Act 46

How Will Merger Incentives Affect My Education Property Taxes? (VT Department of Taxes)

Merger Incentives and How They Affect Homestead Education Taxes

WWSU Act 46 School Governance Consolidation

Why Merge School Boards?

Important Documents

• Act 46 Merger Study Committee Report (approved by State Board of Education 04/19/16)
• Study Committee Report Appendix (updated 04/08/16)
• Study Committee Worksheet (updated 04/06/16)
• Ammended Articles of Agreement Letter
• Articles of Agreement for the Unified School District
• Act 46 Expenses Related to Act 46 Vote

Updated Appendix Information Homestead Tax Projections - May 2016

• 10 Year History of Blended Education Tax Rates (HUHS w/Town SD) and CLA - Updated Appendix C2 (updated 05/23/16)
• Act 46 Homestead Tax Projections - Updated Appendix C6 (updated 5/23/16)

Staff Presentations

• Act 46: School Consolidation - Presentation to the Full WWSU Faculty - Superintendent Talking Notes - October 13, 2015
  • Act 46: School Consolidation - Presentation to the Full WWSU Faculty October 13, 2015

Act 46 Op Ed

• Op Ed #4 Act 46: Vermont School Board of Education Approves WWSU Plans for School Merger
• Op Ed #3 Act 46: Where are we in the WWSU?
• Op Ed #2 Act 46: One Board and One Budget for WWSU Schools; Are the Carrots and Sticks Big Enough?
• Op Ed #1 Act 46: Will the Six Towns in the WWSU Vote to Be Governed By One Board and One Budget?

Act 46 Story Cards

• Fayston Story Card
• Harwood Union Story Card
• Moretown Story Card
• Waitsfield Story Card
• Warren Story Card
• Waterbury-Duxbury Story Card

Act 46 Study Committee

• May 23, 2016 Executive Committee & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• May 11, 2016 Executive Committee & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• April 27, 2016 Executive Committee & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• April 13, 2016 Executive Committee & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• March 31, 2016 WWSU Board Meeting and Public Forum Minutes
• March 31, 2016 Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• March 23, 2016 Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• March 23, 2016 Act 46 Study Committee Agenda
• March 9, 2016  Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• March 9, 2016  Act 46 Study Committee Agenda
• February 18, 2016 Executive Committee & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
  • What is $0.10 Tax Savings Worth?
• February 10, 2016 Executive Committee & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• January 27, 2016 Executive Committee & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
  • Act 46 Comparison of Long Term Debt and Bonds
• January 13, 2016 Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
  • Articles of Agreement - Decision and Report to the Communities of the WWSU on the Advisability of Forming a Unified Union School District
• December 17, 2015 Executive Meeting & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• December 9, 2015 Executive Meeting & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• December 9, 2015 Meeting Documents
  • Act 46: Equalized Pupils and Tax Projections
• November 19, 2015 Executive Meeting & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• November 19, 2015 Meeting Documents
• November 11, 2015 Executive Meeting & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• November 11, 2015 Meeting Documents
  • WWSU Member School District Summary of Capital Asset Values, Long Term Debt and GF and Maintenance Reserve Fund Balances
  • Washington West Building Detail - VSBIT
• October 28, 2015 Executive Meeting & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
• October 14, 2015 Executive Meeting & Act 46 Study Committee Minutes
  October 14, 2015 Meeting Documents
• September 23, 2015 Meeting Documents
  • Comparison of FY 2016 Cost Per Pupil
  • Preliminary Look at Education Speding Reductions to meet Threshold Spending
• Tentative (Abbreviated) Status of Progress on Articles of Agreement

Board Presentations

• September 8, 2015 WWSU School Boards Act 46 Presentation

Consultant Reports

• Act 46: A Town by Town Comparison of the Pros and Cons of Merged Governance with One Board (draft #1, Jan 2016)
• Consultant Questions and Responses from January 13, 2016

Act 46: Merger/Consolidation Legislation

• Act 46 - Chapter 11 SBE Report 706 Study Committee
  Act 46: Unification; VT Agency of Education
  Act 46: What Can We Agree Upon 10/20/15 (draft)
• Act 46 of 2015 Guidance; VT Agency of Education Field Memo 07/01/15
• Act 153: Regional Education District - 2010
• Accelerated Mergers
• Community Engagement - Act 46 Implementation Project
• Cost Containment Per Pupil Threshold Amounts
• Cost Containment (WWSU)
• Criteria: Alternative Structure Eligibility Worksheet
• Criteria: Conventional Mergers
• Essex-Westford Regional Education District Study
• Excellent Education, Strong Communities - Act 46 Overview
• Explanation of Section 37 of Act 46
  • Cost Containment as Laid out in Sections 37 & 38 of Act 46
• Fact Sheet
• Getting Started: Pursuing Options and Opportunities Under Act 46
• Governance Changes
• Mt. Mansfield Union School District Planning Committee Report, February 2011
• Responding to Requests to "Privatize", VT School Boards Association - Winter 2016
• Steps for Forming a Merger Committee
• Study Committees Formed Statewide as of 01/26/16
• Vermont Education Reform & Act 46 - Jamaica 10/20/15
• VSA-VSBA Final Legislative Report - May 2015; Act 46-H.361
• WWSU Act 46 Preliminary Homestead Tax Projections
• WWSU/VSBA Consulting Agreement - Act 46 (draft)