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State Board finalizes Education Quality Standards; independent-school rules updated and ethnic-studies standards next
Summary
Board members and staff told the House Education Committee that they completed a multi-year rewrite of the Education Quality Standards to reflect Act 1, updated independent-school approval rules, and are now reviewing ethnic‑studies standards and upcoming CTE rule changes; implementation and accountability rest with the Agency of Education.
Tammy Colby, vice chair of the Vermont State Board of Education, told the House Committee on Education on Jan. 22, 2025, that the board completed a multi-year rewrite of the Education Quality Standards (EQS) to align rules with Act 1 recommendations and statutory changes and that the board has begun considering ethnic‑studies standards proposed by the Act 1 Working Group.
The EQS set the regulatory framework public schools use for curriculum, staffing and reporting; Colby said the board’s rewrite was intended to ensure substantially equal, equitable and inclusive educational opportunities across Vermont districts and to make the rules implementable in the field.
Colby summarized the public process and outcomes. She said the review began after the Act 1 Working Group submitted recommendations in April 2022 and that…
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