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Tag Archives: Act 46

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Roll Call: House makes town withdrawal from school districts more difficult

H.727, an act relating to the exploration, formation and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts, passed in the State House of Representatives on March 17, 2022, by a vote of 98-39.

March 25, 2022 in Commentary.

Education landscape shifting as Act 46-induced ‘un-mergers’ begin and state money goes to religious schools

Religious schools in Vermont are receiving public taxpayer funds after the Supreme Court ruled states must not discriminate based on religion, and some schools forced to merge under Act 46 are now choosing to part ways after all.

September 20, 2021 in TNR News.
town of Stockbridge

Stockbridge will re-vote on school district decoupling

Fewer than three weeks after voters approved the measure, the Stockbridge selectboard received a petition that triggers another vote on decoupling from the Rochester Stockbridge Unified District (RSUD).

April 20, 2021 in TNR News.
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Testimony: Town of Clarendon vs. MRUUSD — Authority to appoint vacancy / Act 46

What just happened in Clarendon is a classic confiscation of fundamental authority, but what makes it unique is it became visible with the implementation of Act 46 when structural changes exposed it. 

March 25, 2021 in Commentary.
town of Ripton

Town Meeting ’21: Ripton School wants to go it alone

“Brave Little Town” lawn signs in abundance around the area are urging local voters of the Addison Central School District to vote “yes” in letting Ripton School out of the district.

March 2, 2021 in TNR News.
Essex Westford School District

Art Woolf says EWSD merger economic ‘success’ owed to lost school choice, closing schools may be next

Since the merger, Woolf, a Westford resident of 37 years, has not grown any fonder of the idea. He cites the loss of school choice as the main reason for the district’s economic success, as the towns no longer must pay tuition for students who want to attend other schools.

February 28, 2021 in TNR News.
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TNR Video Series: ‘Travels With Charlie – Vermont Politics in Real Life’ (Episode 30)

In the 30th episode of “Travels With Charlie — Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo discusses Act 46’s failings with former Newbury School Board Chair Paul Jewett and education insider Marvin Harrison.

October 29, 2020 in Videos.
Middlebury College

Attorneys argue Act 46 constitutionality before Vermont Supreme Court justices

The outcome of a Vermont Supreme Court hearing held at Middlebury College on Wednesday will likely decide the fate of Act 46, the state’s controversial school district merger law.

January 16, 2020 in TNR News.
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Opinion: With Act 46, whole lotta hoodwinking going on

A lawmaker who championed Act 46 now says he’s dismayed the 2015 school merger law is being used to shut down community schools.

December 20, 2019 in Commentary.
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McClaughry: Mandatory school mergers — the final phase

Probably the best reform now would be for the Legislature to establish universal parental choice with state-issued portable tuition scholarships, and let the merged districts and independent schools compete to attract pupils and revenue.

December 1, 2019 in Commentary.
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State Headliners: As Act 46 faces Supreme Court challenge, two merged towns face school tax sticker shock

Residents of the Orange County towns of Bradford and Newbury are suffering school tax sticker shock because taxes for the newly-created Oxbow United Union School District are much higher than what they had been led to expect.

September 25, 2019 in TNR News.

TNR Video Series: ‘Travels With Charlie – Vermont Politics in Real Life’ (Episode 4)

In the fourth episode of “Travels With Charlie – Vermont Politics in Real Life,” host Charlie Papillo talks Act 46 with Republican state Sen. Corey Parent and David Kelley, an attorney representing school districts jointly appealing the State Board of Education’s merger decisions.

June 26, 2019 in Videos.

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