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News Articles
The special education bridge to nowhere
... In special education, while there are dedicated professionals and certainly pockets of success throughout Vermont, there are plenty of examples to be found of inefficient spending and poor results. And looking at the results statewide, it appears that we're building a virtual bridge to nowhere.
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Rutland Herald, December 20, 2007
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Two ideas to contain school costs
... The first measure we're advocating is S.175, a bill to require that supervisory union budgets be voted on by the residents of the supervisory union ... The second measure is to require that school boards report percentages of current expenditures going to direct instruction vs. other categories in annual budget reports.
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Rutland Herald, October 10, 2007
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Group: Put more focus on classes
One Vermont teacher is on a crusade to have supervisory unions and districts statewide focus more on classroom spending and less on overhead costs. His goal aims at schools spending no less than 65 percent of their budgets directly on classroom costs.
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Eagle Times, 19 Feb 2006
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Colchester schools: Spending too little on classroom?
Colchester schools appear well-resourced and filled with skilled teachers, but should the district put more of its money into its classrooms? A recently formed watchdog group that focuses on classroom spending says yes.
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Colchester Sun, 25 Jan 2006
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Group backs school spending plan
A group of Vermonters is backing a plan urging school districts to spend at least 65% of their budgets on classroom expenses.
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VPR, 27 Dec 2006
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School budget ranked in top 5
The North Bennington Graded School ranked in the top five schools in the state in terms of money spent in classrooms, according to First Class Education for Vermont.
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Bennington Banner, 24 Dec 2006
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The 65 percent solution for schools
Vermont group advocates spending at least 65 percent of budgets in the classroom; argues there is too much fat in administration, staff.
Fed up with what they view as bloated school administrative costs and superfluous school jobs, a high school teacher and an outgoing state senator from Rutland County are urging Vermonters to join a national movement to direct at least 65 percent of education funding to the classroom.
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Burlington Free Press, 18 Dec 2006
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Directing money toward classrooms
Vermonters who live in supervisory union districts know that they can vote their local school budgets up or down every March.
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C.Hier, Op-Ed, Rutland Herald, 13 Dec 2006
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Clarifying points on 65-cent plan
I very much appreciate the fine coverage that Darren Allen provided for the 65-cent concept that First Class Education for Vermont is introducing to the state. However, I'd like to clarify a couple of key points.
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C.Hier, Letter to the Editor, Rutland Herald, 4 Dec 2006
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Ousted senator, teacher launch school-funding initiative
Schools in Vermont would be required to spend 65 cents of every education dollar on classroom-based needs under a proposal outlined Thursday by an outgoing, one-term Republican state senator from Rutland.
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Rutland Herald, 1 Dec 06
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WCAX News Script
An outgoing state senator — and a high school teacher — are joining forces to ensure more money is spent in Vermont classrooms.
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WCAX, 30 Nov 2006
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