MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont House of Representatives will vote this coming week on postponing implementation of a controversial law governing school mergers.
Act 46 requires impacted school districts to merge into larger districts overseeing multiple schools by July 1. Scott Thompson, who sits on the board that oversees Union-32 middle and high schools, tells Vermont Public Radio that the timeline has become untenable.
About 30 school districts are challenging the law, arguing it is unconstitutional.
Democratic House Speaker Mitzi Johnson committed to having a floor vote on a question to postpone the Act 46 timeline by one year amid the court deliberations on the law.
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