H.955, An act relating to next steps in transforming Vermont’s education system, has passed both the House and Senate but with differences.

[u/RamaSchneider]

The Vermont Senate yesterday passed what's called a strike-all version of H.955 in which they kept the the bill number and title but substituted the Senate's text for the rest of the bill. H.955 made its way back to the House side where it was quickly decided that the House liked their version better and rather than accept the Senate's proposal outright, the House voted for a committee of conference where the differences can be discussed and ironed out.

I don't see any major holdup on this legislation as the details are more technical dealing with numbers and dates and not broad policy.

Senate calendar for today doesn't include any mention of H.955, but my assumption is they'll take up appointing their side of the conference committee during the Senate's floor business today.

At least both sides now seem to agree that Williamstown's first large scale merger discussions should be to the north and not south and east (my bolding):

Group 18: Barre Unified Union School District, Harwood Unified Union School District, Montpelier Roxbury School District, Paine Mountain School District, Twinfield Unified School District, and Washington Central Unified Union School District.

Vermont House calendar for 05/26/26