January 5, 1998

Vermont’s Act 60 to be Topic of Talk at Middlebury

College

Middlebury College Professor of Political Science

Eric Davis will speak about Vermont’s Act 60 on Friday, January

9, 1998 at 4:15 p.m. The event will be held in the Redfield Proctor

room on the second floor of Proctor Hall on the Middlebury College

campus.

Professor Davis will address three major themes regarding

the Act 60 legislation, which was enacted in 1997 to restructure

school financing in Vermont:

· The Vermont

Supreme Court decision in Brigham v. The State of Vermont:

how the Vermont court decision relates to decisions of other

states’ courts on school financing issues;

· Act 60 explained:

an explanation of Act 60’s provisions and how it is likely to

affect various groups and individuals;

· The politics

of Act 60: a discussion of how the legislation might be changed

by the legislature, its effect on the next election, and its implications

for Governor Howard Dean’s political future.

Professor Davis will answer questions from the audience

following his presentation. The public is invited to attend.