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Legislative counsel Beth St. James outlines CISA startup funding, deadlines and local flexibility in House Education markup
Summary
At an April 1 House Education markup, legislative counsel Beth St. James walked members through a draft bill to establish Cooperative Educational Service Areas (CISAs), increase startup grants, set facilitator roles and deadlines for study committees, and preserve local flexibility on mapping.
On April 1, the House Education Committee reviewed changes to a draft bill aimed at next steps in Vermont’s education transformation, including creating mandatory Cooperative Educational Service Areas (CISAs), updating governance language and specifying startup and facilitator funding. Beth St. James of the Office of Legislative Council led the walkthrough of draft 8.1.
St. James said the draft renames existing 'Boseies' to CISAs (the draft sometimes uses the working name “Seesaw”) and would set statutory authority for those entities, including board composition and core powers. "What you will see is ... the allocation of the appropriation for CISA startup, facilitators, and study committee grants," she told the committee.
Committee members discussed definitions and maps to identify supervisory unions and member school districts. St. James explained the draft clarifies use of the term 'supervisory union' to include supervisory districts and that…
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