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Principals, superintendents urge return to independent state board oversight of education
Summary
Witnesses told the committee the Agency of Education should answer to an independent state board rather than function as an agency under direct gubernatorial control; they urged statutory changes to board composition and compensation to maintain checks and balances.
Officials from the Vermont Principals Association and Vermont Superintendents Association told the Senate Education Committee on Jan. 24 they favor restructuring state education oversight so that the Agency of Education (AOE) answers to an independent state board rather than operating solely as an agency under the governor.
Why it matters: Witnesses said a commissioner model reporting to a state board is less susceptible to short-term political swings tied to a…
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