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[Chair Peter Conlon]: Welcome back to House of Education, April 2. During our break, groups of members of the committee were assigned to make sure language matched maps and intent and all of that. And we found some things that we need to just sort of make sure that they're all aligned both. So the first thing, and this is not a legislative language issue, this is a map issue, is that the district numbers or the group numbers Yeah. Attach the group numbers in the bill. I
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: told you that.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: And so we are not going to change the language. We are going to change the map. But it's a visual guide. Okay. I am going to begin and say that the Champlain Valley South Region
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: I'm so sorry. Beth St. James Office of the of Council. I'm not even signed into Zoom yet. Okay. I'll wait for the changes until I have the language up. Yes. Okay.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: Now I would like us all to sort of understand and realize that as we have gone map to map to map, we have in front of us a map that was a link sent to ADS to sort of put into a PDF that we could operate easily. Legislative council was working off sort of the original of that, and it is not would be there so there may have been some sort of any errors that exist may exist because of all the maps traveling about.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: It could also be because I made mistakes. That's okay. What section are we gonna start in?
[Chair Peter Conlon]: Okay. Well, why don't we begin this way? Were there any CISA corrections that need to be made, representative Long?
[Rep. Emily Long]: So this is just an oversight, not a mistake. Page eight. Under the this is the BTLC district, what I'm talking about, or on the map, it's called South Beach Region. Page eight, line eight, the Windham Southwest Supervisory Union. The districts that are listed there are the repeat of
[Chair Peter Conlon]: the one above in an f. Oh, okay.
[Rep. Emily Long]: I can give you just the names. You'll find them yourself. But Halifax Weeds is stand for Between Valley, which is Whitington. It just it was just a minute off. Oh, just so The map was correct. Windham Southwest is correct. It's just that the list of towns and districts that are in there are not.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: Any other CISA corrections? Alright. Now we're going to move on to groupings, and I will begin here. The Champlain Valley South region.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: Can you give me a page of my number? You I could. You have the map?
[Unidentified Committee Member (possibly Rep. Kate McCann)]: Okay, was looking at the map.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: I gotta get down to Well, I
[Chair Peter Conlon]: was just gonna say mine was fine.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: Page 30. Don't wanna hear about the ones that are fine. Page 34 is where the groups start.
[Unidentified Committee Member (possibly Rep. Kate McCann)]: Thank you.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: I thought I'd start with a pause again. Alright. Okay.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: I can get the language up.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: I'll have the language you or I'll Let's go around the table. Emily?
[Rep. Emily Long]: I had group five, six, seven, and eight, and they were all correct. Kate?
[Rep. Kate McCann]: I don't know, I failed my assignment. I'll come back to you. You don't even need to come back, I'm gonna take you up. So what one were you checking that we need to settle? I was checking Champlain Valley North, and the seesaw was fine. Yes. But I don't know how to check to make sure.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: We're gonna come back to you and representative Brady. Yep. Do that. Josh. Okay.
[Rep. Joshua Dobrovich]: I'm sure I got my numbers right here. So on
[Chair Peter Conlon]: You were working within CISA?
[Rep. Joshua Dobrovich]: Yeah. So CISA was good. I'm just trying to make sure I get the grouping right. So on page 37, starting on line 11.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: Group 21?
[Rep. Joshua Dobrovich]: Yes. Okay. So you have Twinfield Unified School District in there. That should be struck from that group. It is not part of it. That
[Chair Peter Conlon]: You can go back and forth and back and forth on that.
[Rep. Joshua Dobrovich]: Yes. That is listed under group 10 on page 35, line 18, it is correct there. And then on both the map and on the document. So in the document, it is Group 16. On the map, it is district seventeen. We need to rope in Orleans Southwest, which consists of Crasberry, Greensboro, Standard, Walcott, Hardwick, and Woodbury. That should all be brown under District 17 and be added to.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: That's a lot. This is the biggest change
[Rep. Emily Long]: that has to
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: happen. We're on page 36. Group 16. Yes. The entire Orleans Southwest.
[Rep. Joshua Dobrovich]: Needs to be added to that group.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: Okay. Hold on. I have them currently assigned to 12. Yes, and they have Okay, Orleans Southwest, and who else are we adding here?
[Rep. Joshua Dobrovich]: That's it, just that
[Chair Peter Conlon]: whole group.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: It's six towns. Okay. Crabs Ferry School District. Yep, I have the Orleans suburb. All of that to go. Okay.
[Rep. Joshua Dobrovich]: And then on the map
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: I'm not looking at the map. I'm only looking at a state of language.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: Yeah, we'll have that map. We rejiggered the visual aid organizer. Yeah. All right, Beth. We had
[Rep. Beth Quimby]: the Northeast CISA, which is fine. Group 10 was the whole Hartford question. That's like the one place that goes across the sea saline. We all decided yesterday that's fine, right? We're confirming. Yes, that was part of it. Because we need to keep the existing BOCE the same. Hartford's okay. 11 was perfect. Group 12, I think the changes in my language is I think exactly what Josh just said that has to come out of ours and go with his.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: Okay. All right. Excellent. Rob?
[Rep. Robert Hunter]: Let's see. I had Southwest CISA, groups two, three, and four. However,
[Unidentified Committee Member (possibly Rep. Kate McCann)]: on the map, group four is District 5, so just to note that. And it looks like they're all there. The season looks good, and everything that's in there should be in there.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: Alright. Leland. I had Chittenden Central Region, and everything was fine there district wise and seasonal wise. Everything looked fine. Seven, is everybody gone? Oh, we're still waiting here. Well, we can all work together on the Champlain Valley North region. Sorry,
[Unidentified Committee Member (possibly Rep. Kate McCann)]: started to go through that. Okay. The only real question and so sorry. As far as language, everything appeared to be where it needed to be, and everything seemed okay. My question was regarding the Milton District with the coloring. That was the only question I had, but I got that sorted out. Okay. And
[Chair Peter Conlon]: to the extent that you guys got through it, everything was checking out? Well done, everybody.
[Rep. Emily Long]: Did check your whole Sorry? You did challenge all of C7.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: Yeah. I didn't get mention, right? So We probably should have a clean.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: Oh, yes.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: So, how long do you need?
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: I'm going to go find a quiet place. So, fifteen minutes.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: Sure. Do you want longer? You want a half an hour?
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: No, because I have obligations over the lunch hour.
[Unidentified Committee Member (possibly Rep. Kate McCann)]: Okay.
[Beth St. James, Office of Legislative Counsel]: So, we either come back before the lunch hour and try and vote it out, or we come back after the lunch hour. I would not be opposed to doing lunch and voting after lunch before the floor, if possible. We do have a new member that just arrived that may want some conversations and questions and think time. I would not be opposed to eating and having to vote, because voting should take long. Agreed. I ask your floor? One, briefest. You couldn't do it, oh, forty five. You're I'm not available until one.
[Chair Peter Conlon]: Okay. Do you wanna follow-up? 01:00 at least.