/tags/school-budget School Budget en-US ¿ªÔÆÌåÓý Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:11:53 GMT /local-news/2025-03-05/school-budgets-overwhelmingly-pass-town-meeting-day Budgets passed in at least 101 districts on Tuesday, according to preliminary data compiled by the state’s superintendent and school boards associations, and failed in just nine districts, many of which typically have trouble passing budgets. Wed, 05 Mar 2025 18:11:53 GMT /local-news/2025-03-05/school-budgets-overwhelmingly-pass-town-meeting-day Lola Duffort /show/vermont-edition/2025-03-03/a-tour-around-vermont-ahead-of-town-meeting-day Town officials from Burlington, Swanton, Plainfield, Bennington and Rockingham discuss important issues from their Town Meeting Day ballots. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:52:38 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2025-03-03/a-tour-around-vermont-ahead-of-town-meeting-day Mikaela Lefrak, Andrea Laurion, Jon Ehrens, Daniela Fierro /local-news/2024-09-13/state-officials-educators-brace-for-tough-budget-year Gov. Phil Scott warned that, absent intervention, property taxes could spike again next year. Scott’s letter â€� and reactions to it â€� have underlined how little agreement or trust exists between the parties involved in trying to solve the problem. Fri, 13 Sep 2024 20:58:29 GMT /local-news/2024-09-13/state-officials-educators-brace-for-tough-budget-year Lola Duffort /local-news/2024-08-14/map-how-much-homestead-taxes-went-up-by-town Nearly every town in Vermont saw homestead education tax increases in the new fiscal year, with a few seeing increases over 30%. Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:26:59 GMT /local-news/2024-08-14/map-how-much-homestead-taxes-went-up-by-town Corey Dockser /local-news/2024-06-21/map-where-vermont-school-districts-struggled-to-pass-a-budget Nearly a third of the state's school districts failed to pass a budget for fiscal year 2025 on the first vote. Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:09:00 GMT /local-news/2024-06-21/map-where-vermont-school-districts-struggled-to-pass-a-budget Corey Dockser /local-news/2024-05-07/dozens-school-districts-remain-without-budget In 1996, the town of Benson set a state record when, after two years of failed school budgets, its voters finally approved a spending plan on the 13th try. Amid a statewide tax revolt nearly 30 years later, school officials in the Slate Valley Unified Union School District, which includes Benson, are hoping history won’t repeat itself. Tue, 07 May 2024 18:00:50 GMT /local-news/2024-05-07/dozens-school-districts-remain-without-budget Lola Duffort /local-news/2024-02-09/capitol-recap-vermont-lawmakers-advance-school-tax-rewrite-to-tamp-down-spending With Town Meeting just one month away, Democratic lawmakers announced a plan to rewrite the state’s education tax laws to induce at least some districts to go back to the drawing board and cut spending. If this proposal passes, some school budget votes will be postponed until later in the spring. Fri, 09 Feb 2024 21:34:00 GMT /local-news/2024-02-09/capitol-recap-vermont-lawmakers-advance-school-tax-rewrite-to-tamp-down-spending Lola Duffort /local-news/2024-02-07/democratic-lawmakers-have-a-plan-to-reduce-ed-spending-gov-phil-scott-says-its-the-right-move Property tax rates are currently projected to jump by more than 20% next year due to unexpectedly high budget proposals from local school districts. A plan from Democratic lawmakers would give schools time to revise and reduce their budgets. Wed, 07 Feb 2024 21:57:06 GMT /local-news/2024-02-07/democratic-lawmakers-have-a-plan-to-reduce-ed-spending-gov-phil-scott-says-its-the-right-move Peter Hirschfeld /local-news/2024-01-29/feds-claw-100k-back-from-the-agency-of-education-loses-100k-after-failing-reporting-requirements The U.S. Department of Education last week chastised state officials for a “significant violationâ€� of the Every Student Succeeds Act, a federal law that requires states to report annually about each school’s performance in exchange for federal aid to districts with large numbers of low-income students and English language learners. Mon, 29 Jan 2024 23:39:59 GMT /local-news/2024-01-29/feds-claw-100k-back-from-the-agency-of-education-loses-100k-after-failing-reporting-requirements Lola Duffort /vpr-news/2021-03-03/on-town-meeting-day-school-budgets-passed-easily-across-the-state Town Meeting Day voters showed overwhelming support Tuesday for school districts, which have faced unprecedented challenges over the last year as a resultâ€� Wed, 03 Mar 2021 22:13:25 GMT /vpr-news/2021-03-03/on-town-meeting-day-school-budgets-passed-easily-across-the-state Peter Hirschfeld, Henry Epp