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With Town Meeting just one month away, Democratic lawmakers announced a plan to rewrite the state’s education tax laws to induce at least some districts to go back to the drawing board and cut spending. If this proposal passes, some school budget votes will be postponed until later in the spring.
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Property tax rates are currently projected to jump by more than 20% next year due to unexpectedly high budget proposals from local school districts. A plan from Democratic lawmakers would give schools time to revise and reduce their budgets.
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The U.S. Department of Education last week chastised state officials for a “significant violation” of the Every Student Succeeds Act, a federal law that requires states to report annually about each school’s performance in exchange for federal aid to districts with large numbers of low-income students and English language learners.
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Town Meeting Day voters showed overwhelming support Tuesday for school districts, which have faced unprecedented challenges over the last year as a result…
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The COVID-19 crisis has hit every part of the global and local economy. Vermont's K-12 schools are no exception. There’s bad news, and then there’s really…
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South Burlington voters have rejected two school budgets amidst the ongoing debate over the changing of the high school's "rebel" nickname. They'll vote…
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House lawmakers are pushing ahead with a controversial plan to consolidate school districts and impose spending limits on public schools. But Secretary of…
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One of the trends on Town Meeting Day was that far fewer school budgets were voted down this year than last year. In 2014, 37 school budgets failed. So…
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Voters in Vernon Tuesday passed a slightly pared-down version of the $4.4 million school budget they rejected at town meeting in March. Vernon School…
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Voters in several of Vermont’s larger communities have rejected school budgets, sending a message to local school boards and perhaps to Montpelier that…