---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to delaying special education changes due to the COVID-19 state of emergency"
description: "An act relating to delaying special education changes due to the COVID-19 state of emergency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 343"
citation: "Vermont S 343 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Senate Committee on Education"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-04-24"
last_action: "2020-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a03a53f-3836-4f75-8acc-ad8f32f93750"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2020/2478"
source_hash: "1020cf7a902d8a0c28f1b368de5e54cb09f423e2d12709b57f625bd8bdf6d7a3"
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 343 (2019-2020) — An act relating to delaying special education changes due to the COVID-19 state of emergency

## 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/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0343/S-0343%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT112/ACT112%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/ACTS/ACT112/ACT112%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0343/S-0343%20As%20passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/Docs/BILLS/S-0343/S-0343%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Senate Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-04-24** Committee bill read first time & placed on Notice Calendar per Senate Rule 48
- **2020-04-27** Committee Bill for Second Reading
- **2020-04-27** Rules suspended & taken up for immediate consideration, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-04-27** Read 2nd time
- **2020-04-27** 3rd reading ordered
- **2020-04-27** Rules suspended & bill placed on all remaining stages of passage, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-04-27** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2020-04-27** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Ashe
- **2020-04-29** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Education
- **2020-05-06** Referred to Committee on Appropriations per Rule 35(a)
- **2020-05-13** Placed on Calendar for Notice on 5/13/2020
- **2020-05-13** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-13** Read Second Time
- **2020-05-13** Rep. Cupoli of Rutland City reported for the committee on Education
- **2020-05-13** Rep. Conquest of Newbury reported for the committee on Appropriations
- **2020-05-13** Third Reading Ordered
- **2020-05-15** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence `passage`
- **2020-05-15** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. McCoy of Poultney
- **2020-05-19** House message House passed bill in concurrence
- **2020-05-19** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2020-06-09** Delivered to Governor on June 9, 2020
- **2020-06-16** Signed by Governor on June 15, 2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-16** Senate Message, Signed by Governor June 15, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a03a53f-3836-4f75-8acc-ad8f32f93750`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).