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H.454 draft alters State Board appointments and commission makeup, adds transition plan

2812722 · March 28, 2025
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Committee markup of H.454 on March 28, 2025 revises the State Board of Education appointment and removal language, adds five nonvoting commission appointees with geographic representation, and sets transition rules taking effect beginning July 1, 2025; committee discussed sequencing of appointments and removal authority.

During markup of H.454 on March 28, 2025, committee staff presented proposed changes to State Board of Education appointment, removal and transition language, and to the Commission on the Future of Public Education’s membership and duties.

The draft adds five nonvoting members to the commission, all required to have "extensive experience working within the Vermont public education system" and configured to represent different geographic regions as practicable. The appointment distribution described in the draft is: two appointments by the Speaker of the House (one of whom must be a retired or former Vermont superintendent of a supervisory…

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