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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 59 - Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel › § 2049. Construction and severability—Article IX

§ 2049. Construction and severability—Article IX
This Agreement shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this Agreement is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any State or of the United States, or the application thereof to any Government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Agreement and the applicability thereof to any Government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this Agreement shall be held contrary to the constitution of any State participating therein, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as to the State affected as to all severable matters. (Added 1969, No. 8, § 1 (Art. IX).)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 59 - Interstate Agreement on Qualification of Educational Personnel › § 2061. Powers of Secretary of Education

§ 2061. Powers of Secretary of Education
The “designated State official” for this State shall be the Secretary of Education. The Secretary shall enter into contracts pursuant to Article III of the Agreement only with the approval of the specific text thereof by the State Board. (Added 1969, No. 8, § 2; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 177, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 61 - Commission on Public School Employee Health Benefits › § 2101. Definitions

§ 2101. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Participating employee” means a school employee who is eligible for and has elected to receive health benefit coverage through a school employer.
(2) “School employee”:
(A) includes the following individuals:
(i) an individual employed by a school employer as a teacher or administrator as defined in section 1981 of this title;
(ii) a municipal school employee as defined in 21 V.S.A. § 1722;
(iii) an individual employed as a supervisor as defined in 21 V.S.A. § 1502;
(iv) a confidential employee as defined in 21 V.S.A. § 1722;
(v) a certified employee of a school employer; and
(vi) any other permanent employee of a school employer not covered by subdivisions (i)-(v) of this subdivision (2); and
(B) notwithstanding subdivision (A) of this subdivision (2), excludes individuals who serve in the role of superintendent.
(3) “School employer” means a supervisory union or school district as those terms are defined in section 11 of this title. (Added 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § H.18; amended 2021, No. 7, § 1, eff. April 8, 2021.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
(c) For determination of residency for tuition to the Community College of Vermont, a person who resides in Vermont shall be considered a resident for in-state tuition purposes, beginning at the start of the next semester or academic period after arrival in Vermont, if that person:
(1) qualifies as a refugee pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42);
(2) is granted parole to enter the United States pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(d)(5); or
(3) is issued a special immigrant visa pursuant to the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009, as amended.
(d) The spouse and dependent child of any person who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and stationed in this State pursuant to military orders shall be entitled to be considered, upon taking up a residence in the State, a resident for in-state tuition purposes at the start of the next semester or academic period. The spouse or dependent child shall not lose classification as an in-state student if the spouse or dependent child continues to reside in the State and the member of the U.S. Armed Forces is transferred on military orders or retires. The spouse or dependent child shall lose this classification as an in-state student under this subsection if the spouse or dependent child no longer resides in the State and shall regain this classification upon again taking up a residency in the State only if the member of the U.S. Armed Forces is stationed in this State pursuant to military orders. (Added 2003, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2015, No. 19, § 1, eff. July 15, 2015; 2021, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 27, 2022; 2021, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 1, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 75 - University of Vermont and State Agricultural College › § 2281. Annual audit; reports; control of funds

§ 2281. Annual audit; reports; control of funds
(a) The books and accounts of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College shall be audited annually as of June 30 by an independent accounting firm registered in the State of Vermont in accordance with government auditing standards issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Auditor of Accounts or his or her designee shall be the State’s nonvoting representative to an audit committee established by the Board.
(b), (c) [Repealed.]
(d) Control of funds appropriated and of the work carried on shall be vested in the Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College.
(e) The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College shall provide an accounting service that shall account for the expenditures by divisions.
(f) Control of funds appropriated shall be vested in the Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. All funds appropriated to the Agricultural College shall be kept in a separate account and shall be audited annually by an independent accounting firm registered in the State of Vermont in accordance with government auditing standards issued by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. (Amended 2007, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2007, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 6, 10; 2009, No. 33, §§ 36, 83(g)(4); 2015, No. 23, § 40.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 75 - University of Vermont and State Agricultural College › § 2282a. Determination of residency for tuition purposes

§ 2282a. Determination of residency for tuition purposes
(a) Enrollment at an institution for higher learning, or presence within the State for the purposes of attending an institution of higher learning, shall not by itself constitute residence for in-state tuition purposes or for the purpose of eligibility for assistance from the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation.
(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.
(c) The spouse and dependent child of any person who is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and stationed in this State pursuant to military orders shall be entitled to be considered, upon taking up a residence in the State, a resident for in-state tuition purposes at the start of the next semester or academic period. The spouse or dependent child shall not lose classification as an in-state student if the spouse or dependent child continues to reside in the State and the member of the U.S. Armed Forces is transferred on military orders or retires. The spouse or dependent child shall lose this classification as an in-state student under this subsection if the spouse or dependent child no longer resides in the State and shall regain this classification upon again taking up a residency in the State only if the member of the U.S. Armed Forces is stationed in this State pursuant to military orders. (1971, No. 184 (Adj. Sess.), § 30, eff. March 29, 1972; amended 2003, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2021, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 27, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 75 - University of Vermont and State Agricultural College › § 2283. Department of Police Services

§ 2283. Department of Police Services
(a) The Board of Trustees may establish a Department of Police Services and authorize the appointment to the Department of police officers and a director of the Department who shall be a police officer. Officers so appointed shall be sworn and shall have all law enforcement powers provided by 24 V.S.A. § 1935. Appointments and oaths shall be in writing and shall be filed with and maintained by the Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. The director shall have free and direct access to the Board of Trustees on matters pertaining to law enforcement.
(b) An officer appointed pursuant to this section shall have no law enforcement authority until satisfactory completion of a course of training pursuant to 20 V.S.A. chapter 151. The University of Vermont shall have access to training programs offered pursuant to 20 V.S.A. chapter 151 upon the same terms and conditions as municipal police officers. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Board of Trustees or its duly authorized representative from requiring additional qualification or training as a condition of initial or continuing appointment.
(c) An officer appointed under authority of this section shall be an employee of the University of Vermont and shall be subject to such terms and conditions of employment as are imposed by the Board of Trustees or its duly authorized representative. An officer so appointed may exercise law enforcement authority only while employed in good standing by the University of Vermont.
(d) Upon written complaint of misconduct by one or more persons concerning any police officer appointed under this section, the director of the Department shall cause an investigation to be conducted in a manner consistent with the policies and procedures established by the Board of Trustees or its duly authorized representative for such purposes. The complainant may appeal the final action of the department to the President of the University of Vermont, who shall convene an advisory commission consisting of three persons, no more than one of whom has a direct or indirect University affiliation. The advisory commission shall provide advice and counsel to the President in assuring appropriate final disposition of the complaint.
(e) Without limiting the powers described in subsection (a) of this section, the Department of Police Services may, for the purpose of coordinating effective law enforcement services, enter into any arrangements or agreements with any municipality if deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board of Trustees or its duly authorized representative. (Added 1991, No. 142 (Adj. Sess.); amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 95.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 75 - University of Vermont and State Agricultural College › § 2285. Nonapplicability of certain requirements for payment of wages

§ 2285. Nonapplicability of certain requirements for payment of wages
Except as expressly provided in this chapter, the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College and its Board of Trustees, officers, and employees shall not be subject to the provisions of 21 V.S.A. § 342(c) that require 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 2015, No. 48, § 4a.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 77 - Norwich University › § 2471. Military college of State; rank of faculty and staff

§ 2471. Military college of State; rank of faculty and staff
Norwich University is hereby recognized as the military college of the State of Vermont, and its faculty and administrative staff shall have local rank assigned by the trustees as follows: the President shall have general officer rank; and the Dean, heads of departments, and members of the faculty and administrative staff shall have a rank below the rank of the President comparable to the position on the faculty as prescribed by the Board of Trustees of Norwich University, all without pay from the State. (Amended 1979, No. 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 78 - Access to Reproductive and Gender- Affirming Health Care Services › § 2501. Definitions

§ 2501. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Gender-affirming health care readiness” means each institution’s preparedness to provide gender-affirming health care services to students or assist students in obtaining gender-affirming health care services, including having in place equipment, protocols, patient educational materials, informational websites, and training for staff; provided, however, that gender-affirming health care readiness may include the provision of gender-affirming health care services.
(2) “Gender-affirming health care services” has the same meaning as in 1 V.S.A. § 150.
(3) “Institution” means the University of Vermont or a college in the Vermont State College system.
(4) “Reproductive health care services” has the same meaning as in 1 V.S.A. § 150.
(5) “Reproductive health care readiness” means each institution’s preparedness to provide reproductive health care services to students or assist students in obtaining reproductive health care services, including having in place equipment, protocols, patient educational materials, informational websites, and training for staff; provided, however, that reproductive health care readiness may include the provision of reproductive health care services.
(6) “Telehealth” has the same meaning as in 26 V.S.A. § 3052. (Added 2023, No. 15, § 12, eff. May 10, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 78 - Access to Reproductive and Gender- Affirming Health Care Services › § 2502. Gender-affirming health care and reproductive health care readiness; reports

§ 2502. Gender-affirming health care and reproductive health care readiness; reports
(a) Each institution shall report to the Agency of Human Services annually, on or before November 1, on the current status of its gender-affirming health care and reproductive health care readiness, including:
(1) whether the institution has an operational health center on campus;
(2) whether the institution employs health care providers on campus;
(3) the types of gender-affirming health care services and reproductive health care services that the institution offers to its students on campus and the supports that the institution provides to students who receive those services;
(4) the institution’s efforts to assist students with obtaining gender- affirming health care services and reproductive health care services from licensed health care professionals through telehealth;
(5) the institution’s proximity to a hospital, clinic, or other facility that provides gender-affirming health care services or reproductive health care services, or both, that are not available to students on campus;
(6) the information that the institution provides regarding facilities that offer gender-affirming health care services and reproductive health care services that are not available to students on campus, including information regarding the scope of the services that are available at each such facility; and
(7) the availability, convenience, and cost of public transportation between the institution and the closest facility that provides gender-affirming health care services or reproductive health care services, or both, and whether the institution provides transportation.
(b) On or before January 31 of each year, the Agency of Human Services shall compile the materials submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and report to the House Committees on Education, on Health Care, and on Human Services and the Senate Committees on Education and on Health and Welfare on the status of gender-affirming health care and reproductive health care readiness at Vermont’s institutions. (Added 2023, No. 15, § 12, eff. May 10, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 79 - Scholarships; Reports › § 2535. Town scholarships

§ 2535. Town scholarships
A town, at any legal meeting of the voters, may appropriate from its general funds money to pay all or part of the tuition and incidental expenses of one or more students from the town in any institution of higher learning. When a town makes such an appropriation, a committee consisting of the superintendent of the district in which the town is located, the chair of the school board, the chair of the prudential committee, if any, in the town, and the principals of each high school and academy in the town, or if there is not a high school or academy, the principal of the high school usually attended by the resident students shall constitute a board of selection. On or before August 1 following an appropriation, the board shall designate, on the basis of scholarship and need, the number of students authorized by the appropriation. The choice of the institution shall be made by each student receiving a scholarship. (Amended 1975, No. 100, § 2; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 184, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 79 - Scholarships; Reports › § 2537. Armed Services Scholarships

§ 2537. Armed Services Scholarships
(a) It shall be the policy of the State of Vermont to provide scholarships to be known as the Armed Services Scholarships for education beyond high school for:
(1) Children and spouses of members in good standing of the Vermont National Guard who since 1955 have been killed, or who since January 1, 2001 have died, while on active or inactive duty in accordance with specifications herewith.
(2) Children and spouses of members in good standing of the active Reserve Forces of the United States who since January 1, 2001 have died while on active or inactive duty and who were Vermont residents at the time of death.
(3) Children and spouses of members of the active Armed Forces of the United States who since January 1, 2001 have died while on active duty and who, at the time of death, were either Vermont residents, nonresident members of the Vermont National Guard who were mobilized to active duty, or nonresident active Reserve Force members of a Vermont-based reserve unit who were mobilized to active duty. A child or spouse of a deceased nonresident member of the active Reserve Forces shall be ineligible for an Armed Services Scholarship if he or she is eligible for a death benefit from the last state of residence of the deceased parent or spouse, that helps finance attendance at a postsecondary institution in that state.
(b) Definitions:
(1) “Vermont National Guard” as used in this section will be deemed to include Vermont Army National Guard and Vermont Air National Guard.
(2) “Active duty for Vermont National Guard and for active Reserve Forces” means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States and includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the secretary of the military department concerned.
(3) “Inactive duty” means training performed by members of a reserve component while not on active duty and includes unit training assemblies, training periods, military flight periods, and other equivalent duty and while on State duty on order of the Governor or the Governor’s representative.
(4) “Armed Forces of the United States” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard.
(5) “Child” means a natural or adoptive child of a member of the Vermont National Guard or Armed Forces, and includes a stepchild. (Added 1967, No. 199, § 1; amended 1973, No. 233 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 4, 1974; 2003, No. 21, § 1; 2003, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2011, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 79 - Scholarships; Reports › § 2538. Amount, duration

§ 2538. Amount, duration
(a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an Armed Services Scholarship shall pay tuition for academic credit at a Vermont postsecondary institution eligible for student assistance funds under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and leading to an undergraduate certificate or degree as follows:
(1) If the person attends the University of Vermont, the scholarship shall pay an amount equal to the actual tuition charged by the University to the person.
(2) If the person attends a Vermont State College, the scholarship shall pay an amount equal to the actual tuition charged by the institution to the person.
(3) If the person attends any other postsecondary institution located in Vermont, the scholarship shall pay an amount equal to the actual tuition charged by the institution to the person, or an amount equal to that which the scholarship would have paid if the person attended the University of Vermont pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, whichever is less.
(b) An Armed Services Scholarship may be used for a maximum of 130 academic credits for an undergraduate certificate or degree.
(c) A person eligible and applying for an Armed Forces Scholarship shall apply for a federal Pell Grant. The amount of the Armed Services Scholarship awarded shall be the remaining tuition to be paid pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, following receipt of a Pell Grant.
(d) A person who has obtained a bachelor’s degree is not eligible for an Armed Services Scholarship. (Added 1967, No. 199, § 2; amended 1973, No. 38; 2003, No. 21, § 3; 2003, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2013, No. 50, § E.219.1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 79 - Scholarships; Reports › § 2539. Application, award, renewal

§ 2539. Application, award, renewal
(a) Applications for Armed Services Scholarships shall be processed as follows:
(1) for a child or spouse of a member of the Vermont National Guard or of the active Reserve Forces of the United States, by the Vermont Adjutant General who shall verify the eligibility of the applicant as provided in section 2537 of this title; and
(2) for a child or spouse of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, by the Office of Veterans’ Affairs who shall verify the eligibility of the applicant as provided in section 2537 of this title.
(b) On being notified of an eligible applicant’s matriculation at an institution as specified in subsection 2538(a) of this title, the Adjutant and Inspector General or the Office of Veterans’ Affairs shall provide funds from the special fund established in section 2541 of this title to the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, which, upon verifying enrollment, shall disburse the scholarship award to the institution.
(c) Application for renewal of an Armed Services Scholarship shall be made annually with written endorsement by the proper officer of the institution attended that the holder of the scholarship has maintained satisfactory scholastic standing. On receipt of this certification, the Adjutant and Inspector General or the Office of Veterans’ Affairs shall provide funds from the special fund established in section 2541 of this title to the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, which, upon verifying enrollment, shall disburse the scholarship award to the institution. (Added 1967, No. 199, § 3; amended 2003, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2013, No. 50, § E.219.2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 79 - Scholarships; Reports › § 2541. Armed Services Scholarship Fund

§ 2541. Armed Services Scholarship Fund
(a) An Armed Services Scholarship Fund is established to comprise appropriations made by the General Assembly. The Fund shall be managed pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 and shall be available to the Military Department for the Armed Services Scholarships established in section 2537 of this title.
(b) All balances in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward and used only for the purposes set forth in this section. Earnings of the Fund that are not withdrawn pursuant to this section shall remain in the Fund. (Added 2003, No. 127 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 2013, No. 50, § E.219.3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 81 - Nursing Education › § 2635. School of Nursing

§ 2635. School of Nursing
The Board of Trustees of Vermont State Colleges may establish a School of Nursing leading to an associate in science degree if in its judgment the school would serve to alleviate the shortage of nurses in Vermont and to provide for their professional education. (1961, No. 274, § 1, eff. Aug. 1, 1961; amended 1963, No. 8, eff. March 12, 1963.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 82 - Practical Nursing Education › § 2651. Purpose of chapter

§ 2651. Purpose of chapter
The purposes of this chapter are to assist existing schools for practical nursing and to assist in the establishment of a school or schools for practical nursing under the direction of the Board of Trustees of the Vermont State College system. (Added 1957, No. 273, § 1; amended 1993, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 82 - Practical Nursing Education › § 2652. Bylaws and regulations

§ 2652. Bylaws and regulations
The Board of Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges shall make bylaws and regulations, consistent with the policies and regulations of the Vermont State Board of Nursing, to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (Added 1957, No. 273, § 2; 1961, No. 184, § 3, eff. June 28, 1961; 1993, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 82 - Practical Nursing Education › § 2653. Appropriations

§ 2653. Appropriations
Hereafter funds for the continuation of the program under this chapter shall be requested as a part of the operational budget of the Vermont State Colleges. (Added 1957, No. 273, § 3; amended 1959, No. 121, § 1; 1961, No. 95, § 1; 1993, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 82 - Practical Nursing Education › § 2654. Consultant services by Department of Health

§ 2654. Consultant services by Department of Health
The Department of Health may furnish consultant services as requested by the Vermont State College Board of Trustees in connection with this chapter. (1961, No. 95, § 2; amended 1993, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 83 - New England Higher Education Compact › § 2691. Purposes—Article I

§ 2691. Purposes—Article I
The purposes of the New England Higher Education Compact shall be to provide greater educational opportunities and services through the establishment and maintenance of a coordinated educational program for the persons residing in the several states of New England parties to this compact, with the aim of furthering higher education in the fields of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, public health and in professional, technical, scientific, literary and other fields.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 16 - Education › Chapter 83 - New England Higher Education Compact › § 2692. Creation of Board of Higher Education—Article II

§ 2692. Creation of Board of Higher Education—Article II
There is hereby created and established a New England Board of Higher Education hereinafter known as the board, which shall be an agency of each state party to the compact. The board shall be a body corporate and politic, having the powers, duties and jurisdiction herein enumerated and such other and additional powers as shall be conferred upon it by the concurrent act or acts of the compacting states. The board shall consist of eight members from each compacting state, at least two of whom shall be members of the legislature, chosen in the manner and for the terms provided by law of the several states parties to this compact. (Amended 1969, No. 55, § 1.)