Vermont Public - District 91¿´Æ¬istration District 91¿´Æ¬istration Media Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:43:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 How Vermont’s big education transformation will work /how-vermonts-big-education-transformation-will-work/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:35:50 +0000 /?p=175517 Vermont’s new education bill shifts school funding control to the state, sets minimum class sizes and aims to consolidate districts while creating a new tax category for second homes. Key changes begin in 2026, but full implementation depends on redistricting approval.

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]]> Back in January, Gov. Phil Scott leveraged the gains his Republican party made in the last election to come out swinging, demanding that lawmakers send him a bill this year that would transform Vermont’s K12 system.

On Monday, legislative leaders did what Scott asked them to do. The landmark, 155-page bill they sent to his desk, which he plans to sign, would fundamentally upend how our schools are funded and governed.

The bill embraces the general constructs that Scott proposed when he laid out his vision for reform. As with the governor’s initial plan, H.454 would enact a foundation formula through which the state—not local voters—controls the bulk of school spending, and it paves the way for wide-scale consolidation.

 

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