---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to the determination of average daily membership for the 2016-2017 school year and equalized pupil count for fiscal year 2018"
description: "An act relating to the determination of average daily membership for the 2016-2017 school year and equalized pupil count for fiscal year 2018"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 1"
citation: "Vermont S. 1 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Cummings", "Kevin Mullin", "M. Jane Kitchel", "Timothy Ashe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bef108c6-1d1b-4b2e-8e78-3f72dea57771"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/231"
source_hash: "6ebdca60bc1781f470c2cfb1018b28e39a33f42e1054b6f7119da9177ae52fab"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
---

# Vermont S. 1 (2017-2018) — An act relating to the determination of average daily membership for the 2016-2017 school year and equalized pupil count for fiscal year 2018

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0001/S-0001%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT002/ACT002%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT002/ACT002%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0001/S-0001%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0001/S-0001%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Votes

- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 68 of 135 to Pass -- Yeas = 52, Nays = 83 — **52–83** (fail) · legislature
- Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 68 of 134 to Pass -- Yeas = 47, Nays = 87 — **47–87** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ann Cummings — primary (person)
- Kevin Mullin — primary (person)
- M. Jane Kitchel — primary (person)
- Timothy Ashe — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Education `introduction`
- **2017-01-18** Favorable report by Committee on Education
- **2017-01-18** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Senate Rule 31
- **2017-01-20** Favorable report by Committee on Education
- **2017-01-20** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-01-24** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-01-24** Favorable report by Committee on Education
- **2017-01-24** Favorable report by Committee on Appropriations
- **2017-01-24** Reported favorably by Senator Bray for Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-24** Reported favorably by Senator McCormack for Committee on Appropriations, read 2nd time and 3rd reading ordered `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-25** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-01-25** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-01-27** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Education
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means per Rule 35(a)
- **2017-02-02** Read Second Time
- **2017-02-02** Rep. Cupoli of Rutland City reported for the committee on Education
- **2017-02-02** Rep. Wright of Burlington recommended for the committee on Ways and Means
- **2017-02-02** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-02-03** Rep. Poirier of Barre City moved to amend the House proposal of amendment.
- **2017-02-03** Rep. Wright of Burlington raised a Point of Order
- **2017-02-03** Rep. Beck of St. Johnsbury moved to substitute an amendment
- **2017-02-03** Rep. Beck of St. Johnsbury asked and was granted leave to withdraw amendment
- **2017-02-03** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 68 of 134 to Pass -- Yeas = 47, Nays = 87
- **2017-02-03** Amendment as offered by Rep. Beck of St. Johnsbury disagreed to
- **2017-02-03** Roll Call Results Failed -- Needed 68 of 135 to Pass -- Yeas = 52, Nays = 83
- **2017-02-03** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2017-02-03** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Turner of Milton
- **2017-02-03** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2017-02-03** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Delivered to Governor on February 23, 2017
- **2017-03-01** Signed by Governor on March 1, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bef108c6-1d1b-4b2e-8e78-3f72dea57771`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).