MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - The lights are on but no one’s home.

That was the case at the Vermont Statehouse this week, where the House and Senate, already deep in overtime, gaveled in for so-called “token sessions,” a procedural way to extend the legislative session even though most lawmakers aren’t necessarily in the building.

It comes after lawmakers in both chambers last week failed to reach a deal on a massive education reform bill. They are currently scheduled to return to the bargaining table on Wednesday to try to strike a deal before a scheduled veto session on the 16th.

Senate President Phil Baruth, D-Chittenden County, says changes contemplated in the education bill are the biggest change in public education in the last 40 years. “All of those things are in play, everyone is c

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