Each biennium has two sessions. Each session is held for about 5-6 months each of the two years approximately from January to June. All bills die at the end of the second year. There is another election and with a new legislature in place the whole process starts all over again with a new list of bills. In recent years, only about 15% of all bills introduced make it through the process. Most "die on the wall." You may view legislative statistics at www.leg.state.vt.us/HouseClerk/Legislative Process.htm

Each year there are less than 10 bills that touch upon home study and bear watching. This is a very small number compared to the hundreds of bills introduced. Over the years, very few of these bills ever made it to the Governor's desk.

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Bill H.862 - Home Study Programs Official Legislative History 1987 - 16 V.S.A. § 166b. Home study 2006 - 16 V.S.A. § 166b. Home study General History of Bill 3/8/05 Introducing Home Study Survey 7/29/05 New Home Study Consultants hired 9/9/06 Update - Sent out Survey Results 2005 Home Study Results 11/30/05 Update - Bill Proposal 1/30/06 Update - Details "Education, Home Study Programs" - Bill v1 2/9/06 Update - Draft language 2/9/06 Transcript of Testimony 2/9/06 HSLDA E-lert - Neutral 2/13/06 Update - Concerns 2/14/06 Update - Legislative process 2/16/06 Bill passed out of House Ed committee 11-0 House - 1st Reading 2/21/06 House - 2nd Reading 2/23/06 House - 3rd Reading 2/24/06 PASSED the House 3/1/06 Update - House Floor history Senate - 1st Reading 3/1/06 3/11/06 Update - Forum - Send comments to Open Letter to Homeschoolers List of Concerns Senate Ed testimony March 14, 2006 3/16/06 Markup passed out of Senate Ed committee 5-0 Senate - 2nd Reading 3/21/06 3/22/06 Update - Amendments presented to Senate - roll call vote Senate - 3rd Reading 3/22/06 PASSED the Senate 3/23/06 HSLDA E-lert - Support 3/28/06 House and Senate agreement 4/07/06 Sent to the Governor To be signed publicly by the Governor on April 12, 2006 in his Ceremonial Office at the Vermont State House.