Source: http://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/16/023
Timestamp: 2017-10-19 16:12:30
Document Index: 80306598

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 901', '§ 79', '§ 65', '§ 4', '§ 4', '§ 4', '§ 302', '§ 907', '§ 67', '§ 11', '§ 908', '§ 68', '§ 910', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 9', '§ 104', '§ 911', '§ 2', '§ 913', '§ 3', '§ 1', '§ 4', '§ 971', '§ 79', '§ 972', '§ 14', '§ 973', '§ 79', '§ 974', '§ 14', '§ 976', '§ 79', '§ 1021', '§ 79', '§ 1022', '§ 2', '§ 1026', '§ 79', '§ 1027', '§ 4', '§ 1028', '§ 4', '§ 1041', '§ 79', '§ 69', '§ 10', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 11', '§ 29', '§ 302', '§ 70', '§ 5', '§ 106', '§ 1047', '§ 71', '§ 11', '§ 10', '§ 107', '§ 1048', '§ 72', '§ 108', '§ 1049', '§ 6', '§ 1049', '§ 4']

Chapter 023: COURSES OF STUDY
Subchapter 001: PUBLIC SCHOOLS GENERALLY
§§ 901-905. Repealed. 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 79.
(6) the fine arts. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 65; amended 1981, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1987, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.); 1987, No. 270 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; 1989, No. 44, § 4, eff. June 1, 1990; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
§ 907. Lincoln's birthday
Exercises in commemoration of the birth, life, and services of Abraham Lincoln shall be conducted in all public and independent schools on the last school day before February 12, annually. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 67; amended 1991, No. 24, § 11.)
§ 908. Pre-Memorial Day exercises
The last half-day's session of the public schools before Memorial Day shall be devoted to exercises commemorative of the history of the nation during its wars and to patriotic instruction in the principles of liberty and the equal rights of man. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 68.)
§ 910. Coordination of services to children and adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance
Each town, city, interstate, incorporated, unified, or union school district shall cooperate with the Agency of Education and the Departments of Mental Health, for Children and Families, and of Disabilities, Aging, and Independent Living when coordinating educational services to children and adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance pursuant to the provisions of 33 V.S.A. chapter 43. (Added 1987, No. 264 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2011, No. 58, § 9, eff. May 31, 2011; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 104, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
§ 911. American Sign Language; foreign language credit
(a) American Sign Language is a visual-gestural system of communication used by many in the Deaf community living in the United States and Canada. It is a complete and complex language that has its own syntax, rhetoric, and grammar that is used to convey information and meaning through signs made with the hands, arms, facial markers, and other body movements.
(b) Any public or independent school may offer American Sign Language for foreign language credit. (Added 2001, No. 16, § 2.)
§ 913. Repealed. 2013, No. 77, § 3, effective June 6, 2013.
Subchapter 002: FLEXIBLE PATHWAYS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
(a) There is created a High School Completion Program to be a potential component of a flexible pathway for any Vermont student who is at least 16 years old, who has not received a high school diploma, and who may or may not be enrolled in a public or approved independent school.
(b) If a person who wishes to work on a personalized learning plan leading to graduation through the High School Completion Program is not enrolled in a public or approved independent school, then the Secretary shall assign the prospective student to a high school district, which shall be the district of residence whenever possible. The school district in which a student is enrolled or to which a nonenrolled student is assigned shall work with the contracting agency and the student to develop a personalized learning plan. The school district shall award a high school diploma upon successful completion of the plan.
(2) negotiated by the Secretary and the contracting agency, with the approved provider, for services and outcomes purchased from the approved provider on behalf of the student pursuant to the personalized learning plan. (Added 2013, No. 77, § 1; amended 2013, No. 77, §§ 4, 5.)
Subchapter 003: SECONDARY SCHOOLS
§ 971. Repealed. 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 79.
§ 972. Repealed. 1975, No. 48, § 14, eff. April 15, 1975.
§ 973. Repealed. 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 79.
§§ 974, 975. Repealed. 1975, No. 48, § 14, eff. April 15, 1975.
§ 976. Repealed. 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 79.
Subchapter 004: VOCATIONAL TRAINING
§ 1021. Repealed. 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 79.
§§ 1022-1025. Repealed. 1963, No. 7, § 2.
§ 1026. Repealed. 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 79.
§ 1027. Repealed. 1983, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(4).
§ 1028. Repealed. 1983, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(5).
Subchapter 005: STUDENT DRIVER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM
§§ 1041-1044. Repealed. 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 79.
(a) A driver education and training course, approved by the Agency of Education and the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be made available to students whose parent or guardian is a resident of Vermont and who have reached their 15th birthday and who are regularly enrolled in a public or independent high school approved by the State Board.
(c) All driver education courses shall include instruction on motor vehicle liability insurance and the motor vehicle financial responsibility laws of the State.
(d) All driver education courses shall include instruction on the adverse environmental, health, economic, and other effects of unnecessary idling of motor vehicles and on the law governing prohibited idling of motor vehicles. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 69; amended 1975, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 10, eff. Oct. 22, 1975; 1983, No. 51, § 5, eff. April 22, 1983; 1985, No. 77, § 6; 1991, No. 24, § 11; 2013, No. 57, § 29; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
Subject to the approval of the Secretary, each superintendent shall arrange for the establishment of a driver education and training course for all public and approved independent schools located within his or her jurisdiction that so request. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 70; amended 1991, No. 24, § 5; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 106, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
§ 1047. State to pay costs
The State shall pay to each school providing an approved driver education and training course an amount per pupil instructed in driver education to be determined annually by the Legislature. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 71; amended 1975, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 11, eff. Oct. 22, 1975.)
(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and the Secretary of Education shall cooperatively establish and implement a driver's education grant program that improves the availability and quality of driver's education programs. Eligible applicants shall include Vermont public secondary and career and technical centers and supervisory unions on behalf of a school or schools. Grant awards shall be up to $12,500.00. Eligible activities shall include one or more of the following:
(1) proposals and activities that result in increased parental involvement;
(2) increased availability of driver's education, including reducing waiting lists;
(7) creative proposals designed to reduce alcohol abuse among enrolled students, including peer counseling;
(9) purchase of materials and equipment designed to enhance curricula. (Added 1999, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 107, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
§ 1048. Administration
The administration of this subchapter, including the training and qualification of instructors and selection of instructional material and visual aids, shall be in the Agency. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 72; amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 108, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
Subchapter 006: ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY
§ 1049. Redesignated. 2013, No. 77, § 6.
§ 1049a. Redesignated. 2013, No. 77, § 4.