 Jim, if you might continue, this is Senate education on Friday the 25th. We'll continue looking at going through our literacy bill and then we'll return to the revised school discipline advisory bill. And so we left off on page nine powers and duty. And Jim, you probably already know this, that you are muted. I don't think you've even started. I did not know that. Thank you. No problem. And that is the one document that I'm showing you. So let me stop that. Sure. And let's find what I'm looking for. That's 16. Yeah, that one there. Okay. Okay, so for the record, Jim Dameray, we are walking through draft 5.1 of S 16 your amendment to it. And the changes are highlighted. So let's come down to Jim. Sorry, we're still, we're on literacy. Oh, and this, yeah, I'm sorry. I figured we would just continue on literacy. And then we would go back to that. I'm sorry. Did I speak? I just thought while we were on, we could just continue it and then you were. Correct. Here it's okay. Why is that so there? Sorry. No problem. Come on. I'm going to hold on. I'm sorry. I've said close that documents. We're getting away. So let's close. Okay, I'm almost there. That's right. You guys have big elections. Two. If it's easier, Jim, we can just follow on our iPads. Well, it shouldn't be this hard, right? So let me try one more time. You're asking the wrong guy. Are we at powers and duties? We're at powers and duties. Yeah. Yeah. Page nine, page nine draft 6.1. Okay, I'm having trouble. I'm sorry. No problem at all. Follow along. We've got draft 6.1 open. Page nine powers and duties probably even easier, Jim, this way. All right. So I will just go from the. Written document. Powers and duties. One to powers and duties. Jim talked about staggered terms. How do you affect that when everybody starts at once? Well, come, come to that. That's the piece of session. Now we're coming to, yeah. Yeah. Okay. Powers and duties from page nine. Line three. So the council shall advise the agency of education, state board and joint assembly. How to improve proficiency outcomes and literacy for students in pre K through grade 12. And how to sustain those outcomes and shall. Advise the state board of education and how to update the statewide literacy plan. Required under section. And then we'll go to page nine three, which we just went through earlier. And how to maintain that plan to advise the agency of education and what services the agency should provide. To school districts to support implementation of the plan. And staffing levels and resources needed at the agency to support the statewide literacy coordinator. And then we'll go to page nine and four. And we'll go to page nine and four. We have two late dia that forms. There was seen social practices. Teach a professional development. Well, it's easy in another scope should be measured. Two assessments. And how those assessments are incorporated into local assessment plans. And how to identify school progress. And she being literacy outcomes. populations. And lastly, for next page, to review those assessments and outcomes and provide ongoing advice as to how to continuously improve those outcomes and sustain that improvement. Report is due every year by December 15. And I've added a language at the end saying the report shall contain an executive summary, which shall not exceed two pages. And then F is the means. So we've added online 12, the statewide literacy coordinator at the agency shall serve as chair of the council, provide that until that position is filled, the council shall serve as chair from among its members. Then we go on to page 11. Section 70 appropriation of 10,000 for the M and reimbursement. Section 8 is the agency baking that into their budget requests every year. Section 9 is on implementation of the council. This is a piece of system law to establish the staggering of the terms. So it says, A, the advisory council literacy is established on August 1 of this year. Members of the council should be appointed on or before that date. And for members with term limits, the service and the council from the date of appointment through the end of this year shall not be counted toward their term limit. The terms go from January 1 every year to December 31. So this interim period won't count against them. And then C, next page, in order to stagger the terms of the members of the council, the initial terms of the following members should be for one year. So two out of the four teachers, one out of the two family members, one out of the two students and the member appointed by the Vermont legal aid disability law project. So they'll have one year terms and then that will stagger those terms going forward because everybody else has two year terms. And then, yeah, okay. Section 10 is on the literacy plan. So this requires a state board by December 1 of this year in collaboration with the advisory council to update the statewide literacy plan required under 2903. And next section on page 11 is the teacher prep programs. So before December 1 of this year, the agency in collaboration with the service board shall review teacher prep programs to assess to where extent these programs provide teacher candidates to use evidence-based literacy instruction. And two, review licensing and relicensing criteria as it pertains to literacy instruction. And the evidence-based literacy instruction definition is the same as we used earlier. I came from Chelsea. And then you've got reports from the agency back to you. The first report due by December 15 of this year about having executive summary in the two further reports and two further years out, again, with executive summary. And that's it. Regarding the executive summary, that was a great discussion yesterday. Senator Perks that raised the question. In that language, where did you end up with getting that language from? I sure because I emailed Chrissy and Stephanie and they weren't aware of that language. Questions? Good. So with that, if I would certainly entertain a motion if we want to move this bill. I'll move it. Okay. Senator Birchlick makes a motion to move the draft 6.1 of the Education Literacy Teacher Training Bill, Committee Bill. Any discussion, comments, feeling it's comprehensive. Spent a lot of time on it. I think it gets us. It's going to take at least one other stop to appropriations. And it may even, as Senator Lyons mentioned yesterday have, we might even have government ops just put their eye on it as well. Seeing no questions, comments or discussion. Senator Perkslick, would you take the roll? Yes. And this is S16, right? Nope. This is the, yeah. Sorry. This is a committee bill. So it'll have, what was the draft this way? The draft 6.1. 6.1. Okay. Senator Chittendon. I learned in Green Mountain Voice that you say I, but everybody else said yes in the last one, so I'm going to say I, but if you need me to say yes, I can do that. Okay. Senator Hooker. Yes. Senator Lyons. Yes. Senator Tarantini. Yes. Senator Perkslick votes aye. Chair, Senator Campion. Aye. So that carries 6-0-0, and I'm happy to report, but unless somebody else also is eager to. You've been doing all that work with the probes, and it makes a lot of sense. It was good. Great. So Jeannie, I will be the reporter. And I will send you a clean copy after we're done. Okay, great. Thanks. Great. Yep. Thank you. Okay. So let's return to S16, the revised copy, see where senators are, what they're feeling at this point as it relates to school discipline advisory council. After this, we will move on to having some introductory language on H81. And so Jim, if you are ready, I know you have posted new language S16 draft 5.1. This is an amendment. Do people have that? Yeah. Yes. Okay. Great. Okay. All right. So I won't screen share. Okay. So I'll go through the high-level changes for you. The first change will be on page four. So page four, line seven, says the task force shall make recommendations, so that in collaboration with AOE is gone. Line nine now says we'll compile data, now analyze. Line 18 adds school to school administrative course. Page five, line eight, again, the task force shall, so it's not in collaboration with AOE. And then we've added lines 10 and 11 that the task force taking into account the Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey issued by the Department of Health shall perform the following tasks. And then on page six, line five, again, you've got the word compile. And on line seven, you've got the word compile. And then lastly, I think on page eight, line two, we have the $15,000 appropriation without the brackets. And that is it. I really like the brackets. Sorry. So I think we've made some, the good change away from analyze to compile. This group will meet and hopefully move us in the direction of away from suspensions and expulsions. In other words, exclusionary practice disciplinary practices. Senator Chinden, questions, comments, concerns. Okay. Is there anything else that anybody would want to do to the bill before we move it? Senator Perksley, anything? Okay. Okay. So I would certainly welcome a motion. This will go to appropriations and possibly may even stop in judiciary. I don't know if judiciary will want to see it, but it's possible. I move that the committee consider voting on S16 draft 5.1. Moved by Senator Hooker, draft 5.1 of S16. Any questions, comments, discussion? Otherwise, Senator Perswick, would you call the roll please? Senator Chinden? Aye. Senator Hooker? Aye. Senator Lyons? Yes. Senator Carandini? No. Senator Perksley votes yes. Senator Campion? Aye. So is that 510 or 501? 510. 510. Thank you. What does the third zero mean? If you had not been here, it would have been 501, absent. Can you abstain? Abstaining. Committee? No, because if you're here, it's like being in your seat in the chamber and you can't abstain. The only time you abstain is if you have a demonstrated conflict of interest. Good point. Yeah, so unless you've committed some disciplinary actions in school, do it. Anybody interested in reporting school discipline advisory council? Seeing none. I'll do it. You don't, nobody in need has to do anything. I really, I can happily do it. It's up to you, Senator Hooker. I'll give it a try. Okay. And I'll be there right alongside of you, 500% of the way and happy to write up and do any edits or anything that you'd like that would be helpful. And all of a sudden, if you change your mind between now and when Jeannie emails you, just say, Hey, Brian, change my mind. It's all yours. So, okay. Thank you, committee. I think good work. Great work.