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Read. Follow. Verify.Vermont bill creates in-state tuition, tax exemptions, and hiring preferences for AmeriCorps members
Last action · February 12, 2025: Read first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic DevelopmentSponsor: Daniel Noyes
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What This Bill Would Do
Vermont lawmakers introduced legislation to provide AmeriCorps members and alumni with in-state college tuition, state tax exemptions on education awards and living allowances, hiring preferences for state jobs, matching state education grants, and dedicated program funding.
Changes financial costs and employment opportunities for AmeriCorps participants serving in Vermont by lowering tuition rates, removing state income taxes on service stipends and awards, and creating state hiring advantages.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
AmeriCorps members
AmeriCorps members become eligible for in-state tuition at Vermont state colleges, state tax exemptions on living allowances and education awards, hiring preferences for state jobs, and matching state education grants.
Vermont State colleges and universities
Vermont public colleges and universities are required to offer in-state tuition rates to AmeriCorps members.
Key Facts
- Vermont State colleges and universities would be required to offer in-state tuition for AmeriCorps members.
- Recipients of the federal Segal AmeriCorps Education Award would be exempt from paying State taxes on those funds.
- AmeriCorps members would be exempt from paying State taxes on funds received through their living allowance.
- State employment vacancies would give a hiring preference to AmeriCorps members.
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- A State education award would be established to match the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award for students who performed AmeriCorps service in Vermont and enroll at a Vermont postsecondary institution.
- State funds would be dedicated to AmeriCorps program development.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 12, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
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