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Committee asks tax and education agencies to clarify roles; delays advisory committee start
Summary
Members rejected transferring certain Education Fund routing tasks from the Agency of Education to the Department of Taxes in the senate amendment, asked staff to keep routing with AOE, and agreed to postpone the Education Fund Advisory Committee convening until 2026 to reduce duplication and timing conflicts.
Committee members debated a technical but consequential administrative change in the senate amendment that would shift certain Education Fund revenue‑routing duties from the Agency of Education (AOE) to the Department of Taxes.
Tax‑department staff asked the committee to retain the routing and district remittance functions with AOE, noting that the process of directing property tax receipts from towns to school districts is operationally complex and currently performed by AOE. Rebecca Sam Roth, described in the transcript as a tax department official, told the committee she “would not have concerns with having the agency continue…
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