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Senate panel debates limiting state tuition for Vermont students at out‑of‑state and independent schools
Summary
Lawmakers reviewed draft H.454 language that would narrow when Vermont will pay tuition to out‑of‑state and independent schools, discussed a 25‑mile/25% test, and heard an estimate that roughly 100 Vermont students attend independent out‑of‑state schools each year; committee members left the question open for targeted exceptions.
Members of the Vermont Senate Education Committee spent substantial time on draft language in H.454 that would narrow which independent and out‑of‑state schools may receive tuition paid with Vermont education dollars. The committee discussed options to restrict tuition payments by geography and by the share of a school’s enrollment that is publicly funded.
The draft under consideration would allow a district to pay tuition for a public or approved independent school located within 25 miles of the Vermont border only if that school meets other approval requirements; committee staff also discussed a companion test that an independent school would need at least 25% of its enrollment to be Vermont tuition students to qualify. The measure was discussed as a way to limit the flow of state…
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