Legislators this week took a hard look at the challenges with education funding this year

Legislators this week took a hard look at the challenges with education funding this year and contemplated the need to make changes that would impact budgets being developed and proposed for approval at Town Meeting. The changes include a potentially significant revision to the tax cap provision in Vermont’s new pupil weighting legislation. The House Ways and Means Committee took up the topic both Tuesday and Wednesday, and were joined by House Education for a session, to ponder the pressing issue that has now resulted in projected property tax increases of over 20%