Bill sets education tax hike at 15%, calls for new study commission


Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski addressed the press on Thursday, April 18, at a press conference about H.877, a bill relating to education, education finance, and property tax yields. Screenshot via Zoom

“The time has come for the hardest decisions,” says House education chair
MONTPELIER - At a press conference on Thursday, April 18, members of the Vermont House of Representatives were joined by education leaders throughout the state to comment on H.877, a bill relating to education, education finance, and property tax yields. Much of the focus of the press conference was the creation, within the bill, of the “Commission on the Future of Education.” 


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