Scott starts early on school funding debate

Gov. Phil Scott. File photo by Jim Therrien/VTDiggerNearly a year after facing criticism for a late start in Vermont’s annual school funding debate, Gov. Phil Scott is looking to get his oar in the water earlier this year.
In a letter to Vermont’s education leadership, the governor made a pre-emptive strike this week, identifying his thinking on school spending now, during the school budgeting season, instead of during his State of the State speech as he did last winter. That timing