Category: Legislation/Bills

I hope you have had time to enjoy some long sunny days, as summer comes to a close, kids go back to school, college classes start, fall harvest season begins, and the lives of many Vermonters get busier. I am writing with an update on legislative work and some resources related to back-to-school & education,… Continue reading End-of-Summer/Back-to-School

Welcome to my annual summary of highlights from the legislative session. The 2025 Legislative Session came to a close in mid-June after a grueling extended session dedicated to passing K-12 education transformation legislation. Below I provide links to highlights of the session. I have not covered all of the 78 bills and 5 town charters… Continue reading 2025 Legislative Highlights

On Monday, the Legislature passed H.454, the education transformation bill that was a main focus of our work this session. Although I appreciate many parts of the bill and dedicated an enormous amount of time and effort to make the bill better, in the end, I could not support it and voted “no.” You can… Continue reading The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of H.454

Last weekend, I wrote about the significant problems with the Senate version of H.454, the major education transformation bill that has dominated legislative work this session. Yet again, a lot has changed over the past week! As a result of my vocal objections to the Senate version of the bill, with which many other Senate… Continue reading A Long Week of Negotiating