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Committee debates H.454 plan to change State Board appointment process and a related rule-review appropriation
Summary
Committee members debated an H.454 amendment that would change how Vermont’s State Board of Education members are appointed and would require the Board to review all rule series with a targeted appropriation to support that review.
The House Committee on Education devoted extended discussion to a proposed S.1 strike-all amendment to H.454 that would revise the State Board of Education’s composition and appointment process and add a statutory requirement for the Board to review its rules.
The amendment would raise the number of board members from 10 to 11 and preserve two student members appointed by the governor. It prescribes specific appointing authorities for eight voting members: one appointed by the Superintendents Association (a public school central-office administrator), one by the Principals Association (a public school administrator), one by the School Boards Association (a public school board member), one by the NEA (a public school teacher), one by the Independent Schools Association (an independent school administrator or teacher),…
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