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Agency of Education seeks $700,000 reappropriation to continue Read Vermont literacy work
Summary
The Agency of Education told state senators it seeks a $700,000 reversion and reappropriation in the Budget Adjustment Act to sustain the Read Vermont literacy initiative through June 2026; officials said the funds are carryover federal COVID-era dollars converted to general fund and that failing to secure the BAA action could pause services until the FY2027 budget.
The Agency of Education asked state senators to approve a $700,000 reversion and reappropriation in the Budget Adjustment Act to keep the Read Vermont literacy initiative operating through June 2026.
"It's not new state money. It's old federal money," said Jill Briggs Campbell, deputy secretary of education for operations, describing the funds as carryover COVID-era federal dollars originally set aside for literacy work. Campbell said the agency previously relied on ESSER and GEER funds and that a reversal under the prior administration curtailed those uses, leaving roughly $700,000 available.
Campbell told the committee the agency had also identified unobligated ARPA/SFRF…
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