Representing Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton and Wardsboro
It’s the holiday season and for many a time of year filled with traditions among families and communities. In Vermont we also have a unique tradition that kicks off the month of December. December 1st brings about the annual receipt of the Vermont Tax Commissioner’s statutorily required letter to the legislature regarding anticipated property tax …
Continue reading Without new state funding mechanism, Vermonter’s property taxes will keep rising
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2017 WILMINGTON, VT – State Representatives Laura Sibilia (I-Dover), John Gannon (D-Wilmington) and Ben Jickling (I-Randolph) sent a letter to Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education Rebecca Holcomb seeking clarification on the Secretary’s position on completing the mandated weighting study contained in Act 49. A recent article quoted the …
Greetings from Goose City! We are winding down from soccer with our son and looking forward to the holiday return of our girls. I'm thinking more and more about the coming legislative session, and there are a number of public input sessions I want you to know about further on in this email. This year …
Happy late summer! I'm looking forward to seeing you all at a number of events in the coming weeks and months in the valley. An update on the end of the 2017 session: This year I served on a new committee focusing on Energy and Technology which was created by Speaker of the House Mitzi …
The Legislature continues in session overtime as a major fight about fairness in our education system continues to unfold. Despite the dramatic headlines about the "assault" on employees and "stripping" collective bargaining away from school employees, the most common question I am getting back home is an incredulous "why is this such a big problem?". …
Continue reading Vermont’s extended session: reality vs. hyperbole
The coming week, presumably the final week of this year's legislative session, is loaded with significant bills that will likely generate heated debate on the floor of the House. My votes on these bills will be made after taking into consideration ALL of the language in the bill, as well as any amendments that may …
As the final weeks of the 2017 Session wind down, legislative changes are moving quickly through both the House and Senate. Several items of interest to our area include changes to education legislation and increased tools for rural infrastructure and telecommunications. Two education bills most likely to impact our district are the Senate miscellaneous …
Town Meeting Update March 2017 It’s an honor to represent you in our State Legislature and to communicate the activities of the General Assembly to you in this Town Meeting update. BUDGET: Governor Scott has provided a 7.93B budget to the Legislature which outlines his priorities for the state. Included were increases for early childhood education, …
2017 Windham-Bennington District Town Meeting Information Times and locations for our districts Town Meeting and Australian Ballot items are below. Act 46 Australian ballot votes and other notable Town Meeting education articles are in green. On Monday night March 6th, I’ll be traveling to all of the Bennington County Towns, starting with Searsburg, then Stamford, …
Continue reading 2017 Windham-Bennington District Town Meeting Information
Governor Scott released his first recommended state budget for Vermont today. He prefaced his comments by pointing to Vermont's shrinking workforce as our single largest obstacle - I wholeheartedly agree. His budget proposed a massive realignment of our education system to include early education and childcare as well as post secondary education, and innovative realignments …
Vermont State Representative Laura Sibilia 