Issue Position: Restrain the Education Establishment and Lower Property Taxes

Issue Position

Education costs have increased every year for decades while student enrollment has fallen and test scores have stagnated at unimpressive levels. That's outrageous. And property owners and students are BIG losers in this system. We need to rationalize the education funding system to make it fairer and easier to understand. We need to eliminate duplication in administration and overhead. We need to better use technology to extend the reach of specialized educational services and curriculum to even our smallest schools. We should allow school boards the flexibility to come up with innovative ways to share resources across district lines. We know that a huge number of our teachers are nearing retirement age and that major changes in our teaching workforce are on the way. What better time to reinvent Vermont's educational system for the future?

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