Education
In Vermont, schools are at the core of what brings our communities together. Vermonters understand the importance of providing our children with a quality education. They understand that a child's education begins well before their first day of school, and will continue long after graduation day.
Senator Leahy has long been a champion of supporting education in Vermont and on the national stage. Senator Leahy fought to secure federal grants to support pre-kindergarten programs at public schools, he has been an advocate for special education programs, and he firmly believes no student should be denied the opportunities of a college education because of a family’s financial resources.
Senator Leahy also regularly holds online chats with classrooms around Vermont to discuss current events, the government and his passion for Vermont.
Latest
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08.06.18
Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On Tom Sullivan’s Retirement as President of the University of Vermont
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03.20.18
As Concerns About School Safety Grow, Leahy Joins In Introducing Legislation To Address Bullying
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01.16.18
Leahy Plays Matchmaker, Arranging For Donation Of 25 U.S. Senate Surplus Computers To Vermont Classrooms
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06.09.17
Leahy And Local Vermont Leaders In Education Lead Charge Against Trump Education Cuts
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06.06.17
Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy’s Opening Statement At Appropriations Hearing On The FY18 Budget, With Witness Education Secretary Betsy DeVos
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04.19.16
Vermont EPSCoR Wins $20 Million Award From National Science Foundation To Study and Promote Resiliency in Lake Champlain Basin
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01.20.16
Leahy’s Bipartisan Bill To Expand Farm To School Efforts Advances In The Senate
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01.15.16
Why Affordable Higher Education Can’t Wait
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12.08.15
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On the Conference Report to the Every Student Succeeds Act
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09.04.15
Leahy Announces $375,000 To Support Higher Education In The Northeast Kingdom
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07.28.15
Congress Passes Bill Allowing Universities to Collaborate on Financial Aid Best Practices
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07.17.15
Leahy, UVM Officials Announce More Than $15 M In Grants For Research And Extension Work
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07.17.15
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On the Passage of the Every Child Achieves Act,
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07.14.15
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy, On the SNDA amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act
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02.25.15
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On the Introduction of the Farm to School Act of 2015
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02.25.15
Leahy, Cochran Introduce Bill To Renew And Expand Emerging Farm To School Efforts
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12.10.14
Vermont Wins $33 Million for Pre-K, Delegation and Governor Announce
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06.10.14
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) On the “Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act”
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02.03.14
Leahy And Welch Spotlight The Value To Vermont And Its Students Of The Vermont Student Assistance Corp.
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01.14.14
Leahy, Sanders, Welch Preserve Role And Funds For VSAC
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12.19.13
Vermont Wins $37 Million for Universal Pre-School
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07.24.13
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On the “Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act”
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07.24.13
Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy On the “Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act”
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07.25.12
Senator Leahy Joins Adult Technology Class For Online Chat
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07.25.12
Leahy Chairs Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing With Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
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06.29.12
Leahy Welcomes Bipartisan Agreement And Passage Of Transportation/Student Loans/Flood Insurance Package
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06.21.12
Senate Takes First Step In Commemoration Of Vermont’s Justin Morrill And The Launch Of The Nation’s Land-Grant Colleges
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05.08.12
Leahy Urges End Of Filibuster Of Bill To Avert Doubling Of Student Loan Rates
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04.17.12
USDA Opens Application Process For New Leahy-Led Farm To School Grant Program
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02.01.12
Leahy And Sanders Join Bill To Prevent July Interest Rate Hike On Stafford Student Loans
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01.26.12
Vermont Delegation Hails Selection Of Middlebury College And Norwich University To Compete In Solar Decathlon 2013
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12.08.11
Moretown Elementary
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11.16.11
Middlebury Union High School
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11.09.11
Lake Region Union High School
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09.26.11
Community College of Vermont Wins $2.5 Million
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07.12.11
New USDA Farm to School Report Cites Best Practices Found Across The Nation
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06.28.11
Senate Judiciary Committee Holds First-Ever Hearing On DREAM Act
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05.17.11
Delegation announces job-training funding for young Vermonters
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05.10.11
Stowe Elementary School
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04.28.11
Delegation Preserves a Role, Secures Funds for VSAC
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03.16.11
Richmond Elementary School
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02.25.11
Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Drive To Quash The Rights Of Working Men And Women
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01.25.11
Rutland High School
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01.04.11
U.S. Service Academy Nomination Ceremony
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01.03.11
Vermont Delegation Members Nominate 29 Outstanding Young Vermonters To U.S. Service Academies
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12.08.10
Leahy Urges Support For DREAM Act
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12.02.10
Congress Clears ‘Historic’ Revamp Of School Lunch Program To Counter Child Obesity And Promote Healthier Meals
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11.17.10
Colchester High School
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09.14.10
Leahy, Sanders, Welch Commend Administration's Prompt Handling Of $19 Million In Emergency Education Aid To Vermont
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09.02.10
Feingold, Leahy Unveil No Child Left Behind Reforms
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08.11.10
Vermont Schools To Receive $25 Million More For Education Jobs
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08.10.10
Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy On Final Passage Of The Health/Education Jobs Bill
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08.06.10
Senate Votes To Revamp School Lunch Program To Counter Child Obesity And Promote Healthier Meals
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08.05.10
Senate Passes Emergency Funds For Schools, Health Care
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08.04.10
Senate Votes For Schools, Health Care
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06.09.10
Plymouth Elementary School
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05.19.10
Green Mountain Valley School
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02.05.10
Senatorial Quiz, Via Webcam
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07.27.09
$52 Million In Education Funds Now Available For Vermont
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05.14.09
Leahy Secures $476,000 For Shelburne Farms And Vermont Farm-To-School Programs
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04.02.09
$91.5 Million In Stimulus Funds Promptly Released To Vermont Will Strengthen Schools And Ease Vermont’s Budget Shortfall
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02.10.09
Leahy Cites Vermont Investments In Senate-Passed Economic Recovery Package
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10.08.08
Leahy Secures Workforce Training Funds To Recruit, Hire And Train 18 Upper Valley Residents …New Worker Recruitment Office Opens In Windsor
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02.26.08
Statement On The “School Safety And Law Enforcement Improvement Act”
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02.11.08
The “School Safety And Law Enforcement Improvement Act”