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2022 - 2023

PCB Testing in Vermont Public Schools
February 28, 2023
Gretchen
Bauman
,
Allison
Burg
,
Tristan
Wells
 PRS Briefs
Between the 1930s and 1977, chemical companies such as Monsanto manufactured electrical equipment and building materials, including caulk and light ballasts, with human-made chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Although PCBs were banned in 1979, a lack of removal efforts means they...
Expanding Universal School Meals for the Future of Vermont Children
February 28, 2023
Jennifer
Lee
,
Clark
Paolini
,
Ellie
Rudnick
 PRS Briefs
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government funded Universal School Meals (USMs) nationwide. After seeing robust benefits for students and teachers, Vermont policymakers decided to continue this program at the state level for the 2022-23 school year. However, sustaining USMs comes at a...

2019 - 2020

Local Food in Vermont Schools
Barriers, Impacts, and Solutions for Local Food Acquisition
April 9, 2020
Arthur
Raines
,
Alex
Sasse
,
Sachin
Shiva
 PRS Briefs
By 2025, the State of Vermont intends that 50 percent of the food schools serve be locally produced.[i] As of 2014, 5.6 percent of the food schools serve is locally produced.[ii] The goal of this study is to determine how Vermont might increase the amount of local food in schools and evaluate the...