Gov. Phil Scott

Vermont Education Secretary Dan French

State supports childcare as part of reopening

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott and his administration announced measures to increase child care availability as schools across the state plan “hybrid” school reopenings.
According to Agency of Education Secretary Dan French, the majority of supervisory unions in the state are planning to...

Gov. Phil Scott announces child care grant, school sports to resume

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott announced a grant program to support child care providers at his press briefing Friday, and assured parents and students that fall school sports would commence with the beginning of the school year.
The child care "Operational Relief Grant" program is funded...

Governor orders delayed start of primary, secondary schools

Officials stress school openings are safe in Vermont MONTPELIER- At his regular press briefing Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott announced he will issue an executive order setting Tuesday, September 8 as the first day of school this fall.
State officials sought to assure...

Visitors in green counties can travel to Vermont without quarantining for 14 days.

Gov. Scott expands area that can travel to Vermont without quarantine

MONTPELIER- Vermont will expand the COVID-19 travel map just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, Gov. Phil Scott announced today.
Beginning July 1, visitors from counties with less than 400 COVID-19 cases per million in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West...

Gov. Scott calls for prosecution of Minneapolis officers

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott used his Monday press briefing to address the murder of George Floyd, and the protests that subsequently swept the globe, sometimes turning violent. Gov. Scott also announced the launch of a racial equity task force here in Vermont.
Gov. Scott expressed his...

Governor concerned about out-of-state targeting

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott implored Vermonters to maintain civility during the COVID-19 pandemic, describing an incident with racial overtones that took place in Hartford.
Gov. Scott said a family who recently moved to Hartford were in a vehicle with New York registration plates when they...

Retail businesses to begin reopening May 18

MONTPELIER- Retail businesses may begin reopening next week, Gov. Phil Scott announced at his press conference Monday morning. He also indicated that his emergency order, extended until May 15, would be extended again. "You can expect, when the emergency order is extended on Friday, it will...

Agency of Human Services Secretary Mike Smith

Child care can restart June 1 and summer camps may reopen at their discretion

MONTPELIER- Childcare providers can begin operating on June 1, and day camps and overnight camps will be able to operate this summer, Gov. Phil Scott announced today.
"I'm very pleased today to make several announcements regarding child care and summer day camps," Gov. Scott said. "To...

Gov. Scott allows limited elective medical procedures

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott, at his press conference on Monday, announced that Vermont's health care system can resume some outpatient elective medical procedures and health care services.
Gov. Scott suspended all nonessential elective medical procedures, including dental procedures, in an...

Gov. starts getting Vermonters back to work, promises action on unemployment backlog

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott announced his first "quarter turn of the spigot" to restart Vermont's economy at his Friday morning press conference.
Gov. Scott said the state's modeling data continues to show a trajectory below earlier projections, and the rate of new cases has dropped from 7...