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Vermont education leaders press legislature for equitable funding, pre-K ADM and education-fund audit
Summary
Representatives of principals, superintendents and teacher associations urged the Senate Education Committee to protect public education by redesigning funding to prevent unintended consequences, provide transition dollars, count pre-K students fully in the ADM and audit use of the education fund.
Representatives of the Vermont Principals Association, Vermont Superintendents Association and Vermont NEA told the Senate Education Committee on Jan. 24 that any overhaul of K–12 funding must protect students and avoid unfunded mandates. Jay Nichols, executive director of the Vermont Principals Association, said the VPA’s chief priority is “to protect public education and all Vermont children.”
Why it matters: Witnesses argued that broad changes to how education is funded could produce abrupt, local budget shocks that would harm student services, particularly in higher-need communities. They asked the legislature to model changes, fund…
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