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House committee told Senate bill splits deadlines for school behavioral threat assessment teams
Summary
Legislative Council explained the Senate version of H.480 keeps teams required by July 1, 2025, to be identified but delays some implementation steps until Oct. 1, 2025, and preserves later data-collection requirements that the House had repealed.
Members of the Vermont House Education Committee on May 14 were briefed on Senate amendments to the school safety provisions in the miscellaneous education bill H.480, including a change that staggers implementation dates for behavioral threat assessment teams.
Beth St. James of the Office of Legislative Council said the Senate ‘‘is breaking it up into two steps. By 07/01/2025, school districts need to have established a team and identify team members. And then by…
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