Vermont Agency of Education points fingers over an unfunded literacy program request

Vermont Agency of Education points fingers over an unfunded literacy program request

Chelsea Elementary School first-grade teacher Danielle Jesmonth asks her students about the book they have read during class in Nov. 2019, in Chelsea, Vt. Photo by Jennifer Hauck/Valley News House and Senate lawmakers will soon iron out the state’s $9.4 billion budget in conference committee. But it’s a $700,000 funding spat over a literacy program that has Vermont Agency of Education officials and Gov. Phil Scott pointing fingers at legislators…