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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1969
Page
5
Vermont Legal Aid will appeal a Social Welfare Department decision to deduct payments for a recipient living with an unrelated male. Attorney Carleton Monaghan said the case, from Franklin County, seeks Supreme Court review if the board upholds the policy, citing a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on support responsibility.
The Governor's Commission on Housing backed nine legislative proposals for the 1970 Vermont Housing Act. A key plan creates a Housing Department under the governor to run programs and allow localities to declare acute housing shortages and adopt own zoning and codes. The package includes land acquisition agency, amendments to mortgage credit law, and suspending the 7 percent mortgage ceiling for one year plus cutting transfer tax on small dwellings.
Vermont lawmakers weigh reform options as a 12 member study panel backs a smaller legislature. Sen. Richard Mallary notes low per legislator costs but high per capita costs and urges unicameral consideration alongside talk of a non partisan public relations aid. Chairman Samuel Fishman leads panel with next meeting in January.
A Vermont Education Board and the state superintendents association will pursue an alternate approach to studying student achievement after a special meeting. Trustees will meet with Education Commissioner Harvey Scribner and Rep. John McClaughry to design a new evaluation plan. McClaughry pushed for a $165000 study aimed at measuring outputs of education, while Scribner argued the plan was narrow and unfair for comparing school sizes. The association had already agreed to a separate study on education improvements.
Vermont Poor People Congress led by David Knox of Hinesburg outlined a $45,000 fundraising campaign to hire a full time director and staff, add a lobbyist, and run educational programs for sales tax rebates and property tax relief credits targeting businesses civic groups and individuals.
New York state regulations allow Hudson Valley Community College to charge home counties a tuition equal to the amount Rensselaer County pays for its resident students. The change, effective 1970-71, could lift about $1 million in costs from the college and sponsor county. Tuition tops out at 400 dollars annually with state funding covering about one third of operating costs. ALBANY Environmental Health Council officially formed with 50 officials and others at City Club luncheon. Mayor Erastus Corning praised the effort to fight pollution and education as essential, with Anna Maynard outlining coordination and public education as core roles.
Berkshire hearing over a $2 million project to build 100 low income housing units on a 10 acre Osceola Street tract. HUD officials said a 50 unit option could fit per room cost limits, with debate over unit counts and funding flexibility.
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