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Joint Fiscal Office
Coverage of Joint Fiscal Office in the Nexus archive.
- Vermont’s proposed school mergers aren’t really voluntary
Vermont’s new education law H.955, awaiting the governor’s signature, is criticized for making school mergers effectively mandatory despite being framed as voluntary. The law includes financial incentives for merged districts, spending caps that limit local tax increases, and penalties for non-cooperative districts, including reduced construction aid and debt coverage.