School Mergers

After rejecting a number of amendments, the Democratic-led Vermont House on Friday passed and moved to the state Senate an education reform bill. But the Republican governor has said the bill fails to meet the goals of reform and affordability.

A tri-partisan group of lawmakers in Vermont is seeking to postpone mandatory school mergers under Act 46.A bill introduced Thursday would push back the…

Thirty Vermont school districts are suing the state over the Board of Education's recent vote to force certain school districts to merge their boards and…

Efforts to force school districts to merge their boards and budgets in Vermont — a rural state with declining enrollment and rising education costs — have…

Voters have decided to close a local elementary school in Vermont rather than face a merger with the neighboring school district.Voters decided 57 to 21…

Three Vermont towns will vote next week on whether to merge three school districts into one. Under the consolidation plan that will be voted on April 11,…

Vermont House and Senate negotiators have reached a compromise agreement on an education bill that would require some Vermont school districts to…

A Vermont Senate committee has approved its version of a bill that would encourage school districts to merge into larger ones.The Senate Education…

As experts and researchers debate the possible benefits and drawbacks of consolidation, the Vermont House has moved an education spending and governance…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature approved a plan in the state budget to encourage local governments and schools to merge and share…