The House on Tuesday passed a bill on second reading that would initiate a universal school breakfast program as well as a study on potentially including lunches. Estimates for the cost for one year are at least $29 million.
This past weekend Burlington experienced more gun-related incidents than the city would typically expect in a year. The incidents come as city councilors and the mayor continue to battle over how many police officers are needed on the force to protect local residents.
A handful of bills aimed at delivering more “equity” for Vermonters are under consideration as this year’s legislative session prepares to enter its final month.
On Wednesday, members of the House Education Committee continued discussion of S.139, a measure that would give the state control over local school mascots and associated branding.
The governor once again is urging lawmakers to consider his warning about unstable economic times that are pressing Vermonters as they decide what to do with a state budget that includes billions in federal assistance.
The Burlington Police Department reported a gun incident over the holiday weekend, this time in City Hall Park. No one was injured in the shooting.
As House and Senate lawmakers continue to work out differences on how to spend unprecedented amounts of federal money available for the state budget, the governor warned that this money could be the state’s one chance for everyday Vermonters to economically survive a “perfect storm” of extreme inflation of the U.S. dollar.
According to research conducted by the Vermont-based think tank, 10 graduates of Middlebury College who left the state years ago are recorded as having voted by absentee ballot in the 2020 election.
The House Education Committee on Thursday approved a bill that would provide universal breakfast and lunch for all school children regardless of each family’s ability to provide their own meals or lunch money.
A report put out the Vermont Department of Health in coordination with out-of-state universities indicates that efforts by states to reverse “vaccine hesitancy” among parents with newborns have largely proven ineffective.
While taking questions from reporters during his weekly press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott suggested that an abundance of federal funds in Vermont means “we’re not going to increase taxes now.”
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would expand food services at public schools to include “free” meals for all — regardless of the ability to pay — as a way to achieve greater equity within Vermont schools.