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Lawmakers debate who should develop a statewide school calendar; Agency of Education role proposed
Summary
Members of the House Education Committee discussed language in H.454 that would ask the Vermont Agency of Education (AOE) to develop and publish a statewide school calendar, with several members urging that the AOE work in consultation with educators and districts because of collective-bargaining and operational complexities.
Members of the Vermont House Committee on Education spent part of Wednesday’s meeting debating who should be asked to develop a statewide school calendar under proposals in H.454.
A sponsor raised the option of asking the field—local educators, administrators and school boards—to prepare regulatory recommendations for the AOE to forward to the State Board of Education. Several committee members responded that asking the Agency of Education to develop and publish a statewide calendar, ‘‘in consultation’’ with educators and the field, would be an appropriate first step and a practical way to start work on a complex issue.
Committee members repeatedly flagged collective-bargaining agreements as a…
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