Governor Jim Douglas will deliver his final State of the State message to a joint session of the General Assembly today (Thursday) at 2 pm at the State House. The governor will focus on ways to strengthen the Vermont economy to help employers create jobs. He will also propose reforms needed to curb property tax increases. In that regard, the governor is expected to propose a plan to reduce dramatically the number of school districts and/or supervisory unions across the state to reduce overhead. It is unlikely he will propose closing actual schools or at least specific schools, but he may suggest that there could be some high school consolidation. Vermont currently has 290 school districts. A recent report proposed cutting that number to as few as 13.
The full text of the speech will be available on www.vermontbiz.com following the speech. You may listen live at www.vpr.net or watch live at www.wcax.com or www.wptz.com.
Governor to propose economic plan, offer property tax savings strategy today
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