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Conference committee debates tuition, CTE funding and contingency triggers in H.454
Summary
Members of the H.454 conference committee discussed Senate and House language on which independent schools may receive public tuition, a proposed up-to-5% supplemental charge for grades 9–12, and contingencies tying parts of the bill to a Joint Fiscal Office study and new district organization. No formal votes were taken.
Members of the Vermont Legislature's conference committee on H.454 spent the meeting reviewing competing House and Senate language on which independent schools may receive public tuition and how career and technical education (CTE) programs will be funded under the bill.
The committee's legislative staff presenter said the Senate's draft would require an approved independent school to have “at least 25% of their Vermont resident student enrollment composed of publicly funded tuitioning students,” keep the existing “tuition follows the student” calculation in place, and add a new option allowing a receiving school to charge an additional fee for students in grades 9–12. The presenter said that additional fee would be “the product of the base amount, and up to 5% of each student attending the…
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