George Cross: Examining education costs

Editor’s note: This commentary is by George Cross, who lives in Winooski, where he served as superintendent of schools for 12 years. He also served in the Vermont House for 10 years and is currently retired.
While education finance in Vermont is somewhat complicated and not easily understood, the fact is that we have a statewide school funding mechanism. Taxpayers in every town contribute to the financing of schools in all other towns. They do this through the statewide education property