Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/16/053
Timestamp: 2017-12-17 06:23:52
Document Index: 730098776

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1751', '§ 3', '§ 1753', '§ 5', '§ 1754', '§ 14', '§ 1755', '§ 1756', '§ 13', '§ 1', '§ 12', '§ 10', '§ 5', '§ 171', '§ 1791', '§ 14', '§ 1792', '§ 21', '§ 1794', '§ 8']

Chapter 053: CONTRACT, COMPENSATION AND SICK LEAVE
§ 1751. Contract
A contract between a board of school directors and a teacher shall not be valid unless the same is in writing, or partly written and partly printed, in triplicate, and signed by the teacher and by a majority of the board or by a member of the board or other person who has been duly authorized by a majority vote of the board at a regular meeting to sign the contract in question on behalf of the board. One copy thereof shall be filed with the board, one copy delivered to the teacher, and one copy delivered to the superintendent. Such contract shall specify the date when the teacher shall begin service, the time, grade, and date of expiration of the license held by the teacher, the salary of the teacher and such other matters as may be necessary for a complete understanding between the parties. (Amended 1989, No. 118, § 3.)
§ 1753. Time not spent in teaching counted in determining compensation
The time not exceeding five days during any one year, actually spent by a teacher in attendance upon a meeting of the State education associations, or upon educational meetings held under the authority of the Board of Education, and the time actually spent by a teacher in visiting schools when so directed by the superintendent, shall, in determining the compensation of the teacher, be counted the same as if spent in teaching. (Amended 1977, No. 33, § 5.)
§ 1754. Repealed. 1975, No. 48, § 14, eff. April 15, 1975.
§ 1755. Sick leave
(a) A full time teacher under contract to teach the regular school year in a public school shall be allowed a minimum of 10 days' sick leave with full pay during each school year. Sick leave not used shall be cumulative at least to 20 days so long as the teacher is employed in the same school district.
(b) The word "days" shall mean school days.
(c) The use of sick leave as herein provided shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the directors of each school district.
§ 1756. Protection of teachers, employees, and board members in damage suits
(a) A town, city, incorporated, or union school district, and a supervisory union shall indemnify and save harmless to the extent of the policy limits provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person employed by the school district or supervisory union and any member of its executive, supervisory, or administrative staff, including members of the school board, from financial loss and expense, including reasonable legal fees and costs, if any, arising out of any claim, demand, suit, or judgment by reason of alleged negligence or other act resulting in accidental injury to a person or accidental damage to or destruction of property, within or outside the school building, provided that the indemnified person at the time of the accident resulting in such injury, damage, or destruction, was acting in the discharge of his or her duties within the scope of his or her employment or under the direction of the board of the school district or of the supervisory union.
(b) Each board of a school district or a supervisory union shall insure against the liability imposed upon it by this section in any insurance company organized in this State or in any insurance company of another state authorized by law to write insurance in this State, or through participation in an intermunicipal insurance agreement established under 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 6, with minimum coverage in the form of a comprehensive general liability policy including liability for the operation of owned and nonowned motor vehicles and including the employees as additional insureds and with minimum limits of not less than $500,000.00 per person and $2 million per occurrence for bodily injury and for property damage.
(c) Each board of a school district or a supervisory union required to insure against the liability imposed upon it by this section shall furnish proof of insurance with the minimum limits prescribed by this section to the Secretary of Education, which shall be evidence of the insuring against the liability and property damage required by this section. In the event of cancellation, the board shall provide at least 30 days' prior notice of cancellation to the Secretary. (Added 1969, No. 123; amended 1975, No. 48, § 13, eff. April 15, 1975; 1975, No. 100, § 1; 2003, No. 36, § 12; 2003, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; 2005, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 171, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
Subchapter 002: MINIMUM SALARIES
§ 1791. Repealed. 1975, No. 48, § 14, eff. April 15, 1975.
§§ 1792, 1793. Repealed. 2003, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 21(2).
§ 1794. Repealed. 1964, No. 40 (Sp. Sess.), § 8, eff. March 13, 1964.
Subchapter 003: TRANSITION OF EMPLOYEES