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Amendment to H.454 narrows which independent schools districts may fund with public tuition
Summary
Committee staff walked legislators through language that would limit when Vermont school districts may pay tuition to independent schools, add a definition for therapeutic approved independent schools and grandfather current students accepted before the changes take effect on July 1, 2025.
An amendment to H.454 under consideration in the Vermont House Education Committee would restrict which independent schools may receive public tuition payments from Vermont school districts and add a statutory definition of a “therapeutic approved independent school.” The committee discussed the change during a bill walkthrough on the amendment.
The proposal would allow tuition payments only to: a Vermont public school; an approved independent school that is approved under section 166 of Title 16 on or before July 1, 2025, that has at least 51% of its enrollment composed of students attending on a district-funded basis as of that date, and that complies with the minimum class-size requirements in Subdivision 165(a)(9); an independent school meeting every applicable education quality standard; a tutorial program approved by the state board; an approved education program; a public school in another state; or a therapeutic approved independent school that is approved under the laws of another state or country, the committee was told.
Beth, a staff member with the Agency of Education, told the…
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