Vermont School Districts Without Public Schools Can Use Public Funds To Pay Tuition For Students To Attend Religious Schools

On September 13, 2022, the Vermont Agency of Education notified sent a notice to certain local school district superintendents that the school district cannot deny payment to religious schools. These notifications were sent to superintendents in towns without a public elementary or secondary school in which students are permitted to use public funds to pay tuition at a religous public or private school if that religious school is approved by the state as meeting educational quality standards. The local school district should treat the request the same as it treats requests for tuition payments to approved public schools or approved . . .