By james art 
Montpelier, VT. (WCAX)-The Governor Phil Scott on Tuesday provided more details about his vision of re-shaping education in the state, posting a 176-page plan to reduce education costs, including consolidation of 119 school areas down to just five.
As state -owned MPs slide into the holiday day of their meeting in the city, the conversation of the Capitol Tuesday is redeveloped how the state pays for schools.
Some Vermonters want the state MPs to judge what the current education reform conversation aimed at saving community costs will do. “Vermont’s freedom and unity are based on public education,” says Susan Clark, Community facilitator.
The current system is said to have not been disturbed and provides high quality, fair education for Vermont students. The problem is a group of teachers and parents led by the Left Institute for Public Assets claim that how we pay for schools is the problem. They say that the state should instead increase taxes on the wealthy and eventually fund schools through income tax.
“The richest in our society has to pay their fair share to make sure that every student, regardless of their origin or postal code, has the necessary tools,” said reporter Kate McCan, D-Montpelier.
But it seems that the legislators of the state and the governor are creating another time. Education Secretary ZOI SONDERS on Tuesday launched the full plan for reform of the governor of the legislators. “We see great inequalities in our system and enormous variability with regard to students and teachers pay,” Saunders said.
In addition to the consolidation of the scattered school bureaucracy of the state to only five areas, the plan will simplify the funding formula by paying each area $ 13,200 per student. It sets the minimum size of the classroom by at least 25 students in grades 4-12 and at least 15 for the K-3.
The plan is to have changes at the beginning of the school year 2027-28. Comes just a week before the day of the city meeting when
Communities will look at the collective $ 100 million new costs that are expected to lead to a potential increase in six percent tax this year if state legislators do not buy it.
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