Janice Stockman, Early Childhood Coordinator, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
10:20 AM

School Based Mental Health Services

Overview

  • Tracy Mongeon, Department of Mental Health
  • Tiffiny Moore, Washington County Mental Health Services
  • Andrew Ripley, Washington County Mental Health Services
11:20 AM

Literacy Instruction

  • Beth Cobb, Superintendent, Essex Westford School District
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Chelsea Myers, Director of Professional Development and Communications, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Jackie Tolman, Director of Learning and Instructional Impact, Essex Westford School District
12:00 PM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association
12:15 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

After the Floor

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Committee Discussion

3:00 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, January 30, 2020
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Act 173

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
-

Literacy Bills

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
3:00 PM

Adjourn

Friday, January 31, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

10:05 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Mark-up

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:30 AM

Literacy Bills

  • Nathan Levenson, President, District Management Group
12:00 PM

Lunch

12:45 PM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Paul Behrman, Director, Champlain Valley Head Start
1:40 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

H.909 - An act relating to the tax effect that resulted from inequitable and inadequate student equalized pupil weighting from 2000–2018

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor
-

H.910 - An act relating to adding new weights to the weightings used to calculate equalized pupils

  • Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor
  • Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor
  • Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor
1:45 PM

Committee Discussion

3:30 PM

Literacy Bills

  • Karen Heath, Literacy Specialist, Main Street Middle School, Montpelier
  • Susan Koch, First Grade Teacher, Union Elementary School, Montpelier
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, February 5, 2020
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9:30 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Sherry Carlson, Senior Director of Programs, Let's Grow Kids
  • Sarah Kenney, Senior Director of Policy, Let's Grow Kids
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

3:00 PM

H.812 - An act relating to universal school breakfast and lunch for all public-school students

  • Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Rep. Lucy Rogers, Sponsor
-

Adjourn

Thursday, February 6, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

Literacy Bills

Walk-through

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Kate Rogers, Early Learning Team Lead, Agency of Education
11:15 AM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

Committee Discussion

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
3:00 PM

Afterschool Programs

  • Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
  • Chris Neitzy, Afterschool Alliance
-

Adjourn

Friday, February 7, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

After the Floor

Committee Adjourned

No committee business today due to weather

Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following the Floor

11:30 AM

Lunch

12:30 PM

Our Voices Exposed (OVX)

Youth Tobacco Prevention Group

  • Eliza Bridge, Student, Rutland High School
  • Joe Doherty, Advisor, Rutland High School
  • Giovanni Falco, Student, Rutland High School
  • Riley Norton, Student, Rutland High School
1:00 PM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

  • David Epstein, Managing Principal, TruexCullins
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:45 PM

Proficiency Based Learning and Notation

Joint Hearing with Senate and House Education Committees
Room 11

  • Matt Jordan, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Education Commission of the States
  • Joel Moore, State Relations Strategist, Education Commission of the States
4:00 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, February 12, 2020
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Farm to School

  • David Baker, Superintendent, Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union
  • Camryn Hoffman, Student, Cabot School
  • Craig Locarno, Food Service Director, Windsor Southeast Supervisory Union
  • Faye Mack, Advocacy and Education Director, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Nene Riley, Teacher, Cabot School
  • Silas Robbins, Student, Cabot School
  • Betsy Rosenbluth, Vermont FEED Project Director, Vermont Farm to School Network
  • Peter Stratman, Teacher, Cabot School
10:15 AM

H.661 - An act relating to increasing special education State aid for prekindergarten students

Walk-through

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
11:00 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Committee Discussion

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

15 Mins. After Floor

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Committee Discussion

3:30 PM

Act 173

  • Meagan Roy, Chair, Act 173 Advisory Committee
4:15 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, February 13, 2020
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Afterschool Programs

  • Jess DeCarolis, Division Director, Student Pathways, Agency of Education
-

Afterschool Advocacy Day

  • Emily Deso-Walker, Student, Enosburg Falls High School
  • Natalia Dorcely, Student, Springfield High School
  • Tyler Duso, Student, Enosburg Falls High School
  • Heather Moore, LEAPS Program Director, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
  • Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Youth Services Advisory Council
  • Tim Mulligan, Principal, Newark Street School
  • Addison Seibel, Student, Newark Street School
11:15 AM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

  • Robert Schulze, Assistant Professor, Special Education, Education Department Chair, Northern Vermont University
  • Anne Slonaker, Associate Professor, Education Department Chair, Castleton University
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

After the Floor

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Mark-up and possible vote

  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Sarah Kenney, Senior Director of Policy, Let's Grow Kids
  • Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
3:20 PM

H.714 - An act relating to implicit bias training for public and approved independent school employees

  • Amanda Garces, Director of Policy, Education and Outreach, Vermont Human Rights Commission
  • Rep. Zachariah Ralph Watson, Sponsor, Sponsor of Amendment
4:00 PM

Adjourn

Friday, February 14, 2020
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Love Letter for the Climate

  • Lili Markow, Youth Lobby Coordinator, Vermont Youth Lobby
  • Finn Olson, Youth Lobby Coordinator, Vermont Youth Lobby
9:30 AM

House Floor

12:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following the Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Joint Hearing with House Corrections and Institutions
Room 11

  • Mary Beth Banios, Superintendent, Windsor Central Supervisory Union
  • Jennifer Botzojorns, Superintendent, Kingdom East Supervisory Union
  • Bridget Burkardt, Board Clerk, South Burlington Supervisory District
  • Karen Conroy, Superintendent, Essex North Supervisory Union
  • David Epstein, Managing Principal, TruexCullins
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Bruce MacIntire, Director of Facilities, Addison Central School District
  • Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
  • Patrick Reen, Superintendent, Mount Abraham Unified High School
  • Christine Sullivan, School Board Member, Harwood Union Unified School District
  • Clare Wool, Board Chair, Burlington School District
  • David Young, Superintendent, South Burlington Supervisory District
3:30 PM

Afterschool Programs

  • Nicole Miller, Assistant Director, Vermont Afterschool
  • Jill Rinehart, MD, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics, Vermont Chapter
4:00 PM

Proficiency Based Learning

  • Michael Livingston, Head of School, The Sharon Academy
  • Mary Newman, Incoming Head of School, The Sharon Academy
4:45 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

  • Sandra Chittenden, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Essex
  • Jamie Crenshaw, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Milton
  • Marylynne Strachan, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Middlesex
9:30 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Lori Connors-Tadros, Senior Research Fellow, National Institute for Early Education Research
10:00 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Heather Martin, Early Education Center Director, Castleton University
10:30 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Kristen Martin, Head of School, Montessori School of Central Vermont
  • Tamara Mount, Head of School, Hilltop Montessori School
11:00 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Mark-up

  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:20 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

After the Floor

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Committee Discussion

3:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, February 20, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

H.638 - An act relating to the education of children of parents who are homeless

Walk-through

  • Patrick Burke, Principal, South Burlington High School
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Martin LaLonde, Sponsor, South Burlington
9:15 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Mark-up

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
10:00 AM

H.812 - An act relating to universal school breakfast and lunch for all public-school students

  • Doug Davis, Director, Food Service, Burlington School District
  • Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Carlotta Simonds-Perantoni, Principal, Waits River Valley School
10:30 AM

Election of Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges

Joint Assembly

11:30 AM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

  • Michael Gaughan, Executive Director, Vermont Municipal Bond Bank, Vermont Educational & Health Buildings Financing Agency
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

After the Floor

Adjourn

Friday, February 21, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Leslie Wisdom, General Counsel, Department for Children and Families
9:30 AM

House Floor

11:00 AM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Kathy Flanagan, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
11:45 AM

Governor's FY2021 Budget Address

  • Bill Bates, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Kathy Flanagan, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
12:15 PM

Governor's Institutes of Vermont

  • Karen Taylor Mitchell, Executive Director, Governor's Institutes of Vermont
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Committee Discussion

  • Jeanné Collins, Superintendent of Schools, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union
2:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
9:30 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
9:45 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Sarah Kenney, Senior Director of Policy, Let's Grow Kids
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following the Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:15 PM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Discussion, Mark-up and Possible Vote

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Sarah Kenney, Senior Director of Policy, Let's Grow Kids
  • Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:15 PM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
4:15 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, February 26, 2020
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

"The Boy and the Bat"

  • Carter Somaini, Student
  • Carter Somaini, Parent
9:15 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Discussion and Mark-up

  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Melissa Riegel-Garrett, Child Development Division Policy Director, Department for Children and Families
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
10:10 AM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

Discussion and Mark-up

  • Katie Ballard, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Essex
  • Jamie Crenshaw, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Milton
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
11:00 AM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Discussion and Mark-up

  • John Carroll, Chair, State Board of Education
  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:50 AM

H.935 - An act relating to prekindergarten education

Vote

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

After the Floor

Adjourn

Thursday, February 27, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Committee Discussion

10:30 AM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
11:00 AM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

Mark-up

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:30 AM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

After the Floor

Adjourn

Friday, February 28, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

House Floor

12:20 PM

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Mark-up and Vote

  • Catherine Benham, Associate Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Rep. Alice M. Emmons, House Committee on Corrections and Institutions
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
12:50 AM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

Mark-up and Vote

  • Katie Ballard, Parent and Special Education Parent Advocate, Essex
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Chelsea Myers, Director of Communications and Professional Development, Vermont Superintendents Association
2:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Caucuses immediately following Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

H.803 - An act relating to expanding access to information about special education

Introduction

  • Susan Aranoff, Senior Planner and Policy Analyst, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
  • Rep. Woodman Page, Sponsor
4:00 PM

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Updates

House Chamber

  • Erica Bornemann, Director, Vermont Emergency Management & Homeland Security
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Monica Caserta Hutt, Commissioner, Department of Disabilities, Aging and Independent Living
  • Mark Levine, Commissioner, Vermont Department of Health
  • Michael E. Schirling, Commissioner, Department of Public Safety
  • Michael K. Smith, Secretary, Agency of Human Services
-

Adjourn

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
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9:00 AM

H.663 - An act relating to expanding access to contraceptives

  • Rep. Jessica Brumsted, House Committee On Human Services
  • Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health
  • Rep. Francis McFaun, House Committee On Human Services
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
10:00 AM

H.663 - An act relating to expanding access to contraceptives

  • Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent of Schools, Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools
11:30 AM

H.661 - An act relating to increasing special education State aid for prekindergarten students

  • Colin Blazej, Tax Payer, Carpenter, Windham
  • Russ Cumming, Lister, School Board Member, Windham
  • Bill Dunkel, Head of the Planning Commission, Town Energy Coordinator, Representative to the Windham Regional Commission, Windham
  • Imme Murath, Auditor, Tax Payer, Windham
  • Kathy Scott, Town Treasurer, School Board Treasurer, Windham
  • Kord Scott, Select Board, School Bus Driver, Windham
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

2:00 PM

H.663 - An act relating to expanding access to contraceptives

Walk-through

  • Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:00 PM

S.326 - An act relating to the State Advisory Panel on Special Education

  • Sen. Ruth Hardy
  • Wendy Morgan, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Rachel Seelig, Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
4:00 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, March 12, 2020
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10:00 AM

S.335 - An act relating to universal access to afterschool programs

Introduction

  • Sen. Debbie Ingram
  • Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Parent Child Center Network
11:30 AM

"Twende Shuleni" ("Let's Go to School")

  • Rahmah Alchaderchi, Student, Winooski High School
  • Hussein Amuri, Student, Winooski High School
  • Bonne-Idee Kasindi, Student, Winooski High School
  • Rachid Muzaliwa, Student, Winooski High School
  • Susmita Rai, Student, Winooski High School
12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

House Floor

After the Floor

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Updates

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
4:00 PM

Adjourn

Friday, March 13, 2020
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Updates

  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
9:45 AM

H.803 - An act relating to expanding access to information about special education

  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
10:00 AM

House Floor

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

H.668 - An act relating to evidence-based structured literacy instruction for students in kindergarten–grade 3 and students with dyslexia and to teacher preparation programs

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Jonathan D. Wolff, Lobbyist, Vermont State Colleges
-

Adjourn

Friday, March 27, 2020
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9:00 AM

COVID-19 Response

Updates

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Dan French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Erin Maguire, President, National Organization for Directors of Special Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Adjourn until 1:45 PM

-

1:45 PM

COVID 19 Response

Updates continued

  • Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent of Schools, Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools
  • Jennifer Botzojorns, Superintendent, Kingdom East Supervisory Union
  • Sarah Case, 3rd Grade Teacher, Shaftsbury, VT
  • Jeanné Collins, Superintendent, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Sean McMannon, Superintendent, Winooski School District
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Larry O'Connor, Special Educator, Middlebury Union High School
  • Jessica Settles, 7th and 8th Grade English Teacher, Danville School
  • Laura Soares, President, VSBIT
  • Jackie Wilson, Superintendent, Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
-

Adjourn

Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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12:00 PM

COVID-19 Response Updates

  • Laura Soares, President, VSBIT
12:30 PM

S.224 - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes to education laws

The title of S.224 is outdated. The subject matter is now the Miscellaneous Education bill. Committee discussion and walk-through

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
-

S.46 - An act relating to ethnic and social equity studies standards for public schools

Committee discussion and walk-through of proposed pupil weighting language

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

Break

2:30 PM

COVID-19 Response

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Mill Moore, Executive Director, Vermont Independent Schools Association
  • Edward Nasta, Executive Director, New School of Montpelier
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
4:30 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, April 1, 2020
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-

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Thursday, April 2, 2020
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10:00 AM

COVID-19 Response

  • Sharon Davison, Kindergarten teacher, Williston
  • Alex Eskra-St.Louis, Second Grade Teacher, Berkshire Elementary
  • Dan French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
2:00 PM

Education Finance

Joint Hearing with House Committee on Ways and Means

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Martha Heath, Chair, Essex-Westford School District Board
  • Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Tim Smith, Chair, Slate Valley Unified School District Board
Friday, April 3, 2020
Meeting Details
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-

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Tuesday, April 7, 2020
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12:00 PM

Committee Discussion

-

S.164 - An act relating to miscellaneous changes to education law

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Meeting Details
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-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

Thursday, April 9, 2020
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-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

Friday, April 10, 2020
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9:30 AM

Post-Secondary COVID 19 Response

  • Wendy Koenig, Federal and State Relations and Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
  • Jeb Spaulding, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges System
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
-

Break

2:00 PM

COVID 19 Response

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Lynn Cota, Superintendent, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
  • Kevin Dirth, Superintendent, Maple Run School District
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Zach Mclaughlin, Superintendent, Springfield School District
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Meg Powden, Superintendent, Two Rivers Supervisory Union
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
3:30 PM

COVID 19 Response

  • Dan French, Secretary, Agency of Education
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
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12:00 PM

Covid-19 Response: Mental Health

  • Tomasz Jankowski, President and CEO, Northeast Kingdom Human Services
  • Marilyn Mahusky, Staff Attorney, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid
  • David Melnick, Director of Outpatient Services, NFI Vermont
  • Laurel Omland, Director, Child, Adolescent, and Family Unit, Vermont Department of Mental Health
  • Noreen Shapiro-Berry, Northeast Kingdom Human Services
  • Marcia Stricker, Northeast Kingdom Human Services
  • Veronica Whitehill, Northeast Kingdom Human Services
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

Thursday, April 16, 2020
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-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

Friday, April 17, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

Education Finance: District Budgets

Joint Hearing with House Committee on Ways and Means

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
10:30 AM

S. - An act relating to establishing default budgets for school districts due to the COVID-19 State of Emergency

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

COVID 19 Response: Pre-K Education and Continuity of Learning

  • Meg Baker, Universal Pre-K Coordinator, Addison County
  • Steven Berbeco, Deputy Commissioner, Department for Children and Families
  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • Stacie Curtis, Director of Burlington Early Education Programs, Burlington School District
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Nathan Lavery, Executive Director of Finance, Burlington School District and President-Elect, Vermont Association of School Business Officials
  • Chelsea Myers, Director of Communications and Professional Development, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Aly Richards, Chief Executive Officer, Let's Grow Kids
  • Melissa Riegel-Garrett, Child Development Division Policy Director, Department for Children and Families
  • Kate Rogers, Early Learning Team Lead, Agency of Education
  • Meagan Roy, Director of Student Support Services, Champlain Valley School District
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
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S.343 - An act relating to delaying special education changes due to the COVID-19 state of emergency

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Meagan Roy, Chair, Act 173 Advisory Committee
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
12:00 PM

Possible Delays to Act 173

  • John Carroll, Chair, State Board of Education
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Kirsten Murphy, Executive Director, Vermont Developmental Disabilities Council
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
-

Committee Discussion

2:00 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Meeting Details
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-

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

Thursday, April 23, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
-

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

10:00 AM

House Floor

1:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, April 24, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
11:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

C0VID-19 Response: School Districts Without Budgets

  • Bridget Burkardt, Board Clerk, South Burlington Supervisory District
  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Danielle Corti, School Board Chair, Oxbow Unified Union School District
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Lyle Holiday, Superintendent, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
  • Caitlin Hollister, School Board Chair, Harwood Union Unified School District
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Bruce Labs, Superintendent, White River Valley Supervisory Union
  • Zach Mclaughlin, Superintendent, Springfield School District
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Amy Rex, Superintendent, Milton School District
  • Frank Rucker, Business Administrator, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
  • David Schoales, School Board Chair, Windham Southeast Supervisory Union
  • Mark Tucker, Superintendent, Caledonia Cooperative School District
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • David Young, Superintendent, South Burlington Supervisory District
4:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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12:00 PM

Committee Discussion on District Budgets

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S.343 - An act relating to delaying special education changes due to the COVID-19 state of emergency

Committee Discussion

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

Adjourn

Wednesday, April 29, 2020
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-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

10:30 AM

House Floor

1:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, April 30, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

Friday, May 1, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

S.343 - An act relating to delaying special education changes due to the COVID-19 state of emergency

Committee Discussion and Vote

4:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Meeting Details
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12:00 PM

Act 66 (2019) Water Testing for Lead in Schools and Child Care Facilities

  • David Englander, Senior Policy & Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Health
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
-

H. - An act relating to establishing fiscal year 2021 education spending for school districts due to the COVID-19 state of emergency

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

Adjourn

Wednesday, May 6, 2020
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-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

10:30 AM

House Floor

Followed by Full House Caucus

1:00 PM

House Floor

Continued from this morning if needed

Thursday, May 7, 2020
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-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

Friday, May 8, 2020
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Standard
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10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

Capitol Bill - Extension of Sunset

  • Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
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H. - An act relating to establishing fiscal year 2021 education spending for school districts due to the COVID-19 state of emergency

  • Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
  • Will Senning, Director, Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office
4:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, May 12, 2020
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Meeting Record
12:00 PM

Committee Discussion

Wednesday, May 13, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

1:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, May 14, 2020
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Standard
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-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

Friday, May 15, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

H.957 - An act relating to extending the deadline to test for lead in the drinking water of school buildings and child care facilities

Committee Discussion and Vote

  • David Englander, Senior Policy & Legal Advisor, Vermont Department of Health
  • Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
2:15 PM

Committee Discussion on District Budgets

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Will Senning, Director, Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Monday, May 18, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
2:00 PM

House Caucus

Optional All-House Caucus

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
12:00 PM

Trends in Higher Education

Joint Hearing with House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development

  • Stephanie Murphy, Policy and Research Analyst, New England Board of Higher Education
  • Michael Thomas, President and CEO, New England Board of Higher Education
  • Candace Williams, Director of Policy Research and Strategic Initiatives, New England Board of Higher Education
3:30 PM

House Caucus

-

Adjourn

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
11:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, May 21, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

Friday, May 22, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:30 AM

H.957 - An act relating to extending the deadline to test for lead in the drinking water of school buildings and child care facilities

Committee Discussion and Vote

10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

Remote Learning and Proficiency Based Learning

  • Jess DeCarolis, Division Director, Student Pathways, Agency of Education
  • Mary Newman, Incoming Head of School, The Sharon Academy
3:00 PM

Education Finance

Funding for FY21

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
4:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
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Meeting Record
12:00 PM

S.233 - An act relating to uniform licensing standards

  • BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
3:30 PM

House Caucus

Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.959 - An act relating to education property tax

Walk-through and Committee Discussion

  • Rep. Scott Beck, House Committee on Ways and Means
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
11:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, May 28, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

Friday, May 29, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

S.233 - An act relating to uniform licensing standards

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Erik Remmers, Chair, Vermont Standards Board for Professional Educators
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
12:00 PM

COVID-19 Response: Education Funding

  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Chelsea Myers, Director of Communications and Professional Development, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
1:00 PM

Future of Public Higher Education in Vermont Study

Committee Discussion

  • Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Michael Thomas, President and CEO, New England Board of Higher Education
  • Candace Williams, Director of Policy Research and Strategic Initiatives, New England Board of Higher Education
3:30 PM

House Caucus

Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
11:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, June 4, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
1:00 PM

Future of Public Higher Education in Vermont Study

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Eileen Dickinson, Member, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
  • Rep. Peter J. Fagan, House Committee on Appropriations
  • Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Rep. Michael Marcotte, Chair, House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
  • Michael Thomas, President and CEO, New England Board of Higher Education
  • Candace Williams, Director of Policy Research and Strategic Initiatives, New England Board of Higher Education
  • Sophie Zdatny, Interim Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
Friday, June 5, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

COVID- 19 Response: Exposure Liability Act

  • Wendy Koenig, Federal and State Relations and Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
-

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

Committee discussion of Draft 2.2 Ammendment to H.961 - Creation of Select Committee on The Future of Public Higher Education in Vermont

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Peter J. Fagan, House Committee on Appropriations
  • Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  • Wendy Koenig, Federal and State Relations and Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
  • Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Candace Williams, Director of Policy Research and Strategic Initiatives, New England Board of Higher Education
  • Sophie Zdatny, Interim Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
3:30 PM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

Committee Discussion

  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

House Floor

12:00 PM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Chelsea Myers, Director of Communications and Professional Development, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
3:30 PM

House Caucus

Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
8:45 AM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

  • Anore Horton, Executive Director, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Katie McLinn, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
9:00 AM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

  • Richard Cate, Chief Financial Officer, University of Vermont
  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Chelsea Myers, Director of Communications and Professional Development, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Sophie Zdatny, Interim Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
12:30 PM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

Vote

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

House Floor

Thursday, June 11, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
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-

No Committee Meetings Scheduled

Friday, June 12, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

3:15 PM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

Coronavirus Relief Funds for Independent K-12 Schools

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
3:40 PM

Uniform Chart of Accounts

  • Bill Bates, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
3:50 PM

Covid-19 Response: Mental Health

Services to students from Designated Agencies for FY 20 and FY 21

  • Todd Bauman, Executive Director, Northwest Counseling and Support Services
  • Bob Bick, Executive Director, Howard Center
  • Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Sandy McGuire, Chief Financial and Operations Officer, Howard Center
  • Mary Moulton, Executive Director, Washington County Mental Health Services
  • Laurel Omland, Director, Child, Adolescent, and Family Unit, Vermont Department of Mental Health
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Sarah Squirrell, Commissioner, Department of Mental Health
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

The House will convene briefly at 9AM.
See House home page for live-stream link.

12:00 PM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
3:30 PM

House Caucus

Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
9:00 AM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

House Floor

4:00 PM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

  • Sen. Philip Baruth, Chair, Senate Education Committee
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Peter J. Fagan, House Committee on Appropriations
  • Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
  • Michael Thomas, President and CEO, New England Board of Higher Education
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

Friday, June 19, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

3:00 PM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

Committee Discussion and Update

-

H.209 - An act relating to ending the suspension of State aid for school construction projects

Committee Discussion and Update

Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
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8:30 AM

TBA

  • Wendy Geller, Data and Research Director, Agency of Education
  • Patrick Halladay, Division Director for Education Quality, Agency of Education
9:15 AM

H.961 - An act relating to making first quarter fiscal year 2021 appropriations for the support of State government, federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) appropriations, pay act appropriations, and other fiscal requirements for the first part of the fiscal year

Committee Discussion

10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

House Floor

Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, June 25, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

COVID-19 Update on FY20 and Plans for FY21

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
  • Donald Tinney, President, Vermont National Education Association
10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, June 26, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

2:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, July 30, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
2:00 PM

Plans for School Opening

  • Lynn Cota, Superintendent, Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Randi Lowe, Superintendent, Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
2:30 PM

Plans for School Opening

  • Andrea Griffin, Teacher, Williston
  • Chris Guros, Special Education Teacher, Montpelier
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Donald Tinney, President, Vermont National Education Association
3:00 PM

Plans for School Opening

  • Dan French, Secretary, Agency of Education
3:40 PM

Break

3:45 PM

Plans for School Opening

  • Libby Bonesteel, Superintendent of Schools, Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools
  • Bev Davis, Superintendent, Orleans Central Supervisory Union
  • Barbara Ann Komons-Montrol, Superintendent, Windham Southwest Supervisory Union
5:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
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10:00 AM

House Floor

11:00 AM

Adjourn

1:00 PM

Vermont State Colleges Bridge Funding

  • Adam Greshin, Commissioner, Department of Finance & Management
  • Sharron Scott, Chief Financial Officer, Vermont State Colleges
  • Sophie Zdatny, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
--

Coronavirus Relief Funds

Update from UVM and Association of Vermont Independent Colleges

  • Richard Cate, Chief Financial Officer, University of Vermont
  • Wendy Koenig, Federal and State Relations and Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
  • Joyce Manchester, Senior Economist, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
  • Yasmine Ziesler, Chief Academic Officer, Vermont State Colleges System
3:00 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
11:00 AM

Governor's Recommended Restatement of the FY21 State Budget

Agency of Education

  • Bill Bates, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Dan French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
--

Updates and Legislative Priorities

Joint Testimony

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Chelsea Myers, Associate Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Colin Robinson, Political Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Traci Sawyers, Executive Director, Vermont Council of Special Education Administrators
12:30 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, August 27, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
--

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

2:00 PM

House Floor

4:00 PM

Adjourn

Friday, August 28, 2020
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Standard
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10:30 AM

Homeschoolers

Joint Committee with House Ways and Means
Please click here for the live stream

Financial Implications - Enrollment and Education Funding
Homeschooler Interface with Supervisory Unions
Draft Bill Addressing Average Daily Membership

  • Sandra Cameron, Director of Policy, Vermont School Board Association
  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Chelsea Myers, Associate Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
11:30 AM

Governor's Recommended Restatement of the FY21 State Budget

Agency of Education Allocations for:
Outright Vermont
Governor's Institutes

  • Dana Kaplan, Executive Director, Outright Vermont
  • Karen Taylor-Mitchell, Executive Director, Governor's Institutes of Vermont
12:30 PM

Adjourn

2:00 PM

House Floor

4:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

11:00 AM

Adjourn

1:00 PM

Governor's Recommended Restatement of the FY21 State Budget

AOE FY21 Budget Allocation for the Vermont State Board of Education

  • John Carroll, Chair, State Board of Education
1:30 PM

H. - An act relating to making miscellaneous changes in education law to address the COVID-19 pandemic

Introduction and Walk-through.

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel
2:00 PM

Coronavirus Relief Funds

For Pre-K - 12 and Independent Tech Centers

  • Bill Bates, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Dan French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
3:00 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, September 2, 2020
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12:30 PM

Congressman Peter Welch

Presentation to Committee - "Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Schools"

  • Peter Welch, U.S. Congressman, Vermont
1:00 PM

Coronavirus Relief Funds

For Pre-K -12 and Independent Tech Centers

  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Chelsea Myers, Associate Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
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Miscellaneous Education COVID-19 Bill

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Dan French, Secretary, Agency of Education
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
2:00 PM

House Floor

4:00 PM

Adjourn

Thursday, September 3, 2020
Meeting Details
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12:30 PM

Coronavirus Relief Funds

Post-Secondary, Higher Education

  • Sophia Howlett, President, SIT Graduate Institute
  • Stephen Klein, Chief Legislative Fiscal Officer, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Richard Schneider, Former President, Norwich University
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
--

Miscellaneous Education COVID-19 Bill

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
2:00 PM

House Floor

2:30 PM

Miscellaneous Education COVID-19 Bill

Continuation of Discussion from Previous Meeting

  • Bill Bates, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
3:30 PM

Adjourn

Friday, September 4, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
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11:00 AM

Homeschoolers

AOE Interface with Homeschoolers - Agency Management and Data Collection

  • Anne Bordonaro, Division Director, Federal and Education Support Programs, Agency of Education
  • Alicia Hanrahan, Education Programs Manager, Agency of Education
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
12:00 PM

After-school Care

Support for S335
Vermont Afterschool

  • Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
  • Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Hunger Free Vermont
12:30 PM

Adjourn

2:00 PM

House Floor

4:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

1:00 PM

School Districts Without Budgets

Oxbow Unified Union School District

  • Danielle Corti, School Board Member, Oxbow Unified Union School District
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Emilie Knisley, Superintendent, Orange East Supervisory Union
  • Lance Mills, Teacher, River Bend Career and Technical Center
  • Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
2:00 PM

Committee Discussion

2:30 PM

School Districts Without Budgets

First Branch School District

  • Jamie Kinnarney, Superintendent, White River Valley Supervisory Union
3:00 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Meeting Details
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Meeting Record
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No Committee Meeting Scheduled

2:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, September 10, 2020
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Meeting Record
9:00 AM

Education Finance

Joint Hearing with House Committee on Ways and Means

  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
10:15 AM

Adjourn

10:30 AM

H.663 - An act relating to expanding access to contraceptives

Senate Proposal of Amendment
Joint Hearing with House Committee on Human Services

  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • Ted Fisher, Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs, Agency of Education
  • Sen. Debbie Ingram, Sponsor
  • Shayla Livingston, Public Health Policy Advisor, Department of Health
  • Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
12:30 PM

Adjourn

2:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, September 11, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:30 AM

Education Finance

Draft Letter Addressing COVID-related Education Budgeting

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
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Committee Discussion

12:30 PM

Adjourn

2:00 PM

House Floor

Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
10:00 AM

House Floor

1:00 PM

Education Finance

Education Budget - Senate Education Committee Recommendations to Senate Appropriations

Draft Letter to AOE Addressing COVID-related Education Budgeting

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel
  • Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
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H.663 - An act relating to expanding access to contraceptives

Committee Discussion

  • Jody Lesko, Director of Programs and Implementation, Efficiency Vermont
  • Daniel Reilly, Public Affairs Director, Efficiency Vermont
3:00 PM

Adjourn

Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Meeting Details
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No Committee Meeting Scheduled

2:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, September 17, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
--

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

2:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, September 18, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

H.969 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Update on Education Changes Proposed by the Senate

  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel
  • Rep. Peter J. Fagan, House Committee on Appropriations
10:00 AM

House Floor

1:00 PM

Adjourn

Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

H.969 - An act relating to making appropriations for the support of government

Reactions to the Education Sections of the Budget Approved by the Senate

  • Bill Bates, Chief Financial Officer, Agency of Education
  • Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
  • James DesMarais, Legislative Counsel
  • Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
  • Jeff Francis, Executive Director, VT Superintendents Association
  • Brad James, Education Finance Manager, Agency of Education
  • Wendy Koenig, Federal and State Relations and Legislative Liaison, University of Vermont
  • Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
  • Amy Shollenberger, Lobbyist, Hunger Free Vermont
  • Susan Stitely, President, Association of Vermont Independent Colleges
  • Chloe Wexler, Fiscal Data Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
10:00 AM

House Floor

3:00 PM

House Floor

Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Meeting Details
Hearing Type
Standard
Meeting Record
--

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

10:00 AM

House Floor

3:00 PM

House Floor

Thursday, September 24, 2020
Meeting Details
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Standard
Meeting Record
--

No Committee Meeting Scheduled

10:00 AM

House Floor

3:00 PM

House Floor

Friday, September 25, 2020
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Standard
Meeting Record
8:30 AM

Vermont Mask Day and Masks4Missions

  • Douglas Altshuler, Founder, Masks4Missions
  • Kyle Dodson, Executive Director, Greater Burlington YMCA
  • Doreen Kraft, Exective Director, Burlington City Arts
  • Timothy Lahey, MD, UVM Medical Center
10:00 AM

House Floor

3:00 PM

House Floor

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