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Agency of Education urges integrating pre‑K into education transformation as committee debates funding and licensure parity
Summary
Agency of Education officials told the House Human Services committee that pre‑K should be embedded in K–12 transformation and funded where responsibility lies; members debated synchronizing licensure timelines and whether to equalize rates for private providers, with AOE warning of data and capacity gaps.
Zoe Saunders, associate at the Agency of Education (AOE), and Dr. Erin Davis, AOE chief academic officer, told the House Human Services committee that Vermont should treat universal pre‑K as part of a cradle‑to‑career continuum, aligning funding, oversight and quality expectations with K–12.
Saunders said AOE supports a mixed‑delivery system (public schools plus community providers) and is working with the Department for Children and Families to streamline compliance and strengthen shared oversight. "We see universal pre k as a critical entry point into Vermont's education system," she said, framing pre‑K as…
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