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Teachers urge Senate to reconsider early college program, cite lost senior-year leadership
Summary
Multiple teachers told the Senate Education Committee that full-time early college enrollment can hollow out the senior year and disadvantage lower-income students; witnesses asked lawmakers to repeal or rework early college and expand dual enrollment, citing H.779 as a possible vehicle.
Helen Sullivan, a social studies teacher at Montpelier High School, told the committee that early college enrollment is draining leadership and community from high schools. "There is enough pressure on kids to grow up fast already," she said, and described 16 seniors attending early college this year at her school. She asked the committee to "repeal or at least make a plan to seriously reevaluate the early college program" and recommended support for H.779, a bill she said would repeal early college, expand dual enrollment and create a…
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