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16 V.S.A. § 823
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 21 - Maintenance of Public Schools|§ 823. Elementary tuition

§ 823. Elementary tuition|(a) Tuition for elementary students shall be paid by the district in which the student is a resident. The district shall pay the full tuition charged its students attending a public elementary school. If a payment made to a public elementary school is three percent more or less than the calculated net cost per elementary pupil in the receiving school district for the year of attendance, the district shall be reimbursed, credited, or refunded pursuant to section 836 of this title. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection or of subsection 825(b) of this title, the boards of both the receiving and sending districts may enter into tuition agreements with terms differing from the provisions of those subsections, provided that the receiving district must offer identical terms to all sending districts, and further provided that the statutory provisions apply to any sending district that declines the offered terms.(b) Unless the electorate of a school district authorizes payment of a higher amount at an annual or special meeting warned for the purpose, the tuition paid to an approved independent elementary school or an independent school meeting education quality standards shall not exceed the least of:  (1) the average announced tuition of Vermont union elementary schools for the year of attendance; (2) the tuition charged by the approved independent school for the year of attendance; or (3) the average per-pupil tuition the district pays for its other resident elementary students in the year in which the student is enrolled in the approved independent school. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 54; amended 1989, No. 271 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2003, No. 76 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. Feb. 17, 2004; 2005, No. 54, § 7; 2007, No. 66, § 5; 2009, No. 44, § 13, eff. May 21, 2009; 2011, No. 58, § 30, eff. May 31, 2011; 2015, No. 23, § 23.)
16 V.S.A. § 824
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 21 - Maintenance of Public Schools|§ 824. High school tuition

§ 824. High school tuition|(a) Tuition for high school students shall be paid by the school district in which the student is a resident.(b) Except as otherwise provided for technical students, the district shall pay the full tuition charged its students attending a public high school in Vermont or an adjoining state or a public or approved independent school in Vermont functioning as an approved area career technical center, or an independent school meeting education quality standards; provided:  (1) If a payment made to a public high school or an independent school meeting education quality standards is three percent more or less than the calculated net cost per secondary pupil in the receiving school district or independent school for the year of attendance then the district or school shall be reimbursed, credited, or refunded pursuant to section 836 of this title. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection or of subsection 825(b) of this title, the board of the receiving public school district, public or approved independent school functioning as an area career technical center, or independent school meeting education quality standards may enter into tuition agreements with the boards of sending districts that have terms differing from the provisions of those subsections, provided that the receiving district or school must offer identical terms to all sending districts, and further provided that the statutory provisions apply to any sending district that declines the offered terms.   (c) The district shall pay an amount not to exceed the average announced tuition of Vermont union high schools for the year of attendance for its students enrolled in an approved independent school not functioning as a Vermont area career technical center, or any higher amount approved by the electorate at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 55; amended 1971, No. 52, § 5, eff. April 14, 1971; 1975, No. 27, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1976; 1983, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1991, No. 24, § 3; 1991, No. 24, § 3; 1991, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1995, No. 34, § 2; 1997, No. 60, § 8, eff. June 26, 1997; 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 86, eff. March 11, 1998; 1997, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 21; 2001, No. 8, § 9; 2005, No. 54, § 8; 2007, No. 66, § 6; 2009, No. 44, § 13, eff. May 21, 2009; 2015, No. 23, § 24.)
16 V.S.A. § 825
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 21 - Maintenance of Public Schools|§ 825. Maximum tuition rate; calculated net cost per pupil defined

§ 825. Maximum tuition rate; calculated net cost per pupil defined|(a) Calculated net cost per pupil for purposes of this chapter shall be defined by the Secretary. Expenditures shall include those for equipment and school building construction, additions, or renovations. Expenditures excluded shall be:  (1) transportation costs incurred by the receiving school district for its resident students; (2) transportation costs for which the receiving school district receives reimbursement; (3) that portion of the total cost that is provided by direct grants from State or federal sources for salaries or other specific expenses; (4) expenditures for maintenance, and payments of principal and interest for buildings used exclusively for boarding students if any; (5) expenditures for special education; and (6) tuition payments for career technical education.   (b) In no case shall the tuition charged be such that the ratio of the total tuition received to the total cost of operation of the receiving school, or school district, exceeds the ratio of the number of tuition-paying students to the total number of students enrolled in the receiving school, or school district.(c) The Secretary shall investigate complaints by a school board regarding tuition and may, within the limits of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, contract for limited scope audits of the annual statistical reports submitted by school districts for the purpose of determining the accuracy of the allocation of revenues and expenditures to elementary and secondary tuition rates. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 56; amended 1987, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 10; 1997, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. April 27, 1998; 2005, No. 54, § 9; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 98, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2021, No. 20, § 58.)
16 V.S.A. § 826
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 21 - Maintenance of Public Schools|§ 826. Notice of tuition rates; special education charges

§ 826. Notice of tuition rates; special education charges|(a) A school board, or the board of trustees of an independent school meeting education quality standards, that proposes to increase tuition charges shall notify the school board of the school district from which its nonresident students come, and the Secretary, of the proposed increase on or before January 15 in any year; such increases shall not become effective without the notice and not until the following school year.(b) A school board or the board of trustees of an independent school meeting education quality standards may establish a separate tuition for one or more special education programs. No such tuition shall be established unless the State Board has by rule defined the program as of a type that may be funded by a separate tuition. Any such tuition shall be announced in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. The amount of tuition shall reflect the net cost per pupil in the program. The announcement of tuition shall describe the special education services included or excluded from coverage. Tuition for part-time students shall be reduced proportionally.(c) Excess special education costs incurred by a supervisory union in providing special education services to a student beyond those covered by tuition may be charged to the student's supervisory union for the district of residence. However, only actual costs or actual proportionate costs attributable to the student may be charged.(d) The State Board shall adopt rules relating to the types of special education programs that may establish tuition charges and relating to methods and times of calculating excess charges. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 57; amended 1987, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 1991, No. 24, § 12; 1995, No. 34, § 3; 2001, No. 8, § 10; 2009, No. 44, § 13, eff. May 21, 2009; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 99, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2015, No. 23, § 25; 2017, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 25, 2018.)
16 V.S.A. § 828
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 21 - Maintenance of Public Schools|§ 828. Tuition to approved schools; age; appeal

§ 828. Tuition to approved schools; age; appeal|A school district shall not pay the tuition of a student except to a public school, an approved independent school, an independent school meeting education quality standards, a tutorial program approved by the State Board, an approved education program, or an independent school in another state or country approved under the laws of that state or country, nor shall payment of tuition on behalf of a person be denied on account of age. Unless otherwise provided, a person who is aggrieved by a decision of a school board relating to eligibility for tuition payments, the amount of tuition payable, or the school he or she may attend, may appeal to the State Board and its decision shall be final. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 59; amended 1989, No. 271 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1991, No. 24, § 11; 1995, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2009, No. 44, § 13, eff. May 21, 2009; 2015, No. 23, § 26.)
16 V.S.A. § 834
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 21 - Maintenance of Public Schools|§ 834. Duty of care

§ 834. Duty of care|(a) Each school district and its employees owe its students a duty of ordinary care to prevent the students from being exposed to unreasonable risk, from which it is foreseeable that injury is likely to occur.(b) School districts and their employees do not owe their students a duty of immediate supervision at all times and under all circumstances. (Added 1983, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.).)
16 V.S.A. § 835
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 21 - Maintenance of Public Schools|§ 835. Lemington, Bloomfield, Brunswick, Granby, Guildhall, and Maidstone; tuitioning of elementary students

§ 835. Lemington, Bloomfield, Brunswick, Granby, Guildhall, and Maidstone; tuitioning of elementary students|The Lemington, Bloomfield, Brunswick, Granby, Guildhall, and Maidstone school districts may provide for the elementary education of the students residing in their districts by paying tuition to public elementary schools in the State of New Hampshire. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 823 of this title, school districts affected by this section shall pay the full tuition charged by a public elementary school in New Hampshire. (Added 1993, No. 72; amended 2005, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2007, No. 192 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.029.)
16 V.S.A. § 836
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 21 - Maintenance of Public Schools|§ 836. Tuition overcharge or undercharge

§ 836. Tuition overcharge or undercharge|(a) Annually, on or before November 1, the Secretary shall inform each school board of a receiving public school, each board of trustees of a receiving approved independent school for which the Secretary has calculated a net cost per pupil, and each sending school district in Vermont of the calculated net cost per elementary or secondary pupil in the receiving schools. Each school board or board of trustees of a receiving school shall then determine whether it overcharged or undercharged any sending district for tuition charges and shall notify the district by December 15 of the same year of the amount due or the amount to be refunded or credited.(b) If the sending district has paid tuition charges in excess of three percent of the calculated net cost per elementary or secondary pupil and is not sending enough students to the receiving district to use the overcharge funds as credit against tuition, the receiving district shall refund the overcharge money by July 31; provided, however, that the refund shall be in the amount that exceeded a three-percent overcharge. Interest owed the sending district on overcharge monies shall begin to accrue on December 1, at the rate of one-half percent per month.(c) If the receiving district has undercharged tuition in an amount three percent or more than the calculated net cost per elementary or secondary pupil, the sending district shall pay the receiving district an amount equal to the amount of the undercharge that is between three percent and ten percent of the net cost per pupil. If payment is not made by July 31 of the year following the year in which the undercharge was determined, interest owed the receiving district on undercharge monies shall begin to accrue on August 1, at the rate of one percent per month. (Added 1995, No. 34, § 4; amended 1995, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1997, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; 2005, No. 54, § 10; 2013, No. 60, § 3; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 102, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
16 V.S.A. § 837
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 21 - Maintenance of Public Schools|§ 837. School facilities management; training and certification

§ 837. School facilities management; training and certification|(a) The Secretary of Education, in consultation with facilities management industry and school operations experts, shall establish guidelines for the training and certification of each person designated as responsible for facilities management for a school district or supervisory union.(b) The superintendent for each school district or supervisory union shall designate a person with responsibility for facilities management for the school district or supervisory union. The designee for each school district or supervisory union shall receive training and certification pursuant to the guidelines established in subsection (a) of this section. (Added 2021, No. 72, § 5, eff. June 8, 2021.)
16 V.S.A. § 838
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 21 - Maintenance of Public Schools|§ 838. Capital improvement plan

§ 838. Capital improvement plan|(a) Each school district shall develop and maintain a five-year capital operations and improvement plan for the school district and supervisory union, which shall be updated annually.(b) The capital operations and improvement plan described in subsection (a) of this section shall be in a form developed and prescribed by the Secretary of Education after consultation with facilities management and school operations experts. (Added 2021, No. 72, § 6, eff. June 8, 2021.)
16 V.S.A. § 906
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 23 - Courses of Study|§ 906. Course of study

§ 906. Course of study|(a) In public schools, approved and recognized independent schools, and in home study programs, learning experiences shall be provided for students in the minimum course of study.(b) For purposes of this title, the minimum course of study means learning experiences adapted to a student's age and ability in the fields of:  (1) basic communication skills, including reading, writing, and the use of numbers; (2) citizenship, history, and government in Vermont and the United States; (3) physical education and comprehensive health education, including the effects of tobacco, alcoholic drinks, and drugs on the human system and on society; (4) English, American, and other literature; (5) the natural sciences; and (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.)
16 V.S.A. § 907
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 23 - Courses of Study|§ 907. Lincoln's birthday

§ 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.)
16 V.S.A. § 908
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 23 - Courses of Study|§ 908. Pre-Memorial Day exercises

§ 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.)
16 V.S.A. § 909
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 23 - Courses of Study|§ 909. Tobacco use, alcohol and drug abuse prevention education curriculum

§ 909. Tobacco use, alcohol and drug abuse prevention education curriculum|(a) The Secretary, in conjunction with the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council, and, where appropriate, with the Division of Health Promotion, shall develop a sequential alcohol and drug abuse prevention education curriculum for elementary and secondary schools. The curriculum shall include teaching about the effects and legal consequences of the possession and use of tobacco products.(b) The Secretary shall:  (1) Provide for pre-service and in-service training programs for school personnel on alcohol and drug abuse prevention and on the effects and legal consequences of the possession and use of tobacco products. At least one training program shall be made available in electronic format. Each superintendent shall determine the content, duration, and frequency of training on issues concerning alcohol and drug abuse for the districts in his or her supervisory union. (2) Provide teaching materials that are appropriate to the age and learning ability of the students. (3) Provide technical assistance to the local school districts for implementation of the curriculum. (4) Encourage coordination of effort with existing community resources.   (c) [Repealed.]  (Added 1983, No. 51, § 3, eff. April 22, 1983; amended 1987, No. 162 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1995, No. 52, § 2; 1997, No. 58, § 11; 2007, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 103, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
16 V.S.A. § 910
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 23 - Courses of Study|§ 910. Coordination of services to children and adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance

§ 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.)
16 V.S.A. § 911
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 23 - Courses of Study|§ 911. American Sign Language; foreign language credit

§ 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.)
16 V.S.A. § 912
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 23 - Courses of Study|§ 912. Student's right of refusal; animal dissection

§ 912. Student's right of refusal; animal dissection|(a) A student in a public elementary or secondary school or an approved independent school shall have the right to be excused from participating in any lesson, exercise, or assessment requiring the student to dissect, vivisect, or otherwise harm or destroy an animal or any part of an animal, or to observe any of these activities, as part of a course of instruction.(b) Each school district and approved independent school shall adopt and implement policies regarding a student's right to be excused under this section, which shall include:  (1) procedures by which the school shall provide:  (A) timely notification to each student enrolled in the course and to the student's parent or guardian of the student's right to be excused from participating in or observing the lesson; and (B) the process by which a student may exercise this right;  (2) alternative education methods through which a student excused under this section can learn and be assessed on material required by the course; and (3) a statement that no student shall be discriminated against based on his or her decision to exercise the right to be excused afforded by this section.   (c) As used in this section, the word "animal" means any organism of the kingdom animalia and includes an animal's cadaver or the severed parts of an animal's cadaver. (Added 2007, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)