Rep. Peter Conlon won’t seek another term after lengthy work on education reform

House Education chair Peter Conlon has led the committee for four years and will not seek another term.
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House panel confronts ‘eye popping’ cost of school construction needs

Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall, seen at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Jan. 5, 2023. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger On the first day of the 2024 legislative session, state education officials ...
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House Ed Chair Conlon to Step Down After a Decade at Statehouse

Rep. Peter Conlon in the Statehouse this spring Credit: Jeb Wallace-Brodeur Rep. Peter Conlon (D-Cornwall), who has served in the Vermont legislature for a decade and helmed the House Education ...
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House lawmakers weigh softer approach to independent schools

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Gov. Phil Scott’s ‘education transformation’ bill hits the Legislature, all 176 pages of it

Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall, center, questions Education Secretary Zoie Saunders, foreground, as she speaks before a joint committee hearing with the House and Senate education committees and the ...
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School PCB Testing Program Will Continue After ‘Pause’ Bill Fizzles in Senate

A bill that would have triggered a pause of Vermont’s costly, time-intensive and disruptive program to test for and remove toxic PCB chemicals from older school buildings has died in the legislature.