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description of the meeting, who was there, action items and
the next meeting date.
Note: all minutes are marked “Draft” until official
approved by the next committee meeting.
LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE MINUTES
January 26, 2005
Present:
Jay Nichols and Bob Goudreau Staff: Ray Pellegrini
1. Jay
started the meeting.
2. Ray
gave out copies of the second issue of the Education Legislative
Report. Jay asked whom these went to, and Ray described the
dissemination to members and legislators. Bob complimented
Ray for all the information that is being sent to VPA members.
3. Ray
handed out a memo that had brief descriptions of new bills
that have been proposed as of this morning. The committee
briefly discussed the following:
• H.94:
An Act Relating to Mandatory Teaching of Civics in High School.
• H.96: An Act Relating to a Parent Consenting to Drug or
Alcohol Testing or Counseling for a Minor Under the Age of
16.
• S.38: An Act Relating to Noncompliance with the No Child
Left Behind Act.
• S.46: An Act Relating to Freedom of Speech and Press for
Students.
4. The
committee briefly review a copy of the home page for The State
of Vermont Legislature. Ray described the many features, including
a simple way to keep track of the status of a bill.
5. Ray
presented information about the VPA at both the House and
Senate Committees on Education on 1/25/05. He handed out a
copy of the documents that he presented to the committee.
They included a copy of the VPA Mission and Vision and a memo
that depicted recent activities of the VPA.
6. Ray
handed out a copy of the No Child Left Behind Oversight Committee’s
Report to the General Assembly.
7. The
committee reviewed the ACT 150 bill rewrite by the Education
Coalition. The committee supported the rewrite.
8. The
committee had a brief discussion on the following issues that
will be discussed by the legislature. No official positions
were taken.
• Maximum age for schooling lowered to 25. Generally the discussion
centered around the fact that having no upper limit allowed
people to get increased skills. We assume the cost is less
than public assistance or prison.
• Ed fund use for drop outs/HS penalty. There was a general
concern about schools losing any money due to penalties.
• Drinking age dropped to age 18.
• Vending machine legislation
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