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The House Committee on Ways & Means considers matters relating to the revenue of the state, and which shall inquire into the state of the treasury; ascertain the amount of debt due the state, and the claims against it; report the amount of taxes necessary to be raised for the support of the government and inquire what measures, if any, ought to be adopted, the better to equalize the public burdens, secure the accountability of public agents, and otherwise improve the financial concerns of the state, including all matters relating to taxation, local or otherwise and all matters relating to the grand list.

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    • Monday, May 9, 2022
      • Committee: S.287 draft budget language
    • Thursday, April 28, 2022
      • James DesMarais: S.287 - Amendment changes in context
      • James DesMarais: S.287 - Committee Amendment
    • Wednesday, April 27, 2022
      • Robin Scheu: S.287 Fiscal Note, As recommended by House Committee on Appropriations
      • Robin Scheu: S.287 - House Appropriations Amendment
    • Thursday, April 21, 2022
      • S.287: James DesMarais: Draft 2.2, highlighted
      • S.287: James DesMarais: Draft 2.2, 4-20-2022
      • James DesMarais: S.287 Draft 2.2 Section by Section
      • Julia Richter: S.287 Draft Fiscal Note, draft 2.2
      • S.287: James DesMarais: As Recommended by the House Committee on Ways and Means
      • S.287: Julia Richter: Fiscal Note, As Recommended by the House Committee on Ways and Means
    • Wednesday, April 20, 2022
      • James DesMarais: S.287 - Ways and Means Amendment, 2.1
      • James DesMarais: S.287 - Section by Section for Ways and Means Amendment
      • Committee: S.287 - CTE draft language
      • Julia Richter: Weighting Rate Change Overview
      • Committee: Ode Proposal
      • Committee: Durfee Proposal Language
    • Tuesday, April 19, 2022
      • Julia Richter: Weighting transition
    • Friday, April 15, 2022
      • S.287: James DesMarais: Draft 1.5, 4-11-2022
      • Julia Richter: Weighting CFA Hybrid Comparison
      • Julia Richter: Percentage of each district within each cost factor category - with State totals
      • Julia Richter: CFA with ELL weights
      • Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel: S.287 DRAFT 4.1 - House Committee on Ways and Means
    • Wednesday, April 13, 2022
      • Abby Shepard: Options for Calculation of Tax Rate
      • Julia Richter: Small schools cost factor adjustment and merger support grants
      • Julia Richter: CFA transition Max 5 percent annual tax rate increase
      • Julia Richter: Pupil Weighting and Cost Adjustments - Estimated Impacts
      • S.287: James DesMarais: Draft 1.5, 4-11-2022
      • Tammy Kolbe: Testimony on S.287
      • Submitted Written Testimony: Letter from Burlington and Winooski House Delegations on S.287
    • Tuesday, April 12, 2022
      • Julia Richter: Proposed district level cost adjustments for sparsity and small schools, and current law small school and merger support grants
      • S.287: James DesMarais: Draft 1.5, 4-11-2022
      • James DesMarais: Calculation of Tax Rate - Alternative 1
      • Paul Cillo: Public Assets Slide for S.287 Testimony
      • Daniel French: Testimony on S.287
      • S.287: Committee: As Passed by the Senate
      • Sue Ceglowski: Vermont School Board Association Testimony
      • Karen Horn: Vermont Leauge of Cities and Towns Testimony
    • Friday, April 8, 2022
      • S.287: James DesMarais: Draft 1.4, 4-7-2022
      • James DesMarais: Sections deleted in v.1.4 from v.1.3 of S.287 draft
      • Julia Richter: 3-Year Transition Table
    • Thursday, April 7, 2022
      • Julia Richter: Table C - Cost Factor Adjustment 3-Year Transition - Immediate ADM
      • Julia Richter: Table B - Cost Factor Adjustment 3-Year Transition-Simultaneous
      • S.287: James DesMarais: Draft 1.3, 4-6-2022
      • Julia Richter: Table A - Cost Factor Adjustment 5-Year Transition - Simultaneous
      • Committee: Population Density Memo from John Adams
      • Committee: Population Density Change Map from John Adams
    • Wednesday, April 6, 2022
      • Julia Richter: Percentage of Each District Within Each Cost Factor Category
    • Tuesday, April 5, 2022
      • Julia Richter: Cost Factor Adjustment Transition Rates
      • Julia Richter: Percentage of Each District Within Each Cost Factor Category
      • James DesMarais: Cost Equity, changes to calclation of homestead property tax rate
      • S.287: James DesMarais: Draft 1.1, 4-4-2022
    • Thursday, March 31, 2022
      • Julia Richter: Weighting and CFA changes District by District, March 21, 2022
      • Julia Richter: CFA Transition rates District by District, March 19, 2022
      • S.287: Julia Richter: Fiscal Note As Passed by the Senate
      • James DesMarais: S.287 Overview
      • S.287: James DesMarais: As Passed by the Senate
      • Brad James: Weights and Factors
      • James DesMarais: Cost Equity- Changes to Calculation of Homestead Property Tax Rate
      • Brad James: Transition of Equalized Pupils, Chart and Explanation
    • Tuesday, March 29, 2022
      • Brad James: Student Weights
    • Thursday, March 24, 2022
      • Julia Richter: Cost Factor Explanation, Updated
    • Thursday, March 10, 2022
      • Anore Horton: Hunger Free Vermont Testimony to House Ways and Means
      • Brad James: Tuition Overview
      • Tammy Kolbe: Education Finance Restructuring Slides
    • Thursday, February 24, 2022
      • Committee: Review of Pupil Weighting Task Force Recommendations Overview
    • Thursday, February 17, 2022
      • Deb Brighton: Resident Education Tax Rate Charts
    • Thursday, February 10, 2022
      • Brad James: Appendicex 7 Weighting Table - Updated
      • Brad James: Appendix 8 Cost Equity Table - Updated
      • Brad James: UPDATED Rate Comparisons All Models
      • Deb Brighton: Rate Comparison Chart
    • Thursday, February 3, 2022
      • Stephanie Yu: Public Assets Testimony on Education Finance
    • Thursday, January 27, 2022
      • Deb Brighton, Commissioner, Tax Structure Commission: Tax Structure Commission Charts
      • Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office: A. Weighting by Spending Example
      • Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office: B. Spending Measures Example
      • Deb Brighton, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office: C. Spending per Pupil
    • Thursday, January 20, 2022
      • Catherine Benham: Education Fund Big Picture
      • Catherine Benham: Education Fund Outlook - January 13, 2022
      • Catherine Benham: Spending and Weights Analysis
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