
The law will tweak the school funding formula to direct more money to districts with many low-income, rural and English-learning students.
The law will tweak the school funding formula to direct more money to districts with many low-income, rural and English-learning students.
Seth Brunell, who is charged with second-degree murder in the April stabbing of a transgender Vermonter, will continue to be held without bail after a judge rejected his attorney’s request that he be released into the custody of a friend.
The $95 million windfall in the education fund is set to be used for universal school meals, PCB remediation in schools and tax relief.
The Canaan school board rejected a bid to remove the books from the school library. But it’s not clear whether that will put an end to the dispute.
The Shelburne Democrat has served in the House since 2009 and has chaired the education committee since 2019.
A Bennington religious school received public tuition dollars. Last year, state officials wanted to know if it was discriminating against LGBTQ+ children.
House lawmakers approved S.139, which would direct state education officials to create a policy prohibiting discriminatory mascots in Vermont’s schools.
In many Vermont schools, Covid is no longer top of mind — even as cases in some districts have risen.
Lawmakers are considering different proposals for a $95 million windfall in the state’s education fund.
Some schools will be tested for PCBs as early as May, while others will have to wait until July 2024, according to a draft schedule released by state officials.
Visitors to the Statehouse on Thursday were met with an unusual welcoming committee: environmental advocates dressed as giant penises.
Faced with the choice of either updating Vermont’s current education funding system or creating a whole new one, lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee opted for the former.
The Vermont Agency of Education will allow The Sharon Academy, a school in Windsor County, to receive more publicly funded tuition. Not everyone is happy about it.
A Vermont State Police spokesperson said the agency was still investigating whether the suspect in Fern’s slaying, Seth Brunell, may have mistakenly believed that Fern had been in an altercation with his son.