MONTPELIER— State officials unveiled the broad strokes of Gov. Phil Scott’s education proposal Wednesday, a plan that includes sweeping changes like consolidating Vermont’s dozens of school districts to just five and adopting a foundation formula. 

Gov. Phil Scott on Friday named Zoie Saunders, a Florida schools administrator and former Charter Schools USA executive, to be the next secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education, a year after the state’s last permanent education leader announced his resignation.

A long-awaited report on how Vermont should address its billions of dollars in school construction needs arrived in the Legislature on Thursday.