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The proposal would involve school district consolidation, changing school funding, creating standards for a statewide curriculum and much more.

There's a lot laid out in Gov. Phil Scott's 2026 budget he shared Tuesday � which totals about $9 billion. Here are just a few of the big proposals that might help break it down.

Money. School choice. Local control. The governor's plan wades into treacherous political waters.

The far-reaching proposal would consolidate decisions about education in Vermont in the hands of state government and five large regional school boards.

Under Scott's plan, Vermont would go from having more than 100 school districts to five and see the state government assume a much more direct role in deciding how much schools spend, which schools close, and what is taught.

Obama-era rules, which Trump kept in place during his first administration, currently prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement from making arrests at so-called “sensitive locations,� including schools, churches and hospitals. But Trump reportedly wants to rescind that policy.

Increasingly common public campus closings face political and community hostility.

In his fifth inaugural address, Scott framed the latest election results as a clear mandate � and he telegraphed big plans for Vermont's schools.

Lena Ashooh is Vermont's 43rd Rhodes Scholar, and the state's first since 2006. After earning Harvard University's first ever animal studies degree, she'll head to the University of Oxford to study legal philosophy.

The Justice Department said the district cooperated fully with the investigation and has already implemented some improvements.