Officials recommend Education Agency lead on pre-K program

Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VTDiggerThe agencies responsible for overseeing the universal pre-kindergarten program in Vermont are recommending changes to the way it is paid for and administered.A division of the Agency of Human Services jointly administers the program with the Agency of Education. At an education summit this week, Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe and Human Services Secretary Al Gobeille said they will ask lawmakers to put the Education Ag