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16 V.S.A. § 2103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 61 - Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits|§ 2103. Duties of the Commission

§ 2103. Duties of the Commission|(a) The Commission shall determine the percentage of the premium for individual, two-person, parent-child, and family coverage under a health benefit plan that shall be borne by each school employer and the percentage that shall be borne by participating employees.  (1) The premium responsibility percentages shall remain in effect for the entire plan year. (2) Each school employer shall be responsible for paying, on behalf of all of its participating employees, the applicable percentages of premium costs as determined by the Commission. (3) [Repealed.]   (b)(1) The Commission shall determine the amount of participating employees' calendar year out-of-pocket expenses for which the school employer and the participating employees shall be responsible, and whether school employers shall establish a health reimbursement arrangement, a health savings account, both, or neither, for their participating employees.  (2) The Commission also shall determine the extent to which the employer or employee shall bear first dollar responsibility for out-of-pocket expenses if using a health reimbursement arrangement and whether the balance in a participating employee's health reimbursement arrangement shall roll over from year to year. (3) [Repealed.]   (c) The Commission may make recommendations regarding health benefit plan design to any intermunicipal insurance association that offers health benefit plans to entities providing educational services pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 6.(d) The Commission shall not make any determinations regarding school employer or participating employee responsibilities with respect to stand-alone vision or dental benefits.(e) The Commission may negotiate a statewide grievance procedure for disputes concerning public school employee health benefits.(f) In no case shall a school employee receive cash in lieu of receipt of health care benefits from one school employer while simultaneously receiving health care benefits from the same or another school employer.(g) Accommodations shall be made for school employees whose workload is shared between more than one school employer, and who may not otherwise qualify for health care benefits from only one school employer. The affected school employers shall determine the proportionate portion of the shared costs of the health benefits. (Added 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § H.18; amended 2021, No. 7, § 4, eff. April 8, 2021.)
16 V.S.A. § 2104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 61 - Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits|§ 2104. Negotiation; time to begin; good faith; written agreement

§ 2104. Negotiation; time to begin; good faith; written agreement|(a)(1) The Commission shall commence negotiation of the matters set forth in subsections 2103(a) and (b) of this chapter not later than April 1 of the year before the existing agreement pursuant to this section is set to expire. On or before October 1 of the year prior to commencement of bargaining, the Commission shall request from the parties any data and information that it anticipates needing for the negotiation in a common format, and on or before February 1 of the year of bargaining, the parties shall submit to the Commission the information requested.  (2) The Commission shall meet together at reasonable times at the call of the Chairs and shall negotiate in good faith on all matters set forth in subsections 2103(a) and (b) of this chapter. (3)(A) The Commission shall select a person to serve as a fact finder to assist it in resolving any matters remaining in dispute in the event that the Commission is unable to reach an agreement by August 1. The fact finder shall be selected by a vote of a majority of the representatives of school employees and of a majority of the representatives of school employers. If the Commission cannot agree on a fact finder by April 5, the American Arbitration Association shall be asked to appoint the fact finder.  (B)(i) The Commission shall mutually agree on an arbitrator by April 5 to decide all matters remaining in dispute if it is unable to reach an agreement within 30 days after receiving the fact finder's report.  (ii) If the Commission is unable to mutually agree on an arbitrator, it shall form a three-member panel of arbitrators to be selected as follows:  (I) One arbitrator shall be selected by the representatives of school employees from a list prepared by the American Arbitration Association. (II) One arbitrator shall be selected by the representatives of school employers from a list prepared by the American Arbitration Association. (III) The Commission shall request the services of the American Arbitration Association for the appointment of the third arbitrator.      (b)(1) The Commission shall enter into a written agreement incorporating all matters agreed to in negotiation.  (2) The terms of the agreement shall be incorporated by reference into all collective bargaining agreements for school employees.   (c) The term of each agreement shall be negotiated by the Commission but shall not be less than two years. (Added 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § H.18; amended 2021, No. 7, § 5, eff. April 8, 2021.)
16 V.S.A. § 2104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 61 - Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits|§ 2104. Negotiation; time to begin; good faith; written agreement

§ 2104. Negotiation; time to begin; good faith; written agreement|(a)(1) The Commission shall commence negotiation of the matters set forth in subsections 2103(a) and (b) of this chapter not later than April 1 of the year before the existing agreement pursuant to this section is set to expire. On or before October 1 of the year prior to commencement of bargaining, the Commission shall request from the parties any data and information that it anticipates needing for the negotiation in a common format, and on or before February 1 of the year of bargaining, the parties shall submit to the Commission the information requested.  (2) The Commission shall meet together at reasonable times at the call of the Chairs and shall negotiate in good faith on all matters set forth in subsections 2103(a) and (b) of this chapter. (3)(A) The Commission shall select a person to serve as a fact finder to assist it in resolving any matters remaining in dispute in the event that the Commission is unable to reach an agreement by August 1. The fact finder shall be selected by a vote of a majority of the representatives of school employees and of a majority of the representatives of school employers. If the Commission cannot agree on a fact finder by April 5, the American Arbitration Association shall be asked to appoint the fact finder.  (B)(i) The Commission shall mutually agree on an arbitrator by April 5 to decide all matters remaining in dispute if it is unable to reach an agreement within 30 days after receiving the fact finder's report.  (ii) If the Commission is unable to mutually agree on an arbitrator, it shall either request the Vermont Labor Relations Board (VLRB) to decide all matters remaining in dispute or form a three-member panel of arbitrators to be selected as follows:  (I) One arbitrator shall be selected by the representatives of school employees. (II) One arbitrator shall be selected by the representatives of school employers. (III) The Commission shall request the services of the American Arbitration Association for the appointment of the third arbitrator.      (b)(1) The Commission shall enter into a written agreement incorporating all matters agreed to in negotiation.  (2) The terms of the agreement or the VLRB or arbitration award shall be incorporated by reference into all collective bargaining agreements for school employees.   (c) The term of each agreement shall be negotiated by the Commission but shall not be less than two years. (Added 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § H.18; amended 2021, No. 7, § 5, eff. April 8, 2021; 2021, No. 7, § 5a, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.)
16 V.S.A. § 2106
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 61 - Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits|§ 2106. Strikes and contract imposition prohibited

§ 2106. Strikes and contract imposition prohibited|(a) School employees and the representatives of school employees shall be prohibited from engaging in a strike, as defined by 21 V.S.A. § 1722(16), in relation to the negotiation of an agreement pursuant to this chapter.(b) The representatives of school employers shall be prohibited from imposing the terms of the agreement that is subject to this chapter. (Added 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § H.18.)
16 V.S.A. § 2107
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 61 - Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits|§ 2107. Ratification of agreement

§ 2107. Ratification of agreement|(a) The representatives of school employers and the representatives of school employees shall each develop procedures by which their members shall ratify the agreement entered into by the Commission pursuant to this chapter within 30 days after the date of the agreement; provided, however, that if the agreement is determined by arbitration pursuant to subsection 2105(b) of this chapter, the agreement shall not be subject to ratification.(b) In the event that either the school employers or school employees, or both, fail to ratify the agreement, the following provisions shall apply:  (1) If the Commission has not engaged in mediated fact-finding pursuant to subsection 2105(a) of this chapter during the current negotiation cycle, the Commission shall meet with the fact finder pursuant to the provisions of that subsection to settle all matters remaining in dispute. If the Commission is able to reach a new agreement, that agreement shall be submitted to the bargaining units for ratification. If, after mediated fact-finding, the Commission is unable to reach a new agreement, the Commission shall proceed to arbitration pursuant to subsection 2105(b) of this chapter. (2) If the Commission has already engaged in mediated fact-finding pursuant to subsection 2105(a) of this chapter during the current negotiation cycle, the Commission shall proceed to arbitration pursuant to subsection 2105(b) of this chapter. (Added 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § H.18.)
16 V.S.A. § 2108
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 61 - Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits|§ 2108. Duties of school employers

§ 2108. Duties of school employers|Each school employer shall:  (1) deduct from the gross wages of each participating employee a sum equal to the percentage of the premium determined by the Commission to be the employee's responsibility for the applicable tier of coverage; (2) remit to the administrator of the health benefit plan the amount determined by the Commission to be the employers' premium responsibility for each participating employee, along with the amount deducted from the employee's wages for the employee's premium share; (3) contribute toward the out-of-pocket expenses of each participating employee in the amounts and manner determined by the Commission to be the employer's responsibility; and (4) participate in any health reimbursement arrangement or health savings account, or both, in the amounts and to the extent determined by the Commission. (Added 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § H.18.)
16 V.S.A. § 2170
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2170. Statutory purposes

§ 2170. Statutory purposes|The statutory purpose of the exemption for the Vermont State Colleges in section 2178 of this title is to allow institutions providing higher education to deploy more of their financial resources to their educational missions. (Added 2013, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)
16 V.S.A. § 2171
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2171. Corporation established; purposes; powers

§ 2171. Corporation established; purposes; powers|(a) There is created as a part of the educational system of the State of Vermont a public corporation to be known as "Vermont State Colleges" or any other name that the Board of Trustees, established under section 2172 of this chapter, selects at a meeting duly warned for that purpose, provided that the word "Vermont" shall appear in the selected name. The Corporation shall plan, supervise, administer, and operate facilities for education at the postsecondary level supported in whole or in substantial part with State funds; however, while the Corporation shall maintain cooperative relations with the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, nothing in this chapter shall give the Corporation any responsibility for the planning, supervision, administration, or operation of the University.(b) The Corporation shall own the real and personal property of the Castleton State College, Johnson State College, Lyndon State College, Vermont Technical College, and Community College of Vermont, and of other State-operated institutions of higher education that may be established. It shall protect, preserve, and improve the properties and promote their use as institutions of higher education.(c) The Corporation may acquire, hold, and dispose of property in fee or in trust, or any other estate, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, shall have a common seal, and shall be an instrumentality of the State for the purposes set forth in this section. The State of Vermont shall support and maintain the Corporation.(d) The Corporation shall not abandon, lease, sell, or dispose of any of the institutions under its control unless that action is specifically authorized by the General Assembly. The terms of any such sale, lease, or other disposal shall be prescribed by the Agency of Administration, with the approval of the Governor, within the terms of the authorization of the General Assembly.(e) The Corporation may make expenditures for capital improvements. The Corporation is authorized to borrow money for building purposes, to give security that may be required, and to execute necessary related instruments, and is also authorized to accept, use, and administer any funds made available to it for any of its corporate purposes by the United States or any of its agencies, and to agree to any terms and conditions that may be required that are not inconsistent with its corporate purposes. (Added 1961, No. 247, § 1, eff. July 28, 1961; amended 1963, No. 104, eff. May 22, 1963; 1973, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 8, 1974; 2007, No. 52, § 41, eff. May 28, 2007; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 178, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2015, No. 19, § 1, eff. July 15, 2015.)
16 V.S.A. § 2173
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2173. Board of Trustees; organization

§ 2173. Board of Trustees; organization|In addition to the 14 elected and appointed trustees, the Board of Trustees shall include as a member the Governor of Vermont. A majority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Biennially, the Board shall elect one of its voting members to serve as its chair. (Added 1961, No. 247, § 1, eff. July 28, 1961; amended 1977, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 5, 1978; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 179, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2015, No. 19, § 1, eff. July 15, 2015.)
16 V.S.A. § 2174
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2174. Board of Trustees; power

§ 2174. Board of Trustees; power|The Board of Trustees may confer such honors and degrees as are usually given in colleges and universities and any other appropriate degrees and shall appoint a chancellor of the Corporation and a president for each institution under its control and prescribe their duties, salaries, and terms of office. The Board shall make bylaws and regulations for the government of its meetings and each institution under its control prescribing, among other things, the terms of admission, courses of instruction, educational standards, rates of tuition, scholarships, and other student aids. (Added 1961, No. 247, § 1, eff. July 28, 1961; amended 2015, No. 19, § 1, eff. July 15, 2015.)
16 V.S.A. § 2175
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2175. Retirement system

§ 2175. Retirement system|The Corporation may deduct from funds appropriated to it for salaries, employer contributions to a retirement system established by its Board of Trustees, or to such other retirement system as the Board may choose. (Added 1961, No. 247, § 1, eff. July 28, 1961; amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 180, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
16 V.S.A. § 2176
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2176. Procedures relating to accounting

§ 2176. Procedures relating to accounting|The Corporation shall develop, administer, and install procedures relating to accounting practices, control of expenditures, budgets, audits, and purchase of supplies. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be July 1 to June 30, and its fiscal biennium shall be the period of two successive fiscal years beginning July 1 of each odd-numbered year. (Added 1961, No. 247, § 1, eff. July 28, 1961.)
16 V.S.A. § 2177
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2177. Controls and audits; financial reports; other reports

§ 2177. Controls and audits; financial reports; other reports|(a) Control of funds appropriated and of the work carried on shall be vested in the Board of Trustees.(b) The financial statements of the Corporation shall be audited annually as of June 30 by an independent public accounting firm registered in Vermont in accordance with government auditing standards issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.(c), (d) [Repealed.](e) With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary of Administration, through the Deputy Secretary of Administration or any departments of the Agency of Administration that the Secretary may designate, shall have:  (1) the authority to allot to the Corporation the appropriation made by the General Assembly for the Corporation, which may be on a monthly basis or as the work of the Corporation may progress; (2) the keeping of such controlling accounts as may be necessary in order to determine the accuracy and limit of the expenditures made under the allotments; and (3) access to and the right to copy any records of the Corporation under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe.   (f) The Corporation shall be governed by the allotments made pursuant to this section and shall not at any time exceed the sums allotted; provided, however, that nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary of Administration, the Deputy Secretary, or any department designated pursuant to subsection (e) of this section to decrease any appropriation, except to the extent that actual annual receipts are less than estimated receipts. (Added 1961, No. 247, § 1, eff. July 28, 1961; amended 2007, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2007, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 6, 9; 2009, No. 33, § 83(g)(3); 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 181, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2019, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
16 V.S.A. § 2178
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2178. Tax exemption

§ 2178. Tax exemption|All real and personal property owned by the Corporation and used for educational and not commercial purposes shall be exempt from taxation. (Added 1961, No. 247, § 1, eff. July 28, 1961; amended 2005, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
16 V.S.A. § 2179
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2179. Nonapplicability of certain statutes

§ 2179. Nonapplicability of certain statutes|Except as expressly provided in this chapter, the Corporation, its officers, and employees shall not be governed by:  (1) 3 V.S.A. chapter 9, dealing with administrative departments; (2) 3 V.S.A. chapter 13, dealing with classification of State personnel; (3) 3 V.S.A. chapter 16, dealing with the State Employees Retirement System, except as may be otherwise agreed by the Board of Trustees of the System and the Board of Trustees of the Corporation with respect to those officers and employees of the Corporation transferred to the Corporation from the State institutions replaced by the Corporation; (4) chapter 55 of this title, dealing with the State Teachers Retirement System, except as may be otherwise agreed by the Board of Trustees of the System and the Board of Trustees of the Corporation with respect to those officers and employees of the Corporation transferred to the Corporation from the State institutions replaced by the Corporation; (5) 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, dealing with public monies; (6) chapters 3 and 5 of this title, dealing with the State Board and the Secretary of Education; (7) 29 V.S.A. chapter 49, dealing with supplies, duties of the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services as to purchases of material, supplies, or equipment, except upon request of the Corporation; (8) 29 V.S.A. chapter 5, dealing with the Department of Buildings and General Services, except that any contracts awarded for the construction of buildings by the Corporation shall continue to be subject to the provisions of 29 V.S.A. § 161(b); or (9) 21 V.S.A. § 342(c), dealing with required written employee authorization before an employer may pay wages through electronic funds transfer or other direct deposit systems to a checking, savings, or other deposit account maintained by the employee within or outside the State. (Added 1961, No. 247, § 1, eff. July 28, 1961; amended 1967, No. 50; 1973, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 8, 1974; 1983, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a), (b), eff. April 11, 1984; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(c)(2), eff. May 6, 1996; 2003, No. 63, § 47, eff. June 11, 2003; 2009, No. 4, § 87, eff. May 1, 2009; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 182, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2015, No. 48, § 4.)
16 V.S.A. § 2184
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2184. School of Dental Hygiene

§ 2184. School of Dental Hygiene|(a) The Vermont State Colleges shall establish and operate a School of Dental Hygiene for the training of dental hygienists. The Colleges shall have the authority to grant certificates of graduation on the successful completion of a two-year course in dental hygiene.(b) The General Assembly shall appropriate funds to conduct a curriculum of a recognized School of Dental Hygiene to the State Colleges.(c) The Colleges shall grant special tuition rates to residents of the State who agree to practice dental hygiene in the State for two years following graduation. The Colleges shall give preference in admissions to eligible students who are residents of the State.(d) The Vermont State Colleges are authorized and empowered to receive from any source sums donated for scholarships or general improvements and may cooperate with the federal government or any agency thereof in securing federal funds for dental hygiene education in the State. (Added 2003, No. 107 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
16 V.S.A. § 2185
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2185. Determination of residency for tuition purposes

§ 2185. Determination of residency for tuition purposes|(a) The Board of Trustees shall adopt policies related to residency for tuition purposes, consistent with State and federal requirements.(b) Any member of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty who is transferred to Vermont for duty other than for the purpose of education shall, upon transfer and for the period of active duty served in Vermont, be considered a resident for in-state tuition purposes at the start of the next semester or academic period. (Added 2003, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 19, § 1, eff. July 15, 2015.)
16 V.S.A. § 2188
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 16 - Education|Chapter 72 - Vermont State Colleges|§ 2188. Property transactions

§ 2188. Property transactions|Any sale, lease, demolition, or disposal of property by the Vermont State Colleges Corporation shall comply with the requirements of 32 V.S.A. § 962. (Added 2021, No. 74, § E.602.1.)