An act relating to the Secretary’s role in State support for schools not meeting education quality standards

H.701 requires Vermont's Secretary of Education to support any recommendation for correcting school deficiencies with data, rather than making decisions without evidence. It mandates that if the state takes administrative control of a school to fix quality issues, that control must automatically return to the local school board after two years unless the deficiencies are resolved. The bill also prevents the state from taking action against a school district based on incomplete or non-comparable student performance data. This affects Vermont public schools failing education quality standards, the Secretary of Education, and local school boards responsible for school governance.