@goldshawfarm: Please allow me to try to explain how Vermont schools are funded in less than three minutes. In full disclosure, I had to skip over a lot of details in order to make this three minutes I could make a whole hour long video about this topic and it would still probably be incomplete.
Sounds totally fair. Confused about why you’re presenting this as a problem.
2026-11-09 15:38:30
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jamespeterwildman :
Taxing unrealized gains in real estate is wild to me
2026-11-09 13:04:50
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If VT could figure out a way to fund schools without property tax i believe you would see alot of people stick around and or move to VT.
2026-11-09 11:34:06
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AlterAmigo :
Is it not normal to pay for schools via property tax? In WA, Idaho, and Montana that’s what we do. Each county is paying something different according to the school district’s needs.
2026-11-09 15:07:39
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user2574630051813 :
Seems like the video got cut short
2026-11-09 22:35:36
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Flipperhead :
They are ranked 4th in the country on Public Education.
2026-11-09 15:32:02
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user4304912800239 :
This honestly feels way better than the current process. State sets a minimum funding per student and the education goal while local controls allows for difference in accomplishing that. Why switch?
2026-11-09 12:52:33
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Kristina (aka Xina) :
I didn’t even know people in vermont were still having kids. Enlightening.
2026-11-09 15:41:03
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Urgyen Drolma :
I can tell you this- special education per child w behavior issues can run well over 300k per child max w severe behavior issues. Typical, w 1:1 100k. But staffing like this is nessecary- ive been outa the feild for almost ten years now- this is an old number-
2026-11-09 13:48:42
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user8639740812741 :
Thank you for a logical explanation,I’m going to just say what we pay as property owners for school tax is way out of proportion compared to our property tax. Way too many people relying on an income with less kids in school state wide.Just my opinion.
2026-11-09 11:31:21
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Melissa :
Crazy.. since then education in VT has gotten worse in comparison to our national average. Education in VT used to be at the top of the national average rankings.
2026-11-09 23:03:00
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Ahood460 :
I know this shit takes time to research. Good work man
2026-11-09 14:29:45
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Greta’s Mom :
Excellent explanation (and the DK patch is bonus points) :)
2026-11-09 18:07:23
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dog_mom_x6 :
Educated in Vermont public schools. Moved to another state for college. First semester it became incredibly clear that I had a huge advantage coming out of Vermont schools. Most Vermonters are probably well-educated enough to understand why this works 🤣🤣🤣
2026-11-09 21:08:30
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Akbutler :
My dad was the state rep from Charlotte in 1997. It was never perfect because it was a compromise but it was way better than it was. It was a mess because sending towns still spent more.
2026-11-09 15:55:39
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Danielle Gover51 :
Sounds fair to me
2026-11-10 00:03:21
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valkyrie :
Or November if you’re Barre
2026-11-09 13:53:59
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niceneedles :
I ended up paying out of pocket for a local micro school rather than have my child in the school here. it is a prison. we need to change
2026-11-09 23:02:26
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✊ Anti-fascist Fatty 🥓 :
Thank you for this breakdown! I'm a lifelong Vter and I wasn't exactly clear on this process. You explained it really well :)
2026-11-09 13:57:12
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Aaron - 802 Garage :
Wow thanks for this explanation.
2026-11-09 17:38:04
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niceneedles :
lottery alone should find it all right?! I know there is a history here and I don't know it all but things feel.false at this point not just broken. I have a 10 year old I have to pay for a reasonable education
2026-11-09 23:04:25
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CJ VT :
Our taxes are based on the needs of the State Education Fund, which pay the approved budgets of all the schools but we have no say in how it's being spent outside of our own towns. Not cool.
2026-11-10 02:03:56
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ME3CH :
the cat jumps scared me but thanks for the info
2026-11-09 22:18:43
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Krista :
Thank you! I’m on my school board in Windham county and this is super easy to share with my neighbors
2026-11-09 23:16:17
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user2574630051813 :
I love what you do. Thank you
2026-11-09 22:34:54
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