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Vermont education secretary says task force proposal departs from Act 73, urges clarity on maps and funding
Summary
Secretary of Education Zoe Fonder told the Redistricting Task Force the agency supports Act 73's goals but found the task force's cooperative-service proposal inconsistent with the law, warned it could add bureaucracy and funding inequities, and urged prompt map clarity so districts can prepare.
Zoe Fonder, Vermont's Secretary of Education, told the Redistricting Task Force that while the Agency of Education supports the goals of Act 73, the task force's recent proposal departs from the law's intent and raises serious funding and implementation questions. Fonder said the agency supplied extensive data and tools and stands ready to help draw maps, but asked the General Assembly to provide the clarity districts need to begin mergers and budgeting work.
Fonder framed Act 73 as comprehensive reform tying governance, funding and quality together and said the task force's proposal "does not propose new school district boundaries. It represents an entirely new policy path." She said that separation of governance from funding and…
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