Janet Ancel: Proposal aims for fairness, transparency in education financing

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Rep. Janet Ancel, a Democrat of Calais, who is chair of the House Ways and Means Committee of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Vermont has a unique system of funding education. We can be proud of the fact that it is progressive and that it meets the requirements of the Vermont Supreme Court’s decision in Brigham, which says that it is a state responsibility to ensure access to substantially equal educational opportunity for every Vermont chil