House Democrats opt for patient approach to education funding and property taxes [Video]

Vermonters have been staring at staggering property tax increases for months now due to the state’s education spending formula; the latest predictions hover around 15% and this has led to a saga of school budget failures.Republicans expressed their frustrations Thursday at a press conference with the lack of progress on system reform with the session nearing an end. “We have time, and if we don’t have time we need to make time, this is serious business,” said Rep. Scott Beck a Republican from St. Johnsbury. They urged for serious change because they say the current formula isn’t working. “In the current system when the district decides to spend a dollar on average that district is going to pay 25 cents on that dollar, all the other property taxpayers in the state of Vermont are going to pay 75 cents,” said Beck. Beck and Republicans had a plan to give more …