H.454, a state bill that would radically change the ways schools are financed in Vermont as well as the size and number of school districts, remained stuck in a legislative conference committee as of May 30, leading the Legislature to adjourn and give the committee more time to try to reach a compromise. The challenge for the committee is to come up with a revised version of the massive bill that satisfies the House, the Senate, and Gov. Phil Scott, who has been pushing for education funding ...