Vermont School Choice

Vermont School Choice

Summary of School Choice Options in Vermont (November 2007)

School boards in towns that do not have schools at the elementary school level (K-6) (and are towns that aren’t members of a public school supervisory union) pay tuition to public schools in one or more other districts. For towns without schools at grades 7-12 (which aren’t members of a public school supervisory union), school boards pay tuition to public or approved independent schools that parents choose, within or outside Vermont, not including religious schools. See Title 16, Sections 821 and 822 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated.

For a list of towns that currently pay tuition, see the document on the Department’s Web site, http://www.state.vt.us/educ/new/html/pgm_finance_data.html