Public to lawmakers: Slow down education finance reform

Vermonters who turned out for a public hearing at the Statehouse Wednesday aired concerns that a proposed education finance model would hike state income taxes, disproportionately hit low-income people and sow confusion if rushed.
More than a dozen school board members, advocates and citizens testified to the House Ways and Means Committee about a proposal legislators are working on that would slash homestead property taxes in half and would implement a new school income tax.
Under the new model