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Bill would create Vermont Skier Development Scholarship Fund, divert $525,000 a year from education fund
Summary
A bill introduced to create a Vermont Skier Development Scholarship Fund would award up to 20 $25,000 scholarships to Vermont high school skiers and snowboarders and be funded by an annual $525,000 transfer from sales and use tax that now flows to the state education fund; committee members raised equity, residency, and independent-school eligibility concerns during the hearing.
Representative Brady presented a bill to create the Vermont Skier Development Scholarship Fund, saying the measure would “decouple elite athletic development, and perhaps economic development from the public, education fund and our education system” by moving support for ski academies into a scholarship program administered by the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD).
The proposal would fund up to 20 four‑year scholarships worth $25,000 each for Vermont high school students attending eligible Vermont ski academies, with ACCD administering awards, adopting selection rules, and reporting back to the legislature. The bill calls for an annual transfer of $525,000 from sales and use tax revenues to the new fund; legislative counsel said that sum covers 20 scholarships at $25,000 each plus administrative costs.
Lawmakers pressed sponsors on equity and eligibility. Representative Brady cited Agency of Education (AOE) data saying…
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