At the 2023 VSBA Annual Business Meeting, the membership approved a resolution expressing long-standing concerns about state-level leadership and called for a Task Force on Collaboration to Benefit All Students to make recommendations to state leaders addressing the provision of appropriate support toward the education of Vermont’s students. In 2024, the Task Force was convened and met more than ten times over nine months, collected feedback from other education groups and met with Interim Secretaries of Education and the Chair of the State Board of Education. Information was synthesized into discrete and actionable recommendations, which are outlined in this report.
The report has been shared with Governor Scott, the Vermont Agency of Education, the Vermont State Board of Education, every legislator, and the Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont.