By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org A state-by-state review of workforce policies and practices in the early childhood field has found that Vermont is making progress in a few areas but stalling out when it comes to ensuring higher pay for […]
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Districts that hope to avoid merger can expect to face high bar
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org The State Board of Education has decided to draw up guidelines and rules for communities interested in pursuing an alternative path to complying with Act 46 changes to school governance. And one thing is clear: […]
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 […]
Program touts results in getting kids to eat breakfast
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org A pilot program looking at ways to get more kids to eat school breakfast has confirmed what many might suspect: It helps to serve it after the start of the school day. The initial Breakfast […]
Bill puts new formula, education fund surplus into play on taxes
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org Lawmakers on the powerful House tax-writing committee have set homestead property tax rates for next year, using a new formula—the “yield” calculation — instead of increases in the penny rate. The bill also includes a […]
School health insurer hangs hopes on overhaul of offerings, rules
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org The nonprofit that provides health insurance for education employees and retirees in Vermont is making some significant changes to try to stay relevant amid calls from Legislators to move school employees onto the state health […]
Despite spending cap tweak, 106 school districts to be hit with tax penalty
Photo by Tiffany Danitz Pache/VTDigger Nicole Mace, executive director of the Vermont School Boards Association, speaks to the House Education Committee on the annual growth percentage component of Act 46. By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org The House Education Committee heard […]
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 […]
Vermont educators take wait-and-see approach to new federal Every Student Success Act
By Tiffany Danitz Pache, VTDigger.org While Vermont’s congressional delegation has lauded the passage of new federal education legislation, leaders of the state’s schools are more cautious. After 14 years of federal mandates meant to help improve learning that often bucked […]