Vermont-NEA says move points to urgent need for Legislature to stop taxpayer funds flowing to private schools RUTLAND—On May 17, the State Board of Education voted to exempt private schools that receive public vouchers from the latest education quality […]
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State Board of Education orders three districts to pay tuition at religious schools
Ludlow-Mt. Holly, Rutland Town, Hartland, and Mt. Ascutney school districts named in appeal By Lola Duffort/VTDigger The state board of education on Wednesday, April 21, ordered three Vermont school districts to reimburse families who live in “school choice” towns for the tuition they […]
School choice statement takes Board back into minefield
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Revisiting a controversy from the initial round of Act 46 mergers, the State Board of Education has made clear that school districts merging under the later phases of the law will face the same prohibition […]
State Board of Education approves three school district mergers
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Three Act 46 school district mergers were approved Tuesday, Dec. 15, by the State Board of Education (SBE) at a meeting in North Clarendon. The Agency of Education expects citizens to vote on 15 mergers […]
Tiny enrollment numbers affect education quality — and taxes
Dear Editor, As as Rochester community member, I am writing to share some of my thoughts and concerns about the future of our school. My hope is that this will be the beginning of a conversation. I know there are […]
Independent schools balk at change to state approval process
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org The State Board of Education will revise rules for state approval of private schools in the coming year. The decision, made at a meeting earlier this month, caught the Vermont Independent Schools Association off guard. […]
Tuitioning towns do not need to give up choice in mergers
By Deborah T. Bucknam, Esq. Act 46, the new state law which provides for mergers of school districts into larger districts, protects forever all school districts’ present systems, whether the district tuitions its students or operates its own school, or […]