Hallquist proposes an income-based education funding model - but offers few details

BURLINGTON — Democratic gubernatorial nominee Christine Hallquist on Wednesday called for an overhaul of the state’s education finance system and slammed Gov. Phil Scott’s record on schools.

At a small press conference held at a park across from Burlington’s Integrated Arts Academy, Hallquist jabbed Scott for “barking orders from Montpelier” instead of working with teachers and schools, and proposed transitioning away from a property tax to an income-tax based model to pay for schools.

“Scott has decided that as part of the affordability crisis, schools are the problem, as opposed to being the solution,” Hallquist said. “We cannot grow our economy if we cut education.”

But while the event – and a gubernatorial debate later that night in Rutland – helped crystalize key differences between the two candidates’ education priorities, it offered scant details about what, exactly, Hallquist’s education finance overhaul might look like.

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