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MONTPELIER â The Vermont House of Representatives Education Committee on Tuesday approved a trio of bills dealing with school facilities construction, a community schools program and a student literacy initiative.
The school assistance bill passed 10-1, with Rep. Casey Toof, R-Franklin 3-1, the lone no vote.
The bill requires the state Agency of Education to conduct a study of school facilities needs, as well as a study of how neighboring states have funded school building assistance programs.
Vermontâs neighbors all have such programs; the Green Mountain State last offered school building assistance funds in 2007.
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MONTPELIER âSlowly but surely, the Human Services Committee of the Vermont House of Representatives worked through a thicket of details and emerged Tuesday with unanimous consent for a bill proposing significant changes for child care in Vermont.
The bill, H. 171, passed 11-0 after the committee spent the better part of the day hammering out language governing proposed studies and âmini-studiesâ to determine the cost of proposed changes, and how the state might pay for them.
The original bill proposed a three-year ramp-up of the stateâs existing Child Care Financial Aid Program (CCFAP) with the goal of no family paying more than 10 percent of its household gross income, and increasing pay and benefits for employees.
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The Legislature got some rest last week during its Town Meeting break. Theyâre back to work now, and there will be more than enough to keep them busy as the House-Senate crossover deadline looms on Friday. As always, you can watch the House and Senateâs committees, either live streaming or at your convenience, by finding their agendas on the Legislatureâs web page.
If youâre seeking for one-stop shopping in the House, the Ways & Means Committee, including Reps. Emilie Kornheiser of Brattleboro and David Durfee of Shaftsbury, seems a good place to train your focus this week. After all, legislative proposals in bills tend to require spending, and what things cost often informs how much ambition the state can afford.
MONTPELIER The Vermont House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a multi-million dollar bill that includes $10 million in relief for businesses that did not quality for federal CARES Act