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Vermont House Committees on Commerce & Economic Development and Corrections and Institutions · January 15, 2026

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Committee chairs opened a joint hearing on workforce training for incarcerated people and reentry employment. Speaker identified the hearing as a joint session of the House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development and the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions and framed the goal: reduce recidivism by connecting people exiting incarceration to skills and jobs. (Introductions and context.)

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Joint Vermont House hearings on Commerce & Economic Development and Corrections and Institutions reviewed prison education and reentry workforce programs, focusing on Community College of Vermont classes, Pell funding and Department of Labor job-center supports. Lawmakers pressed presenters on space, Wi‑Fi, out-of-state transfers and barriers to employer hiring.

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