House Ways and Means - 2026-03-31 - 1:15PM

Ways & Means Committee · April 1, 2026

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Opening: committee agenda and school construction overview

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Committee chair opened the Ways & Means meeting, set the agenda for a week of education finance work, asked members to hold questions for witnesses and introduced school construction as the day's first topic and the week's focus.

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A Ways & Means Committee hearing on March 31, 2025, reviewed how Vermont might restart state school‑construction aid, examined financing options (bond bank role, state debt capacity, out‑of‑state models), heard local case studies from Colchester and Mountain View, discussed a land‑bank proposal to repurpose closed schools, and received special‑education funding testimony urging maintenance‑of‑effort protections.

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