Lawmaker’s education tax overhaul aims to slow spending

Rep. Scott Beck, R-St. Johnsbury, left, with Rep. Don Turner, R-Milton. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
A lawmaker is proposing a radical overhaul of education funding that he said should slow the growth of statewide school spending.
Rep. Scott Beck, R-St. Johnsbury, will outline the proposal to the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday. One of its main components is to rescind the income sensitivity feature of the current funding system. Beck said that component would be replaced wi