It shall be the policy of the state of Vermont that the property tax shall be used to pay primarily for items of local responsibility, which include municipal services and education.
Human services are primarily the responsibility of the state and federal governments.
Therefore, it shall be the goal of the general assembly to develop a system in which the costs of special education services delivered by human service providers shall be paid for primarily by federal and state general fund dollars. The agreement shall identify services which are to be paid for by school districts and services which are to be paid for by human service providers. Following discussion with the two committees about the preliminary draft, the commissioner and secretary may revise the preliminary draft and shall present a final draft of an interagency agreement to the committees on or before December 1, 2001.