Our students, across the state of Vermont, all want the opportunity to thrive in their learning environments. But we know that our current pupil weighting system does not allow for equal access to those opportunities.

Once the Corrected Weights are Implemented, we won’t have winners and losers, we’ll have equitable education across the board.

Vermont’s students come to school with dissimilar learning needs and socioeconomic backgrounds that may require different types and levels of educational supports for them to achieve common standards or outcomes.

I want my children, and all Vermont children, to have an equal opportunity to thrive. No matter where they live. We have a legal and moral obligation to act urgently on the Pupil Weighting Report. We must adjust how we calculate the cost of educating students to restore equitable resources for all.

CVTSE testified at the very first meeting of the Task Force on the Implementation of the Pupil Weighting Factors Report. Real world examples of unmet need in VT schools.