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House refuses to concur on Senate changes to education bill, appoints conference committee
Summary
The Vermont House voted to refuse to concur in the Senate's amendment to House Bill 955 and requested a committee of conference, appointing three House conferees; the House also moved to message its action to the Senate and suspended rules to take up the measure for immediate consideration.
The House of Representatives voted to refuse to concur in the Senate proposal of amendment to House Bill 955, an act relating to next steps in transforming Vermont's education system, and requested a committee of conference.
Representative Conlin, the member from Cornwall, told the chamber the House and Senate still differ on the timing of class-size minimums, whether schools could charge tuitions or fees once the foundation formula is in place, details around school construction, and recommended groupings for merger committees. The House Education Committee voted to not concur and sought a committee of conference.
After the refusal-to-concur motion passed on a voice vote, the presiding officer appointed House conferees: Representative Conlin (member from Cornwall), the member from Brattleboro, Representative Corn, and the member from Linden, Representative Quimby. The member from Pulteney then moved—and the House agreed by voice vote—to message the House's action on H.955 to the Senate forthwith.
The clerk had previously emailed members the Senate proposal of amendment at 1:48 p.m. and posted it on the House overview webpage; paper copies were available at the main table. Earlier in the session the House suspended its rules to take up H.955 for immediate consideration.
The House took these procedural steps without a recorded roll-call tally on the floor for the conference-request vote; motions were decided by voice vote. The House recessed for dinner after completing the business in this block.
