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16 V.S.A. § 711e
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 711e. Budget votes by Australian ballot

§ 711e. Budget votes by Australian ballot|(a) A union school district may vote to establish its budget by Australian ballot under the provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2680. At the same time, the union school district shall also vote whether the ballots shall be commingled.(b) The votes whether to use the Australian ballot and whether to commingle the ballots shall be taken by written ballot. The questions shall be in substantially the following form:"Shall the (union school district name) adopt its budget by Australian ballot?""If the (union school district name) votes to adopt its budget by Australian ballot, shall the ballots be commingled?"(c) If the union school district has voted to adopt its budget by Australian ballot, the question shall be in substantially the following form:"Shall the (union school district name) adopt a budget of $ ................. for school year ............................... ?"(d) If the union school district has voted to commingle its ballots, the ballots shall be deposited in separate containers at each polling place. The board of civil authority may open the containers and count the number of ballots cast in the election, but shall not count the ballots for purposes of determining the outcome of the election. At the closing of the polls, the municipal clerk or his or her designee shall appoint a member or members of the board of civil authority who shall transport the sealed container to the clerk of the union school district. Under the supervision of the union school district clerk, the appointed members of the boards of civil authority shall count the commingled ballots. The budget shall be established if a majority of the votes cast are in favor.(e) If the union school district has voted not to commingle its ballots, the municipal clerks of the member towns shall transmit to the union school district clerk the results of the vote upon completion of the counting. The budget shall be established if a majority of the votes cast are in favor.(f) If the proposed budget is rejected, the union district board shall prepare a revised budget. The board shall establish a date for vote on the revised budget and shall take appropriate steps to warn a public informational meeting on the budget and the vote. The date of the public informational meeting shall be at least five days following the public notice. The date of the vote shall be at least seven days following the public notice. The vote on the revised budget shall be by Australian ballot and shall take place in the same locations that the first vote was taken. The budget shall be established if a majority of all votes cast are in favor. If the revised budget is rejected, the board shall repeat the procedure in this subsection until the budget is adopted.(g) Unless clearly inconsistent, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 55 shall apply to actions taken under this section. (Added 1983, No. 65; amended 1989, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2003, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
16 V.S.A. § 721a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 721a. Withdrawal from district

§ 721a. Withdrawal from district|(a) A school district that is a member of a union school district may vote to withdraw from the union school district if one year has elapsed since the union school district has become a body politic and corporate as provided in section 706g of this title.(b) When a majority of the voters of a school district that is a member of a union school district present and voting at a school district meeting duly warned for that purpose votes to withdraw from the union school district, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of the school district to the Secretary of State who shall record the certificate in his or her office and give notice of the vote to the Secretary of Education and to the other members of the union school district. Within 90 days after receiving notice, those other members shall vote by Australian ballot on the same day during the same hours whether to ratify withdrawal of the member. Withdrawal by a member shall be effective only if approved by an affirmative vote of each of the other members of the union school district.(c) If the vote to ratify the withdrawal of a member is approved by each of the other members, the union school district shall notify the Secretary of Education who shall advise the State Board. At a meeting held thereafter, if the State Board finds that the students in the withdrawing member will attend a school that is in compliance with the rules adopted by the Board pertaining to educational programs, then the State Board shall declare the membership of the withdrawing member in the union school district to end as of July 1 immediately following or as soon thereafter as the obligations of the withdrawing member have been paid to, or an agreement made with, the union school district in an amount satisfactory to the electorate of each member of the union school district. The State Board shall give notice to the remaining members in the union of its meeting and give representatives of the remaining members an opportunity to be heard. It shall then determine whether it is in the best interests of the State, the students, and the members remaining in the union district for the union to continue to exist. The State Board may declare the union district dissolved as of July 1 immediately following or as soon thereafter as each member's obligations have been satisfied, or it may declare that the union district shall continue to exist despite the withdrawal of the former member. The State Board shall file the declaration with the Secretary of State, the clerk of the withdrawing member, and the clerk of the union school district concerned.(d) A vote of withdrawal taken after a union school district has become a body politic and corporate as provided in section 706g of this title, but less than one year after that date, shall be void. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 36; amended 1977, No. 7; 2007, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 29; 2009, No. 44, § 11, eff. May 21, 2009; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 91, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
16 V.S.A. § 721b
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 721b. Districts established under prior law

§ 721b. Districts established under prior law|All union school districts formed prior to July 1, 2007 are ratified and shall be governed by this chapter. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 37; amended 2007, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 30.)
16 V.S.A. § 721c
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 721c. Districts not operating schools

§ 721c. Districts not operating schools|At a duly warned meeting, the electorate of a district that does not operate schools and is a member of a union school district or districts representing all grades K-12 may vote to discontinue the district. The powers and responsibilities of districts discontinued in this fashion shall be assigned to the union district of which it is a member. (Added 1987, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)
16 V.S.A. § 722
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 722. Unified union districts

§ 722. Unified union districts|(a) A union school district shall be known as a unified union district if it provides for the education of resident prekindergarten-grade 12 students, whether by:  (1) operating a school or schools for all grades; (2) operating a school or schools for all students in one or more grades and paying tuition for all students in the remaining grade or grades; or (3) paying tuition for all grades.   (b) On the date the unified union district becomes operative, unless another date is specified in the study committee report, it shall supplant all other school districts within its borders, and they shall cease to exist.(c) If provided for in the committee report, the unified union school district board may be elected and may conduct business for the limited purpose of preparing for the transition to unified union district administration while the proposed member school districts continue to operate schools.(d) The functions of the legislative branch of each preexisting school district in warning meetings and conducting elections of unified union school district board members shall be performed by the corresponding board of alderpersons of a city or city council, the selectboard of a town, or the trustees of an incorporated school district, as appropriate. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 50; amended 1977, No. 107; 1987, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 112, eff. July 1, 1999; 2003, No. 76 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. Feb. 17, 2004; 2003, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2003, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2007, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 31; 2015, No. 46, § 44, eff. June 2, 2015.)
16 V.S.A. § 723
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 723. Transition to unified union school district administration

§ 723. Transition to unified union school district administration|On the day the establishment of a unified union school district becomes effective, the district gains title to the assets and assumes the existing contractual obligations and other liabilities of the member school districts within its borders unless otherwise agreed to by the member districts in the approved plan for the formation of the unified union school district; provided, however, the unified union school district shall in all cases assume the contractual obligations of the member districts regarding each existing collective bargaining agreement or other employment contract until the agreement's or contract's expiration. All trust funds held or enjoyed by a preexisting district shall be held and applied as the terms of the trust indicate. If such trust allows, the funds may be applied for the use of the unified union school district. Within five days of the day a unified union school district becomes effective, the treasurer of each preexisting school district shall pay by check to the treasurer of the unified union school district the full amount of the balance standing in his or her school account and transfer to him or her all outstanding notes and contracts in force. All other officers of the preexisting school districts shall transfer to the corresponding officer of the unified union school district all instruments and other documents giving evidence of the assets, liabilities, and contractual status of the district. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 51; amended 2007, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 32.)
16 V.S.A. § 773
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 15 - New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact|§ 773. Powers of interstate school districts- Article III

§ 773. Powers of interstate school districts- Article III|A. Powers. Each interstate school district shall be a body corporate and politic, with power:a. To acquire, construct, extend, improve, staff, operate, manage and govern public schools within its boundaries;b. To sue and be sued, subject to the limitations of liability hereinafter set forth;c. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;d. To adopt, maintain and amend bylaws not inconsistent with this compact, and the laws of the two states;e. To acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease or otherwise, real and personal property for the use of its schools;f. To enter into contracts and incur debts;g. To borrow money for the purposes hereinafter set forth, and to issue its bonds or notes therefor;h. To make contracts with and accept grants and aid from the United States, the State of New Hampshire, the State of Vermont, any agency or municipality thereof, and private corporations and individuals for the construction, maintenance, reconstruction, operation and financing of its schools; and to do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid and cooperation;i. To employ such assistants, agents, servants, and independent contractors as it shall deem necessary or desirable for its purposes; andj. To take any other action which is necessary or appropriate in order to exercise any of the foregoing powers. (Added 1967, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.).)
16 V.S.A. § 778
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 15 - New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact|§ 778. Taking over of existing property- Article VIII

§ 778. Taking over of existing property- Article VIII|A. Power to Acquire Property of Member District. The articles of agreement, or an amendment thereof, may provide for the acquisition by an interstate district from a member district of all or a part of its existing plant and equipment.B. Valuation. The articles of agreement, or the amendment, shall provide for the determination of the value of the property to be acquired in one or more of the following ways:  a. A valuation set forth in the articles of agreement or the amendment. b. By appraisal, in which case, one appraiser shall be appointed by each commissioner, and a third appraiser appointed by the first two appraisers.   C. Reimbursement to Member District. The articles of agreement shall specify the method by which the member district shall be reimbursed by the interstate district for the property taken over, in one or more of the following ways:  a. By one lump sum, appropriated, allocated, and raised by the interstate district in the same manner as an appropriation for operating expenses. b. In installments over a period of not more than twenty years, each of which is appropriated, allocated, and raised by the interstate district in the same manner as an appropriation for operating expenses. c. By an agreement to assume or reimburse the member district for all principal and interest on any outstanding indebtedness originally incurred by the member district to finance the acquisition and improvement of the property, each such installment to be appropriated, allocated, and raised by the interstate district in the same manner as an appropriation for operating expenses.   The member district transferring the property shall have the same obligation to pay to the interstate district its share of the cost of such acquisition, but may offset its right to reimbursement. (Added 1967, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.).)
16 V.S.A. § 782
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 15 - New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact|§ 782. Adoption of compact by Dresden School District- Article XII

§ 782. Adoption of compact by Dresden School District- Article XII|The Dresden School District, otherwise known as the Hanover-Norwich Interstate School District, authorized by New Hampshire laws of 1961, chapter 116, and by the laws of Vermont, is hereby authorized to adopt the provisions of this compact and to become an interstate school district within the meaning hereof, upon the following conditions and subject to the following limitations:  a. Articles of agreement shall be prepared and signed by a majority of the directors of the interstate school district. b. The articles of agreement shall be submitted to an annual or special meeting of the Dresden district for adoption. c. An affirmative vote of two-thirds of those present and voting shall be required for adoption. d. Nothing contained therein, or in this compact, as it affects the Dresden School District shall affect adversely the rights of the holders of any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness then outstanding, or the rights of the district to procure the means for payment thereof previously authorized. e. The corporate existence of the Dresden School District shall not be terminated by such adoption of articles of amendment, but shall be deemed to be so amended that it shall thereafter be governed by the terms of this compact. (Added 1967, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.).)
16 V.S.A. § 784
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 15 - New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact|§ 784. Effective date- Article XIV

§ 784. Effective date- Article XIV|This compact shall become effective when passed by the Vermont General Assembly, signed by the Governor and approved by the United States Congress. (Added 1967, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.).)
16 V.S.A. § 793
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 17 - New York-Vermont Interstate School Compact|§ 793. Powers of Interstate School Districts- Article III

§ 793. Powers of Interstate School Districts- Article III|A. Powers. Each interstate school district shall be a body corporate and politic, with power:  a. To acquire, construct, extend, improve, staff, operate, manage and govern public schools within its boundaries; b. To sue and be sued, subject to the limitations of liability hereinafter set forth; c. To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; d. To adopt, maintain and amend bylaws not inconsistent with this compact, and the laws of the two states; e. To acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease or otherwise, real and personal property for the use of its schools; f. To enter into contracts and incur debts; g. To borrow money for the purposes hereinafter set forth and to issue its bonds or notes therefor; h. To make contracts with and accept grants and aid from the United States, the State of New York, the State of Vermont, any agency or municipality thereof, and private corporations and individuals for the construction, maintenance, reconstruction, operation and financing of its schools; and to do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid and cooperation; i. To employ such assistants, agents, servants, and independent contractors as it shall deem necessary or desirable for its purposes; and j. To take any other action which is necessary or appropriate in order to exercise any of the foregoing powers. (Added 1975, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
16 V.S.A. § 798
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 17 - New York-Vermont Interstate School Compact|§ 798. Taking Over of Existing Property- Article VIII

§ 798. Taking Over of Existing Property- Article VIII|A. Power to acquire property of member district. The articles of agreement, or an amendment thereof, may provide for the acquisition by an interstate district from a member district of all or a part of its existing plant and equipment.B. Valuation. The articles of agreement, or the amendment, shall provide for the determination of the value of the property to be acquired in one or more of the following ways:  a. A valuation set forth in the articles of agreement or the amendment. b. By appraisal, in which case, one appraiser shall be appointed by each commissioner, and a third appraiser appointed by the first two appraisers.   C. Reimbursement to member district. The articles of agreement shall specify the method by which the member district shall be reimbursed by the interstate district for the property taken over, in one or more of the following ways:  a. By one lump sum, appropriated, allocated, and raised by the interstate district in the same manner as an appropriation for operating expenses. b. In installments over a period of not more than twenty years, each of which is appropriated, allocated, and raised by the interstate district in the same manner as an appropriation for operating expenses. c. By an agreement to assume or reimburse the member district for all principal and interest on any outstanding indebtedness originally incurred by the member district to finance the acquisition and improvement of the property, each such installment to be appropriated, allocated, and raised by the interstate district in the same manner as an appropriation for operating expenses.   The member district transferring the property shall have the same obligation to pay to the interstate district its share of the cost of such acquisition, but may offset its right to reimbursement. (Added 1975, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
16 V.S.A. § 799
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 17 - New York-Vermont Interstate School Compact|§ 799. Amendments to Articles of Agreement- Article IX

§ 799. Amendments to Articles of Agreement- Article IX|A. Amendments to the articles of agreement may be adopted in the same manner provided for the adoption of the original articles of agreement, except that:  a. Unless the amendment calls for the addition of a new member district, the functions of the planning committee shall be carried out by the interstate district board of directors. b. If the amendment proposes the addition of a new member district, the planning committee shall consist of all of the members of the interstate board and all of the members of the school board of the proposed new member district or districts. In such case the amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an interstate district meeting, at which an affirmative vote of two-thirds of those present and voting shall be required. The articles of agreement together with the proposed amendment shall be submitted to the voters of the proposed new member district at a meeting thereof, at which a simple majority of those present and voting shall be required. c. In all cases an amendment may be adopted on the part of an interstate district upon the affirmative vote of voters thereof at a meeting voting as one body. Except where the amendment proposes the admission of a new member district, a simple majority of those present and voting shall be required for adoption. d. No amendment to the articles of agreement may impair the rights of bond or note holders or the power of the interstate district to procure the means for their payment. (Added 1975, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)
16 V.S.A. § 803
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 17 - New York-Vermont Interstate School Compact|§ 803. Effective Date- Article XIII

§ 803. Effective Date- Article XIII|This compact shall become effective when passed by the Vermont General Assembly, signed by the Governor and approved by the United States Congress. (Added 1975, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)
16 V.S.A. § 806
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 19 - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children|§ 806. Purpose -  Article I

§ 806. Purpose -  Article I|It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by:  A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the transfer of education records from the previous school district or variations in entrance or age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content, or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic, and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families. E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of administrative rules implementing the provisions of this compact. F. Providing for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and among member states, schools, and military families under this compact. G. Promoting coordination between this compact and other compacts affecting military children. H. Promoting flexibility and cooperation between the educational system, parents, and the student in order to achieve educational success for the student. (Added 2011, No. 43, § 1.)