Vermont H0931 makes changes to education law, including a moratorium on new approved independent schools, adoption of the Interstate Compact for.

Vermont H0931 enacts a moratorium on the approval of new approved independent schools, with exceptions for changes in ownership of therapeutic approved independent schools. It establishes the Interstate Compact for Education, renames boards of cooperative education services as cooperative educational service areas, and modifies class size minimums. The bill also mandates criminal record checks for Agency of Education employees and contractors with potential unsupervised contact with students, and outlines the creation, organization, and powers of cooperative educational service areas.

Vermont H0931 makes changes to education law, including a moratorium on new approved independent schools, adoption of the Interstate Compact for.

Vermont H0931 enacts a moratorium on the approval of new approved independent schools, with exceptions for changes in ownership of therapeutic approved independent schools. It establishes the Interstate Compact for Education, renames boards of cooperative education services as cooperative educational service areas, and modifies class size minimums. The bill also mandates criminal record checks for Agency of Education employees and contractors with potential unsupervised contact with students, and outlines the creation, organization, and powers of cooperative educational service areas.