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16 V.S.A. § 706j
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706j. Organization meeting; business to be transacted

§ 706j. Organization meeting; business to be transacted|(a) The meeting shall be called to order by the Secretary or a person designated by the Secretary, and at such meeting or at an adjournment thereof:  (1) A temporary presiding officer and clerk from among the qualified voters shall be elected. (2) The meeting shall adopt Robert's or other rules of order, which shall govern the parliamentary procedures of this and subsequent meetings of the union school district. (3) A moderator, a clerk, a treasurer, and three auditors shall be elected; a treasurer shall be elected unless a supervisory union treasurer is designated to act as treasurer of the union district. (4) Compensation to be paid district officers shall be determined and approved. (5) The date of the annual meeting shall be not earlier than February 1 nor later than June 1. (6) The date on which the union will assume control of existing schools of the class specified in the vote to establish the union shall be determined. (7) Provision shall be made for the payment of any expense incurred or to be incurred by or on behalf of the district for the period between the date on which the vote was taken to form the union district and the first annual meeting of the union district, including the cost of architects, surveyors, contractors, attorneys, educational consultants or other experts, the purchase price of a site for a union school, and current operating expenses. (8) The board of directors may be authorized by the electorate to borrow money pending receipt of payments from the Education Fund by the issuance of its notes or orders payable not later than one year from date. A newly formed union school district, however, is authorized to borrow sufficient funds to meet pending obligations. (9) Any other business, the subject matter of which has been included in the warning, that the voters have power to transact at any annual meeting, may be transacted.   (b) The officers and directors as elected shall be sworn in before entering upon the duties of their offices, and a record made by the clerk. They shall assume office upon being sworn in. Officers shall serve until the first annual meeting or until their successors are elected and qualified. When there is only one nominee for temporary presiding officer, temporary clerk, moderator, clerk, treasurer, or auditor, the voters may, by acclamation, instruct an officer to elect the nominee by casting one ballot, and upon the ballot being cast, the nominee shall be legally elected and shall thereupon be sworn. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; amended 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1971, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.); 1973, No. 2, § 2; 1977, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2003, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2006; 2007, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 87, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
16 V.S.A. § 706k
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706k. Election of district officers

§ 706k. Election of district officers|(a) A school director representing a member district who is to serve on the union school district board after the expiration of the terms provided for school directors in the final report shall be elected by that member district at an annual or special meeting. Such election shall be by Australian ballot in those member districts that so elect their town school district directors. Union district officers elected at an annual meeting shall enter upon their duties on July 1 following their election and shall serve a term of one year or until their successors are elected and qualified, except that if the voters at an annual meeting so vote, moderators elected at an annual meeting shall assume office upon election and shall serve for a term of one year or until their successors are elected and qualified. School directors elected at an annual meeting shall assume office upon election and shall serve a term of three years or until their successors are elected and qualified. The clerk of the union district shall, within ten days after the election or appointment of any officer or director, give notice of the results to the Secretary of State.(b) In any member district that elects its representative directors to the union school district board, or other union district officers, by Australian ballot, statements of nomination for officers to be elected by Australian ballot shall be signed by at least 30 voters in that district or one percent of the legal voters in the district, whichever is less. The statement of nomination shall be accepted in writing by the nominee. The statement shall be filed with the clerk of the town school district no later than 5:00 p.m. on the sixth Monday preceding the day of the election.(c) In a union district that elects one or more at-large directors by Australian ballot, a nomination shall be made by filing a statement of nomination signed by at least 60 voters from one or more member districts with the clerk of the union school district no later than 5:00 p.m. on the sixth Monday preceding the day of the election. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; amended 1973, No. 2, § 3; 1975, No. 48, § 8, eff. April 15, 1975; 1991, No. 12; 1999, No. 64 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 3, 2000; 2003, No. 36, § 7.)
16 V.S.A. § 706l
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706l. Vacancies in district offices

§ 706 l. Vacancies in district offices|(a) A vacancy occurring in any district office other than on the board of directors shall be temporarily filled by the board of school directors of the union school district as soon as practicable after the vacancy occurs and the temporary appointee shall serve until the district, at its next meeting, fills the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.(b) When a vacancy occurs on the board of directors:  (1) If the member represented a member school district, the clerk shall immediately notify the school board of the member district. Within 30 days of the receipt of that notice, the school board shall appoint a person who is otherwise eligible to serve as a director from that district to fill the vacancy until an election at a special or annual district meeting is held. (2) If the member represented a town that does not have a school board, the clerk shall immediately notify the selectboard of the town. Within 30 days of the receipt of that notice, the selectboard shall appoint a person who is otherwise eligible to serve as a director from that district to fill the vacancy until an election at a special or annual district meeting is held. (3) If the member was elected at large to represent the entire union district, the union school board shall, within 30 days of the creation of the vacancy, appoint a person who is otherwise eligible to serve as a director to fill the vacancy until an election at a special or annual district meeting is held. (4) If there are vacancies in a majority of the members of the board of directors at the same time, the remaining director or directors are authorized to draw orders for payment of continuing obligations and necessary expenses until a majority of the vacancies is filled. If there are no directors in office, the Secretary of State shall appoint and authorize the union school district clerk or other qualified person to draw orders for payment of continuing obligations and necessary expenses until a majority of the vacancies is filled. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; amended 1975, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2005, No. 32, § 2.)
16 V.S.A. § 706m
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706m. Terms of office

§ 706m. Terms of office|The terms of office of directors shall be three years after the first term and of all other officers shall be one year. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; amended 2005, No. 54, § 6; 2011, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. July 1, 2013.)
16 V.S.A. § 706n
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706n. Amendments to agreements reached by establishment vote, organization meeting, or final report

§ 706n. Amendments to agreements reached by establishment vote, organization meeting, or final report|(a) A specific condition or agreement set forth as a distinct subsection under Article 1 of the warning required by section 706f of this chapter and adopted by the member districts at the vote held to establish the union school district, or any amendment subsequently adopted pursuant to the terms of this section, may be amended only at a special or annual union district meeting, provided that the prior approval of the State Board of Education shall be secured if the proposed amendment concerns reducing the number of grades that the union is to operate. The warning for the meeting shall contain each proposed amendment as a separate article. The vote on each proposed amendment shall be by Australian ballot. Ballots shall be counted in each member district, and the clerks of each member district shall transmit the results of the vote in that district to the union school district clerk. Although the results shall be reported to the public by member district, an amendment is effective if approved by a majority of the electorate of the union district voting at that meeting.(b) Any decision at the organization meeting may be amended by a majority of those present and voting at a union district meeting duly warned for that purpose.(c) Any provision of the final report that was included in the warning required pursuant to section 706f of this chapter for the vote to form the union by reference to or incorporation of the entire report but that was not set forth as a distinct subsection under Article 1 of the warning may be amended by a simple majority vote of the union board of school directors or by any other majority of the board as is specified for a particular matter in the report. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2003, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2006; 2007, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 28; 2011, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 19.)
16 V.S.A. § 706o
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706o. Statistical information

§ 706 o. Statistical information|Annually, on or before August 15, the directors shall give or cause to be given to the Secretary of Education answers to statistical inquiries that may be addressed to the district by the Secretary. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 21; amended 1971, No. 10; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 88, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
16 V.S.A. § 706p
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706p. Warnings of union district meetings

§ 706p. Warnings of union district meetings|(a) Union district meetings shall be warned by the clerk, or in the case of his or her disability, by the directors, by posting a notice, signed by the chair of the board or a board member designated by him or her, specifying the time, place, and business of the meeting, in at least one public place in each member school district of the union school district, and causing the same to be published once in a newspaper circulating in the union district. Publication and posting shall be made at least 30 days and not more than 40 days before the meeting, not counting the day of the meeting. The warning shall be recorded in the office of the clerk before being posted.(b) Any meeting called for the purpose of considering a bond issue shall be warned in accordance with the provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 1755.(c) The board of directors shall have the same authority and obligation to warn or call meetings of the union school district as selectboard members have to warn or call town meetings.(d) When a person whose duty it is to warn a district meeting neglects to do so for ten days after application is made as provided in this section, he or she shall forfeit to the district $20.00 for each ten days' neglect, to be recovered in an action on this statute. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; amended 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 72(a),(c); 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 67.)
16 V.S.A. § 706q
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706q. Powers, duties, and liabilities of officers; bonds

§ 706q. Powers, duties, and liabilities of officers; bonds|(a) The powers, duties, and liabilities of the treasurer, board of directors, and clerk shall be like those of a treasurer, board of school directors, and clerk of a town school district.(b) Before entering upon the duties of their office, the board of school directors shall give a blanket bond and the treasurer shall give a personal bond to the district, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties. The treasurer's bond shall be in such sum as the board of school directors shall require. The board of school directors' bond shall be in such sum as shall be required by the Secretary of Education. When a board of school directors or treasurer for 10 days neglects to give a bond as required, the office shall become vacant.(c) The board of directors shall prepare an annual report concerning the affairs of the union district and have it printed and distributed to the legal voters of the union at least ten days prior to the annual union district meeting. The report shall be filed with the clerk of the union district and the town clerk of each member district. It shall include:  (1) a statement of the board concerning the affairs of the union district; (2) the budget proposed for the next year; (3) a statement of the superintendent of schools for the union district concerning the affairs of the union; and (4) a treasurer's report. (5) [Repealed.]  (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; amended 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2003, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2011, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 26, 27, eff. July 1, 2013; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 89, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
16 V.S.A. § 706r
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706r. Moderator

§ 706r. Moderator|The moderator shall preside at district meetings and in his or her absence a moderator pro tempore shall be chosen to preside. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 24.)
16 V.S.A. § 706s
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706s. Books and papers to be turned over to successor

§ 706s. Books and papers to be turned over to successor|When a district office becomes vacant, and a successor is elected or appointed, the successor is entitled to receive all of the books and papers of the office, on demand. A person having books or papers in his or her possession who refuses for ten days after demand to surrender the same to the successor shall forfeit to the district $20.00 for each ten days' neglect, to be recovered in an action on this statute. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 25.)
16 V.S.A. § 706u
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706u. Checklist for union district meetings

§ 706u. Checklist for union district meetings|The clerks of the respective towns within the union school district shall furnish to the clerk of the district, at the expense of the district, authenticated copies of the checklist of legal voters within the town, as the same appears after revision of the checklist made pursuant to 17 V.S.A. §§ 2141-2150. In the case of a person who is otherwise eligible to vote at a union district meeting who has not maintained current residence in a member town for the requisite number of days, but who has resided within the union school district for the requisite number of days, the clerk of the town of current residence shall enter such person's name on the checklist upon presentation of a certificate, or certificates, signed by the clerks of the towns of former residence evidencing residence within the district for the requisite number of days. That checklist shall control for the purposes of determining the voters eligible to vote at the district meeting, except that at an assembled district meeting, the union board of directors shall decide all questions as to the eligibility of a person to vote. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; amended 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1987, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 20.)
16 V.S.A. § 706v
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706v. Record of proceedings

§ 706v. Record of proceedings|The clerk shall keep a record of the votes and the proceedings of the union school district meetings and give certified copies of them when required. A clerk who neglects to perform this duty shall forfeit $20.00 to the district, to be recovered in an action on this statute. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 28.)
16 V.S.A. § 706w
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 706w. Polling places; transportation and counting of ballots

§ 706w. Polling places; transportation and counting of ballots|Bond issues under 24 V.S.A. §§ 1751-1788 are to be determined by Australian ballot or voting machine; each regular polling place in each district shall be used for this purpose. The board of civil authority of each town within the union district shall be responsible for determining the eligibility of persons to vote, the supervision of the election, and the transportation of ballots in its district to a central point designated by the board of school directors. The ballots shall be commingled. Counting of ballots by representatives of the boards of civil authority of the member towns shall be supervised by the union district clerk or his or her designee. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 29; amended 1989, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
16 V.S.A. § 707
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 707. Union school district boards; quorum and voting requirements

§ 707. Union school district boards; quorum and voting requirements|(a) A union school district board meeting shall be conducted in accordance with the Vermont Open Meeting Law.(b) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section but notwithstanding any other provision of law, the concurrence of a majority of members present at a union school district board meeting shall be necessary and sufficient for board action.(c) A union school district may establish a system of weighted voting in its school board to reflect the principle of one person, one vote. If weighted voting is used, members of the board holding a majority of the total number of weighted votes shall constitute a quorum, and a majority of the weighted votes cast shall be necessary and sufficient for board action. (Added 1991, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 14.)
16 V.S.A. § 711a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 711a. Establishment of union district budget

§ 711a. Establishment of union district budget|(a) The board of directors of the union district shall at each annual meeting present an estimate of the expenses for the ensuing year, and the district shall appropriate that sum that it deems necessary for the expenses, together with the amount required to pay any balance left unpaid from the preceding year, expressing the sum in dollars in its vote. If a budget for the operation of the district is not approved, a subsequent meeting or meetings shall be called pursuant to section 706p of this title. At its first annual meeting, the district shall similarly vote a sum sufficient to pay any unpaid balance of expenses, as defined in section 706j of this title, that was incurred by or on behalf of the district since the date on which the vote was taken to form the union district.(b) If a budget has not been approved on or before June 30 of any year, the school board may borrow funds pursuant to the authority granted under section 566 of this title.(c) [Repealed.]  (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 31; amended 1977, No. 4; 1995, No. 32, § 2; 2003, No. 68, § 83, eff. June 18, 2003; 2003, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 3, 16(d).)
16 V.S.A. § 711c
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 711c. Tuition rate for union school district

§ 711c. Tuition rate for union school district|Any student, a resident of a nonmember town may, in the discretion of the board of union school directors, be admitted equally with participating member students; provided, however, that the tuition paid is a rate not greater than the calculated net cost per pupil as defined under section 825 of this title. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 33.)
16 V.S.A. § 711d
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 11 - Union Schools and School Districts and Joint Schools|§ 711d. Improvements, indebtedness, bonds, early or absentee voters

§ 711d. Improvements, indebtedness, bonds, early or absentee voters|Improvements may be made by a union school district for the purposes for which the district is established as provided in this subchapter, and indebtedness may be incurred for the improvements as provided by 24 V.S.A. §§ 1751-1786a. Early or absentee voting in accordance with 17 V.S.A. §§ 2531-2550 shall be permitted on questions concerning bond issues of the union school district. The debt limit of the union school district shall be ten times the sum total of the education grand lists of the member districts composing the union, without diminution for any obligation incurred by a member district alone. The amount of indebtedness of a union school district incurred to finance any project approved under sections 3447 to 3456 of this title shall not be considered a part of the indebtedness of the union school district for purposes of determining its debt limit. Obligations incurred under 24 V.S.A. §§ 1751-1786a, or as otherwise authorized in this subchapter by a union school district, shall be the joint and several obligations of the district and of each of the member districts composing it. Any joint or several liability incurred by a member district under the provisions of this subchapter shall not be considered in determining its debt limit for its own separate purposes. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 34; amended 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 111, eff. March 11, 1998; 2001, No. 6, § 12(b), (c), eff. April 10, 2001; 2003, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2003, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)