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Proposed H.454 amendment orders Agency of Education reports on graduation standards, calendar, data systems and consolidation supports
Summary
The amendment directs the Agency of Education to deliver multiple reports and recommendations — including statewide proficiency-based graduation requirements, a statewide school calendar for 2028–29, plans for statewide data systems, and a proposal for a school construction division — with staggered deadlines through 2027.
A strike-all amendment to H.454 would require the Vermont Agency of Education (AOE) to produce multiple reports and recommendations aimed at creating statewide cohesion in K–12 administration, the House Education Committee heard during a walkthrough of the amendment.
The amendment sets a series of deliverables, most of which take effect July 1, 2025. It directs the agency to recommend statewide proficiency-based graduation requirements to the State Board of Education by Jan. 1, 2026, and to develop and publish a statewide calendar for public schools, including career and technical education, by Jan. 15, 2027, for use in the 2028–29 academic year.
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