Legislature gets updates, seeks solutions for milk dumping, education revenue shortfall, prison reform
By Guy Page
April 13, 2020 – Vermont farmers are dumping milk while shoppers worry about food supply. The tug and war over “compassionate release” of inmates from Vermont prisons continues. Should evictions and foreclosures be postponed? Are Vermont minorities being adversely impacted by Covid-19? Vermont school districts are in a bind because it’s hard to schedule revotes on failed school budgets, and the state education fund is at least $40 million in the hole after every surplus and rainy day dollar has been spent.
To see the committee meetings recorded on Zoom and available on YouTube, click on the committee name below. Click here for weekly schedule of all committee meetings.
HOUSE
Tuesday: Dairy supply and distribution, Food systems, farmers markets
Friday: Committee Discussion
Wednesday: Covid-19 unemployment
Commerce & Economic Development
Thursday: Meeting with industry groups about their issues and needs
Tuesday & Thursday: S338 justice reinvestment (probation & parole for inmates)
Tuesday: Covid-19 response: Mental Health
Friday: School district budgets, possible Act 173 (Special Ed) delay
Tuesday: Covid-19 committee discussion
Wednesday: committee meeting
General, Housing, & Military Affairs
Tuesday: S333 – moratorium on evictions, foreclosure during state of emergency
Wednesday: remote notarizations, elections contengency planning
Thursday: Covid-19 response legislation
Tuesday: H742 – VT response to Covid-19
Wednesday: Diversity & equity issues
Thursday: Covid-19 response – update on federal funds, community hospitals
Tuesday: foster care, family visitation
Wednesday: economic services
Thursday: home care workers
Agenda not published
Natural Resources, Fish, & Wildlife
Agenda not published
Wednesday: H942, Transportation Bill. Covid-19 discussion.
Wednesday: committee discussion
Friday: School district budgets
SENATE
Thursday: C-19 response committee discussion
Agenda not published
Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs
Tuesday: C-19 response – state, federal housing programs and assistance.
Wednesday: C-19 response – workers compensation
Tuesday: Act 173 delay, default educational budget, higher ed projections & needs
Thursday: TBD
Tuesday – C19 response – treasurer’s report, short-term borrowing, local government issues
Thursday – education financing
Tuesday – property taxes
Thursday – funds affecting municipalities, EMS, law enforcement
Friday – DPS update, posting notices
Tuesday: C19 response – foster care implications, H742
Wednesday: Medication, pharmaceutical issues, diversity and equity issues
Thursday: update on federal funds, community hospitals
Friday: Broadband & internet issues
Agenda not published
Judiciary
Wednesday: public safety update, corrections update, foster care/visitations update, judicial confirmations, offender release during emergency, sunset of Racial Disparities Act, Justice Reinvestment II
Agenda not published
Agenda not published
Vermont farmers in 1986 dumping milk due to oversupply. Photo credit Ruralvermont.org.
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