Roper: Are we really spending $157,000 taxpayer dollars per childcare spot?!

Roper: Are we really spending $157,000 taxpayer dollars per childcare spot?!

Senator says we need to be discussing return on investment, and YEAH! by Rob Roper Durning testimony in the Senate Education Committee regarding Vermont’s taxpayer funded universal preschool program (Act 76), Senator David Weeks (R-Rutland) challenged advocates with some stunning numbers. Vermonters gasp when learning our K-12 system spends around $30,000 per student on average (second highest per pupil spending in the country). But what about P…