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Education reform legislation heading to vote Thursday
Sen. Ann Cummings, D-Washington, is chair of the Senate Education Committee. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger Lawmakers are now considering a plan that would lower the excess spending threshold and...
View ArticleBurlington area designated as U.N. sustainable development center of expertise
The greater Burlington region has been designated as a leader in sustainable development by the United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies of Sustainability. In an announcement Thursday,...
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Deal hammered out on education reform bill
Sen. Ann Cummings, D-Washington, chair of the Senate Education Committee, hands an agreement to Rep. David Sharpe, D-Bristol, chair of the House Education Committee. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger...
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Legislature passes sweeping education governance reform
Rep. David Sharpe, D-Bristol, tallies the votes on an education governance bill Friday in the House chamber. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger One of the Legislature’s major bills in the 2015 session is...
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UVM trustees approve 3.4 percent tuition hike
University of Vermont students on the green. Photo courtesy University Communications BURLINGTON – The trustees of the University of Vermont on Saturday approved a 3.4 percent tuition increase for the...
View ArticleSteve Dale retires as head of school boards group
The Vermont School Boards Association on Monday announced the retirement of executive director Steve Dale. Dale has served as head of the VSBA since 2011, and will leave his position at the end of...
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Burlington worries spending control in ed bill could force staff cuts
A spending control mechanism added to the education reform bill at the 11th hour is not sitting well with Burlington school officials, who say it could cause staff cuts. Burlington’s interim...
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Legislative Wrap: Education reform dominates session
Rep. David Sharpe, D-Bristol, is chair of the House Education Committee. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger All eyes were on the House Education Committee at the start of the 2015 legislative session as...
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Website ranks Vermont colleges among 100 most affordable in U.S.
Johnson State College is No. 61 on a list of most affordable small colleges. Courtesy photo A recent listing of the 100 most affordable small colleges in the country includes three of the Vermont...
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Agency of Education completes educator equity plan
Amy Fowler, deputy secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education, speaks during the Legislative session to the House Education Committee about educator equity in Vermont. Photo by Amy Ash...
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Bill creates college savings account for every Vermont child
Vermont will soon join a number of other states in launching a children’s savings account program aimed at encouraging more low-income children, and their parents, to consider higher education. Under a...
View ArticleGov. Shumlin signs 13 bills on Tuesday
Gov. Peter Shumlin on Tuesday signed 13 bills that were recently passed by the General Assembly. Among those signed into law were bills relating to election law, public records act exemptions, town...
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Demonstrators urge Shumlin to veto vaccine bill
Demonstrators take part in a march urging Gov. Peter Shumlin to veto H.98. The protest was organized Tuesday morning at the Vermont Statehouse by the Vermont Coalition for Vaccine Choice. Photo by Amy...
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Truancy seen through a new lens at youth justice summit
Lauren Keating, a guardian ad litem, lists reasons why a student may be truant at a conference last week hosted by the Department of Children and Families. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger There are...
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Education Agency works to roll out governance reform bill
Secretary of the Agency of Education Rebecca Holcombe. Photo by Tom Brown/VTDigger School boards are getting assistance with the rollout of H.361, the major education reform bill recently passed by the...
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Advocates say state isn’t doing enough to provide services for Vermonters who...
The Austine School in Brattleboro. Photo by Zachary P. Stephens/Brattleboro Reformer A long-existing Hearing Advisory Council will be renamed and repurposed to ensure that the State of Vermont is...
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Shumlin signs ‘game-changing’ education reform law
Gov. Peter Shumlin high-fives a student at the Smilie School in Bolton on Tuesday, as he signs the education reform bill into law. Photo by Amy Ash Nixon/VTDigger BOLTON — Gov. Peter Shumlin signed...
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Longtime head of Vermont League of Cities & Towns to retire
Steven Jeffrey, in front of the Vermont Statehouse, where he has been a regular presence during every legislative season since 1978, when he first joined the VLCT as its assistant director. Photo by...
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Nuclear watchdog wants auditor to oversee Vermont Yankee fund
Dry casks for storing spent nuclear fuel rods at Vermont Yankee in Vernon. 2014 photo courtesy of Entergy Concerns over Vermont Yankee’s decommissioning plan have led a nuclear watchdog group to ask...
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Vermont districts tackle merger aspect of school governance law
Gov. Peter Shumlin high- fives a student at the Smilie School in Bolton on June 2, as he signs the education reform bill into law. School districts across Vermont are beginning to consider mergers as...
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