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Follow VPR's statehouse coverage, featuring Pete Hirschfeld and Bob Kinzel in our Statehouse Bureau in Montpelier.

What Teachers And School Boards Think Of The Governor's $26 Million Savings Proposal

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The governor and the Legislature don't agree on how teachers' health insurance plans should be negotiated, which led to a budget stalemate in Montpelier.

The state's nearly $6 billion budget faces a veto and a lot of uncertainty after that – all because a $26 million question over teachers' health insurance wasn't solved. On Vermont Edition, we talk with the teachers union and the Vermont School Boards Association about what this debate means to the health plans of teachers and to the bottom lines of school districts.

Our guests are Vermont-NEA President Martha Allen and Geo Honigford of the Vermont School Boards Association to explain how teachers' health care is managed now, why it is changing and what both groups think of the options that political leaders in Montpelier cannot agree on.

Broadcast live on Monday, May 22, 2017 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Patti is an integral part of VPR's news effort and part of the team that created Vermont Edition. As executive producer, Patti supervises the team that puts Vermont Edition on the air every day, working with producers to select and research show ideas, select guests and develop the sound and tone of the program.
Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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