State pays to save Burlington College records
The state of Vermont has stepped in as caretaker of student records at the defunct Burlington College, where former students have scrambled to get copies of their transcripts.
Taxpayers are footing the bill, for now, for moving about 17 filing cabinets from Burlington to the Vermont Agency of Education office in Barre. The State Board of Education is being asked Tuesday to take another $18,000 out of the state general fund to resurrect electronic systems that contain records for recent Burlington College students.
Burlington College President Carol Moore asked the state to become temporary holder of student records in May, shortly after news broke of the college's demise.
As of Monday, however, some students seemed left in the dark about the status of their records.
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