Act 46 and School Choice updates: Last week I participated in a regional panel discussion on Act 46 sponsored by Marlboro Colleges Center for Creative Solutions alongside Brad James from the Agency of Education, Superintendents Ron Stahley and Dan French, Wilmington student Peyton Eisler and Whitingham student Kassidy Walkowiak. It is inspiring to have students …
Category: Act 46
Town Meeting Report 2016
Town Meeting Legislative Update March 1, 2016 Dear Friends and Neighbors: It's an honor to represent you in our State Legislature and to communicate the activities of the General Assembly to you in this Town Meeting update. I have been busy since the beginning of the session working in my committee and with constituents on …
Budgets, twister and turnips
We are three weeks in to the session, and a number of items are seeing some legislative action. GILFEATHER TURNIP Of local importance, this week Wardsboro's native Gilfeather Turnip made a significant step towards being named the Vermont State Vegetable after passing the House. Congratulations to the Wardsboro students who have testified in support …
Time for a new session
This week I’m packing to head back up to Montpelier for the legislative session which starts on January 5th and will likely go through some unknown date in May. I’ve also been catching up with folks who have reached out to me on various issues they care about or problems they are trying to fix. …
November 9 presentations
Thank you to those who attended the Act 46 information session Rep. Ann Manwaring and I hosted on November 6th in Wilmington. Rep. Dave Sharpe, Chair of the Vermont House of Representatives Committee on Education presented. Links to his presentation here. This meeting was also videotaped - I will send out a link once available. …
Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia 