VTCODE

PART 1 Institutions of Higher Education

CHAPTER 1. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

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History

Source. The first charter of the University of Vermont was granted on November 3, 1791. Subsequent legislation included: 1802, No. 95 , related to the University's lands and certain University exemptions from property taxation; 1810, No. 83 , related to the Board of Trustees and the corporate powers of the University; 1823, No. 34 , related to the Board of Trustees and meetings of the corporation; 1825, No. 74 , and 1826, No. 67 , related to the incorporation of the Medical Society of the University of Vermont; 1828, No.16, related to the Board of Trustees and to student examinations; 1834, No. 41 , related to the incorporation of the University Institute of the University of Vermont; and 1845, No. 10 related to student examinations.

The Vermont Agricultural College was created on November 22, 1864, by No. 96 of 1864. The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College was incorporated on November 9, 1865, by 1865, No. 83 . Sections 1, 2, and 4 of the 1865 act were later amended, and sections 14, 15, and 16 were added, by 1955, No. 66 . Under section 1 of the 1865 act, as amended, the University of Vermont and the Vermont Agricultural College, with such other corporations as might thereafter become united therewith, were united and constituted a body corporate, by the name of the "University of Vermont and State Agricultural College."

References in sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the charter to "said act of Congress" or "the act of Congress" most likely refer to the Morrill Act of 1862, 12 Stat. 503.

Pursuant to 1878, No. 50 , the procedure for the vacation of the corporation's charter was set forth. The State Agriculture Experiment Station was established by 1886, No. 73 . By 1917, No. 67 , the term of a University trustee was set to commence on February 1. There was further clarification of the corporation's conveyance of leased lands under the provisions of 1925, No. 40 .

V.S. 1947 § 4486, derived from 1945, No. 71 , § 1, recognized the Vermont Agricultural College as being in existence as a body corporate owned by the State of Vermont and provided for its powers and property. V.S. 1947 § 4487, derived from 1947, No. 9 , § 1, exempted the real and personal property of the Vermont Agricultural College from taxation. Although not specifically repealed, these sections appear to be superseded by 1955, No. 66 , cited above, which united this corporation with the University of Vermont and added section 15 to 1865, No. 83 , exempting from taxation all real and personal property then held or owned or thereafter acquired by the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College for educational purposes.

Sections 4 and 5 of 1955, No. 66 , supplemented but did not directly amend the charter. They provide as follows:

"Sec. 4. Nothing in this act shall modify, alter or in any manner affect the legal relationships between and the rights and obligations of the corporation known as the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College and the corporation known as the University of Vermont with respect to the University of Vermont Trust, as established and determined by decree of the Court of Chancery, Washington County, Vermont, dated September 19, 1932, pursuant to Supplemental Indenture of James B. Wilbur dated March 5, 1928, said decree and all regulations and policies adopted pursuant thereto or in connection therewith being hereby specifically recognized, confirmed and approved as to all matters relating to the existing ownership, status, terms, conditions and administration of said trust.

"Sec. 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to bring the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College within the provisions of Chapters 27, 28, 31, 188, 440, and 446 of the Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947, as amended, provided, however, that Chapter 440 shall apply, when so provided by the legislature, with respect to any university building constructed with state funds."

The titles of those chapters of the 1947 revision of the Vermont Statutes that are specifically excluded under section 5 above are:

Chapter 27. Administrative Departments.

Chapter 28. Classification of State Personnel.

Chapter 31. Auditor of Accounts.

Chapter 188. State Board of Education; Commissioner of Education, Superintendents and Supervisors.

Chapter 446. Supplies.

Chapter 440. Vermont Statutes, revision of 1947, which may apply when so provided by the legislature, defines the membership and duties of the State Building Council.

The 1865 act, as amended by 1955, No. 66 , was further amended by 1977, No. 49 , which added students to the Board of Trustees as consumers of the services of the University and not as constituents of that institution. Section 2 of the 1955 act was amended to include two student members on the Board of Trustees, and section 2a was added, which prohibits amendment of the procedure for selection of student trustees without prior consent of the General Assembly.

The charter was codified as 16 App. V.S.A. part 1, chapter 1, pursuant to the provisions of 2003, Resolution R-453 (Adj. Sess.). Titles have been added for each section, and other stylistic or technical changes, such as the incorporation of gender neutrality, have been made to conform with V.S.A. drafting practices.

§ 1-1. Establishment as corporate body.

The University of Vermont and the Vermont Agricultural College, with such other corporations as may hereafter become united therewith, are hereby united and constituted a body corporate, by the name of the "University of Vermont and State Agricultural College," for the purpose of carrying out the objects contemplated in their respective charters, and as such, shall be and remain a body corporate forever, and as such may hold and convey real and personal estate, have a common seal, and shall be recognized and utilized as an instrumentality of the State for providing public higher education, with all the rights and powers incident to corporations; and the General Assembly of the State of Vermont shall, from time to time, appropriate such sums as it deems necessary for the support and maintenance of the corporation.

§ 1-2. Board of Trustees; membership, terms of service; presiding chair.

The Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College shall be composed of 25 members, whose term of office shall be six years, except as to those who are members ex officio and to those who are student members. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate. During the legislative session of 1955, the Governor shall appoint one member for a term of two years, one member for a term of four years, and one member for a term of six years and it shall be the duty of the Governor during the session of the Legislature prior to expiration of the term of office of any of the members to appoint for the term of six years a successor to the member whose term is expiring. The terms of office of the Trustees shall expire on the last day of February in the respective years of expiration, and the terms of office of their successors shall thereafter begin on March 1 and expire on the last day of February.

Nine members shall be those who have been heretofore elected by the Legislature as members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, and whose terms have not expired, and their successors, and it shall be the duty of the Legislature at its session during which the terms of office of any class of the members expire to elect three successor members for terms of six years. The terms shall commence on March 1 in the year of election. The nine Trustees and their successors shall also constitute the Board of Trustees of the Vermont Agricultural College.

Nine members shall be those who have been heretofore elected on behalf of the University of Vermont as members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College and whose terms have not expired, and their successors, and it shall be the duty of said nine Trustees to elect successors to fill vacancies occurring among their number upon expiration of the terms of office of any of them or otherwise. The nine Trustees and their successors shall also constitute the Board of Trustees of the University of Vermont.

Two members shall be students enrolled at the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. Their terms of office shall be two years. Prior to February 1, 1978, the Associated Directors for the Appointment of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Student Trustees, Incorporated shall select and appoint one student for a term of one year and one student for a term of two years, both of whom shall be enrolled as full-time undergraduate or full-time graduate students. Annually thereafter, the Directors shall meet to select and appoint one student trustee for a term of two years in accordance with the provisions of this section. The Directors shall fill any vacancy occurring among the student trustee members upon the expiration of the term of office of any of them or otherwise. A student shall be eligible to serve as a Trustee, provided the student is a full-time undergraduate or full-time graduate student matriculating in accordance with the degree qualifications and requirements established by the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College and if the student remains in that status throughout the length of the term of office. The term of office of a Student Trustee shall begin on March 1 following the date of appointment, and the term of office shall end the last day of February in the year of expiration. Any student elected hereunder shall have reached the age of 18.

All Trustees so appointed and elected as hereinbefore provided, shall, together with his or her Excellency, the Governor of the State, and the President, who shall be, ex officio, a member, constitute an entire Board of Trustees of the corporation known as the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, who shall have the entire management and control of its property and affairs, and in all things relating thereto, except in the elections to fill vacancies, as aforesaid, shall act together jointly, as one entire Board of Trustees; provided, that all future elections or appointments to the Board of Trustees shall be made with special reference to preventing any religious denominational preponderance in the Board. The Board shall annually, at its first regular meeting after the election of new trustees, elect one of its members to serve as Chair.

§ 1-3. Conferral of degrees; election of officers; governance.

The Board of Trustees, a majority of whom may constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, may confer such honors and degrees as are usually given in colleges and universities and any other appropriate degrees, and may, from time to time, as occasion may require, elect a President, also a Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, professors, instructors, and any other necessary officers, and prescribe their duties, salaries, and term of office, and may make all necessary bylaws and regulations for the government of themselves and others connected with the institution, not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, and therein prescribe the terms of admission, rates of tuition, modes of study, and course of instruction, including any proper regulations for uniform, discipline, and military drill, as well as for experimental and practical instruction in the different branches of agricultural labor.

History

2016. Substituted "charter" for "act" following "provisions of this".

§ 1-4. Control of lands and rents; rights and obligations.

Except as otherwise provided by Sec. 4 of No. 66 of the Acts of 1955, the Board of Trustees shall have the right to use, control, sell, or dispose of all the real estate and personal property now or hereafter belonging to the University of Vermont, belonging to the Vermont Agricultural College, and belonging to any other institution at the time of its union or thereafter, if such union shall be made with this corporation agreeably to this charter; subject, however, to the payment of any debts of any of the institutions existing at the time of such union, and subject to any trusts, duties, and obligations connected therewith, and shall be entitled to receive and use, for the purposes aforesaid, the rents and uses of any of the aforesaid lands, including the rents and uses of all such lands as have been heretofore reserved in any charter of land in this State for the use and benefit of any college, and may have the same rights in respect to the lands, and to any leases of the same, and to any rents arising therefrom, that the institutions respectively now have, and may maintain suits in their own name, or in the name of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, to recover the same; provided, that the rights of all parties shall remain, and the same defenses shall be had to such suits as if the same were brought in the name and as between the original parties; and the corporation hereby created shall, at all times, assume, discharge, and perform all the debts, duties, trusts, and obligations which the several institutions were subject to, at the time they became united in the corporation known as the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, by virtue of this charter.

History

2016. Substituted "charter" for "act" following "agreeable to this".

§ 1-5. Curriculum to be maintained.

There shall, at all times, be maintained, in the institution hereby created, such instruction, in the various branches of learning, as is contemplated in the several charters of each of the institutions hereby united; and more particularly including a four years' course of studies, similar to such as are generally taught in other colleges, and not inferior to that recently taught in the University of Vermont, and in addition to that which is usually taught in other colleges, the instruction in this institution shall include such enlarged facilities, and extended scope and variety in the study of those branches which relate to military tactics, agriculture, and the mechanic arts, as shall render the whole instruction in conformity with said act of Congress, as well as with the several charters aforesaid.

§ 1-6. Experimental farm.

The Trustees may, in their discretion, obtain by gift, grant, or otherwise, a tract of land which, together with the land now owned by the University of Vermont, shall amount to at least 100 acres, to be used as an experimental farm, whereon they may make any desirable experiments in the breeding of stock, field culture, the analysis and adaptation of soils and horticultural and botanical gardening, or either of them, as they may deem proper, and also for the purpose of military encampment, target firing, drill and review; and the trustees may use, lease, or dispose of the same, as they may think proper, so as best to promote the objects of the institutions.

And in case the land shall be procured, as aforesaid, a sum not to exceed one-tenth of the money which has been received by the State Treasurer for the sale of land scrip, in pursuance of the act of Congress authorizing the same, shall be paid to the Board of Trustees for the purposes aforesaid; provided, that no agricultural labor shall be required of students, except by their voluntary agreement or consent.

§ 1-7. Congressional fund; interest income.

Whenever this corporation shall have been duly organized, there shall be appropriated and paid to its Treasurer annually, for the purpose herein mentioned, on the warrant of the Governor, the interest or the income which may be received from the fund created under and by virtue of the act of Congress.

§ 1-8. Legislative reports; Board of Visitors.

The corporation hereby created shall make annual reports to the Legislature of this State, of its condition, financially and otherwise, and make and distribute the reports required by the act of Congress, herein referred to, and the Legislature may annually appoint a Board of Visitors, who may annually examine the affairs of the corporation. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to be made under this section.

Amended 2015, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.

History

Amendments--2015 (Adj. Sess.). Added the second sentence.

§ 1-9. Permanent location.

The permanent location of the institution hereby created, shall be in Burlington, in the State of Vermont, and the first meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be there held on November 15 next, at 7:00 P.M., or if the meeting shall not be held at that time, it shall be held at such other time and place as the Governor of this State may appoint, seasonable notice of the appointment having been first given to each of the Trustees or corporators of the University of Vermont and Vermont Agricultural College.

§ 1-10. Middlebury College; Norwich University.

The President and fellows of Middlebury College, and Norwich University, or either of them, may hereafter, with the assent and concurrence by vote of a majority of each of the nine Trustees elected, as aforesaid, and their successors, become incorporated and united with the corporation hereby created, by vote of their said corporations, at any meeting legally warned and holden, and by leaving for record, in the Office of the Secretary of State, a true and attested copy of such vote or votes, and of all the proceedings of the meeting or meetings, at which the votes aforesaid were passed, and causing the same to be recorded in the Office.

§ 1-11. Vacation of charter.

If at any time, the corporation hereby created shall fail substantially to carry out the provisions and requirements of this charter, the Supreme Court of this State may, at any stated session thereof, having first given due notice to this corporation, annul and vacate this charter, and in such case, or in case the corporation shall otherwise be dissolved, the Supreme Court may, on application, order and decree that the income thereafter to be derived from the proceeds of the sale of said land scrip, in the hands of the State Treasurer as aforesaid, together with such amount as may have been paid over by the Treasurer for the purpose of an experimental farm, shall revert to the Vermont Agricultural College, and all the other property and effects which, at the time of the union, belonged to the other institution, shall revert to and be the property of the other institution or institutions which shall have been united and incorporated by, or in pursuance of this charter, and in case more than one such other institution shall have been thus united, such other property shall revert to them separately, such specific property to each, as the Court shall adjudge and decree, having reference in making such decree to what was originally owned or contributed by each; provided, that in respect to any property or funds hereafter acquired by the new corporation, by gift, grant, bequest, or otherwise, the same shall be awarded and distributed to each of the institutions hereby incorporated or hereafter united, in such manner as the Court shall deem just and equitable, having reference to the manner the same was acquired, and to any specific trusts, or expressed intention of any donors, made at the time the same was acquired. And for the purposes aforesaid, as well as for all other purposes, the several corporations, which shall have been united by virtue of this charter, shall be deemed and treated as having continued in life, and the several Trustees which shall have been elected by each at the time they were united, and their successors shall be deemed and treated to have been, since the time of their elections, the Trustees of their respective institutions, as well as Trustees of the united corporation, and, as such Trustees may receive the property and effects which may revert to their respective corporations by such decree of Court, and they and their successors, whom they may thereafter appoint, may continue and manage the affairs of their respective corporations thereafter, in the same manner as the Trustees of each might have done before they were united as aforesaid.

History

2016. In the first sentence, following "requirements of this", substituted "charter" for "act".

§ 1-12. Charter in effect.

This charter shall take effect, whenever the two corporations hereby united shall, at a meeting duly warned, vote to accept the same, and to surrender and relinquish to the corporation, hereby created, all the property belonging to them, whether real or personal, and all the rents, profits, and income therefrom arising, including said proceeds from the sale of the land scrip, for the purpose, and subject to all the rights, trusts, and conditions as in this charter provided; and it shall be the duty of each of the corporations to cause a copy of the record of such votes, duly certified by the secretaries of their respective corporations, to be left for record and duly recorded in the office of the Secretary of State; whereupon, by virtue of such votes, such property, rents, profits, and income shall become the property of the corporation hereby created, for the purposes and subject to the rights, trusts, and conditions aforesaid, and the property, and the property hereafter acquired by the corporation hereby created, shall be subject to all the conditions, immunities, and exemptions now pertaining to the property now held by the University of Vermont.

§ 1-13. Repeal of inconsistent law.

All of an act entitled "An Act to Establish the Vermont Agricultural College," approved November 22, 1864, which is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, is hereby repealed.

§ 1-14. Vermont Agricultural College.

The divisions of the Vermont Agricultural College set forth in section 4488 of Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947, shall be continued as divisions of and in the name of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, and all references to Vermont Agricultural College in sections 4489 through 4493 shall be deemed to apply to the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College or the agricultural college of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College as the context may require.

§ 1-15. Tax exemption.

Real and personal property now held or owned or hereafter acquired by the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College for educational purposes shall be exempt from taxation.

§ 1-15a. Statutory purposes.

The statutory purpose of the exemption for the University of Vermont in section 1-15 of this chapter is to allow institutions providing higher education to deploy more of their financial resources to their educational missions.

Added 2013, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.

§ 1-16. Amendment of charter.

This charter may be amended from time to time by the General Assembly to provide for the more perfect and effective accomplishment of its objects.

History

2016. Substituted "charter" for "act" preceding "may be amended".

PART 2 Incorporated School Districts

CHAPTER 2. BARRE TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT

Sec.

History

2004. See also Barre Town Charter, 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 101.

§ 2-1. Meetings and elections.

The first Tuesday in March shall be the date for the annual election of School District officers and for voting upon all questions to be decided by Australian ballot. Polls shall be open no less than nine consecutive hours. The School Board may designate one or more polling places within the District for voting and may provide for the use of any mechanical or computer type devices for voting or counting votes, consistent with the requirements of law. However, the voters at any annual election may designate a different date, time, or place for subsequent annual elections.
1. Special School District meetings or elections: (b) (1) Special School District meetings or elections:
  1. may be called by a majority of the School Board; or
  2. shall be called by the School District Clerk upon receipt by him or her of a petition signed by at least ten percent of the voters, specifying the business to be transacted at such meeting.
2. The meeting shall be held within 60 days from the date the petition is filed with the Clerk.
Budget preparation process:
1. At such time as may be prescribed by the School Board, the School Superintendent shall submit a line itemized estimate of the income and expenditures required for the operation of the School District for the next ensuing fiscal year.
2. The School Board, with a committee of not less than five voters appointed by them, shall review the proposed school budget publicly and prepare it for presentation to the voters at the annual School District election. Sufficient copies shall be available to the voters not less than ten days prior to the election, at the five public places required by subsection 2(a) of this chapter and the warning shall state the availability of the proposed budget.
Budget adoption process: The budget proposal shall be submitted to the electorate at the annual election. If this proposal fails, the School Board shall warn another election at which a revised budget shall be submitted to the voters and decided by Australian ballot. If the School Board's second or subsequent budget proposals fail, the Board shall continue to warn special elections and submit revised budget proposals to the voters until a budget is adopted by the voters by Australian ballot.

History

Source. Added 1983, No. M-4, § 3; amended 1983, Local Referendum; 1985, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1987, No. M-4, § 1; 1995, No. M-2, §§ 2 and 3; 2001, No. M-8, § 2.

§ 2-2. Warnings.

Public notice of every annual or special School District meeting or election shall be given by a warning posted in at least five public places in the District at least 12 days prior to the meeting; and published two times, on the same day of the week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper having general circulation in the district. The first such publication shall be at least ten days prior to the date of the meeting.
The warning shall:
1. state the date, time, and place of the annual meeting as well as the date, time, and place of any informational hearing required to be held by virtue of the use of the Australian ballot system of voting;
2. be signed by a majority of the School Board;
3. specifically indicate by separate articles what business is to be transacted at the meeting;
4. contain any article approved by the School Board;
5. contain any article requested by petition signed by at least ten percent of the voters and filed with the School District Clerk at least 45 days prior to the day of the meeting; and
6. state that copies of the School Board's proposed budget shall be available as required by subsection 1(d) of this chapter.

History

Source. Validated 1983, No. M-4, § 3; amended 2001, No. M-8, § 3.

§ 2-3. Reconsideration of actions taken on the budget.

Reconsideration of actions, as applied to the budgetary process, shall not be permitted.

History

Source. Validated 1983, No. M-4, § 3.

CHAPTER 3. BARTON ACADEMY AND GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Sec.

History

2004. See also Barton Village Charter, 1874, No. 168 .

See also Vermont Municipalities: An Index to Their Charters and Special Acts, State Papers of Vermont; Montpelier: Vermont Secretary of State, 1986.

§ 3-1. Incorporation of district.

Such portions of the Town of Barton as lie within the present limits of School District Number One and the inhabitants thereof are hereby incorporated and constituted a school district of the Town of Barton, by the name of the Barton Academy and Graded School District; and the schoolhouse and all other property of School District Number One, of whatever character, shall become the general property of the Barton Academy and Graded School District; and all debts and liabilities of the District shall be assumed and paid by the Barton Academy and Graded School District, and the Barton Academy and Graded School District shall have all the powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities that are incident to school districts established under the Revised Laws of Vermont and the laws in addition thereto, or in amendment thereof.

History

Source. Added 1886, No. 169 , § 1.

§ 3-2. Districts may merge.

If any other school district or districts in the Town of Barton shall at any time, by their vote at a meeting duly warned for that purpose, signify their desire to become united with the Barton Academy and Graded School District, and if the Barton Academy and Graded School District, at a meeting duly warned for that purpose, shall vote to agree to such union, then the additional district, or districts, shall become and form a part of the Barton Academy and Graded School District; and such union of the districts may be made upon such terms in regard to the school property of each as may be mutually agreed upon by the districts. And by vote of the Town of Barton and consent by vote of the Academy and Graded School District, at any annual or special meeting of the Town and the district duly warned for that purpose, territory from adjoining districts may be added to the Graded School District by vote of the Town as aforesaid, and by the consent of two-thirds of the voters in the Graded School District present at any meeting legally warned for that purpose.

History

Source. Added 1886, No. 169 , § 2.

§ 3-3. Transfer of property; assumption of debts; rent payments.

All property of whatever character, belonging to the Barton Academy, an institution incorporated by the Legislature by act approved November 14, 1854, shall become the property of the Barton Academy and Graded School District whenever the Barton Academy shall vote, at a meeting legally called for that purpose, to accept the provisions of this act and all debts and liabilities of the Barton Academy shall be assumed and paid by the corporation hereby created. The Selectboard of the Town of Barton shall annually pay over the rents and profits arising from the grammar school lands in the town to the Trustees of the Barton Academy and Graded School District together with all sums arising from that source now in their hands and unappropriated.

History

Source. Added 1886, No. 169 , § 3.

§ 3-4. Officers and trustees.

Instead of the prudential committee required by law to be elected, the Academy and Graded School District, at its first annual meeting, shall elect three Trustees as follows: one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years; and at all subsequent annual meetings, vacancies caused by the expiration of the term of office of Trustees shall be filled by the election of Trustees for the term of three years each; provided, however, that when the voters thereof so vote at any annual meeting, wherein the warning contains an appropriate article relating thereto, two additional Trustees may be elected thereat for a term of one year each. Such vote so taken shall remain in effect until such time as the voters of the Barton Academy and Graded School District rescind the same by a majority vote of the legal voters present and voting at an annual or special meeting duly warned and including such purpose. All vacancies caused by death, resignation, removal from the District, or other cause shall be filled at an annual or special meeting, warned for the purpose, for the unexpired term of such Trustees only; provided, however, that the Trustees may fill one vacancy occurring on the Board of Trustees or in any other office, during the year, until an election is had at the next annual meeting, or a special meeting called for that purpose. The Trustees shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of a prudential committee and board of school directors, or either, and shall choose one of their members to be President, and may appoint a Secretary of the Board; each of whom shall hold office for the term of one year and until their successors are chosen and appointed. The other officers of the Barton Academy and Graded School District shall be the same as now or may hereafter be provided for all school districts in the State; shall be elected in the same manner and be subject to the same duties and liabilities as now or hereafter prescribed by law.

History

Source. Added 1886, No. 169 , § 4; amended 1959, No. 289 , § 1.

§ 3-5. Annual meeting.

The time of holding the annual meeting in the Graded School District shall be the same as now is or hereafter shall be fixed by law for all school districts in the State; and in accordance therewith the first meeting for the election of Trustees as hereinbefore provided shall be held on the last Tuesday of March, A. D. 1887.

History

Source. Added 1886, No. 169 , § 5.

§ 3-6. Adoption of bylaws and rules.

The Barton Academy and Graded School District may make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and may provide for the establishment and maintenance of such number of schools, of such length, and of such grade or grades, and for teaching such branches therein as it may deem expedient; and may in its option give instruction in the studies usually taught in higher academic schools and which are requisite to prepare scholars for entering college. The Academy and Graded School shall not be required to teach gratuitously drawing, music, or the languages, other than English, but may at its option. All residents of the District between the ages of five and 20 years may attend the academy and graded school free of tuition for all branches except those mentioned herein, tuition to be charged upon the branches excepted at the option of the District.

History

Source. Added 1886, No. 169 , § 6.

§ 3-7. Courses of study; acceptance of scholars.

The Trustees may make such bylaws, rules, and regulations, for the gradation, instruction, and management of the Academy and Graded School, and for the care of the property of the District, as they may deem expedient not inconsistent with the laws of the State; they shall establish a course or courses of study in each of the schools and shall, in conjunction with the teachers of the schools, arrange and hold a public examination of all the schools at the close of each term thereof if thought best, and assign each scholar to the particular grade or department which each shall be found qualified to enter; shall assign each student to the proper grade upon admission to the school, and may change students from one grade to another during term time, whenever the interest of the students or the good of the school may seem to require it. The Trustees shall, unless otherwise directed by a vote of the District at any annual meeting thereof, allow scholars from other districts in the Town of Barton or from other towns to attend the Academy and Graded School with equal advantages of resident scholars, at rates of tuition corresponding as nearly as may be to the usual rates for the same instruction in schools of like character in the State.

Amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.

History

Source. Added 1886, No. 169 , § 7.

2014. In § 3-7, replaced "pupil" with "student" in accordance with 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302.

§ 3-8. Acceptance of endowments and legacies.

The Academy and Graded School district is hereby empowered to receive any endowment fund or legacy in fee or in trust, that may be donated as an endowment toward the support or for the use of the Academy and Graded School, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the donor or legator, not inconsistent with the laws of this State; and the Trustees of such Academy and Graded School shall be the custodians of such fund and of the income of the same, subject to instructions of the District in regard to the use of the fund or income, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the endowment, donation, or legacy.

History

Source. Added 1886, No. 169 , § 8.

§ 3-9. Distribution of public moneys.

In the distribution of the public moneys, that portion which may be divided among the several school districts, irrespective of the number of scholars or the attendance at school, shall be so divided as to give the Barton Academy and Graded School District the share of the original district of which it is composed, and the Barton Academy and Graded School District shall have all the rights, privileges, and benefits now enjoyed by Barton Academy by School District Number One in Barton.

History

Source. Added 1886, No. 169 , § 9.

CHAPTER 5. BENNINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT INCORPORATED

Sec.

History

2004. In order to remain consistent throughout the charter, reference is made to the Bennington School District Incorporated and not the Bennington School District, Inc. as cited in the original legislation.

2004. See also Bennington Town Charter, 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 103.

§ 5-1. Districts authorized to dissolve and merge.

Bennington Graded School District, Inc., incorporated by No. 121 of the Acts of 1870, and Greater Bennington Schools, Inc., incorporated by Nos. 240 and 241 of the Acts of 1935, are hereby authorized and enabled to surrender their respective charters, dissolve, and thereby merge into and form a municipal corporation to be called Bennington School District Incorporated, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 1.

§ 5-2. Merger to constitute incorporation of new district.

If Bennington Graded School District, Inc. and Greater Bennington School, Inc. vote to surrender their respective charters and dissolve and thereby merge, this chapter shall constitute the incorporating charter of Bennington School District Incorporated the territorial limits of which shall be all of the Town of Bennington exclusive of the portion of the Town which is within the North Bennington Graded School District, Inc.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 2.

2016. Substituted "chapter" for "act" preceding "shall constitute".

§ 5-3. New district to own all property of old districts.

All real estate and other property and all assets of Bennington Graded School District, Inc. and Greater Bennington Schools, Inc. shall become the property of Bennington School District Incorporated on July 1 in the year following the calendar year in which it is voted to dissolve the old districts and to create the new district pursuant to subsection 8(a) of this chapter, subject, however, to any agreements with respect thereto made by Bennington Graded School District, Inc., or Greater Bennington Schools, Inc., before July 1 in such year.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 3; amended 1965, No. 213 , § 1.

§ 5-4. New district to provide public schools for grades kindergarten through sixth.

The Bennington School District Incorporated shall provide for the elementary education of students within the territorial limits of the District for grades kindergarten through sixth.
Sixth grade. The School Board shall not allow the attendance of sixth graders of the Bennington School District at the Mount Anthony Union School District Middle School until receiving authorization from a majority of the voters of the District by Australian ballot vote at a regular or special meeting. If authorization is given, the authorization shall remain in effect until the provisions of this charter are amended.
Amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 4; amended 1965, No. 213 , § 2; 1997, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2003, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.

2014. In subsection (a) replaced "pupils" with "students" in accordance with 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302.

2004. In subsection (a), substituted "The" for "After July 1 in such year" which referred to the first operating year of Bennington School District Incorporated.

§ 5-5. New district responsible for Mt. Anthony Union High School District (No. 14) expenses of old districts.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 5; amended 1965, No. 213 , § 3.

2004. This transitional section addressed Bennington School District Incorporated's assumption of expenses for junior and senior high school students residing in the district. Previously, these expenses were the responsibility of Mount Anthony Union High School District (No. 14). The section also provided that "the Bennington School District Incorporated shall be a single member of Mount Anthony Union High School District (No. 14)."

§ 5-6. New district responsible for debts and liabilities of old districts.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 6; amended 1965, No. 213 , § 4.

2004. This transitional section addressed Bennington Graded School District Incorporated's assumption of the debts and liabilities of the former Bennington Graded School District, Inc. and Greater Bennington Schools, Inc.

§ 5-7. New district to vote a tax on the combined grand list of old districts; fiscal year.

The taxable estates within the territorial limits of Bennington School District Incorporated shall be combined into one grand list. The Bennington School District Incorporated may vote a tax upon those taxable estates for the lawful purposes of the district, including the payment of obligations imposed upon the District by sections 4, 5, and 6 of this chapter.
The fiscal year of Bennington School District Incorporated shall be from July 1 in any calendar year to June 30 in the following calendar year.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 7; amended 1965, No. 213 , § 5; 2013, No. 5 , § 4, eff. April 23, 2013.

2014. Deleted "but not limited to" following "including" in the second sentence of subsection (a) in accordance with 2013, No. 5 , § 4.

2004. Deleted "polls and" in the first and second sentences in subsection (a) pursuant to 1977, No. 118 , § 1(b) which repealed all references to poll taxes in the Vermont Statutes Annotated effective July 1, 1982.

§ 5-8. When new district becomes body politic and old districts cease to exist; joint board governs affairs of new district during interim.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 8; amended 1965, No. 213 , § 6.

2004. This transitional section addressed the procedure for the voters of the former Bennington Graded School District, Inc. and the Greater Bennington Schools, Inc. to approve the establishment of Bennington School District Incorporated. The section also addressed district governance during an interim period following the vote to establish the Bennington School District Incorporated.

§ 5-9. Officers of new district.

The officers of Bennington School District Incorporated shall be a Moderator, Clerk, Board of School Directors, and Treasurer.
The Board of School Directors of Bennington School District Incorporated shall have seven members who shall be elected at large. When Bennington School District Incorporated so votes at an annual or special meeting, the Board of School Directors may be increased or decreased by such number as is voted.
All officers of Bennington School District Incorporated elected at an annual meeting shall enter upon their duties immediately following their election and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
The terms of office of the members of the Board of School Directors, Moderator, Clerk, and Treasurer shall be three years and of all other officers one year.
The Board of School Directors shall annually appoint a certified public accountant to audit the financial records of Bennington School District Incorporated.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 9; amended 1965, No. 213 , § 7; 1997, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.

§ 5-10. First annual meeting of district.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 10; amended 1965, No. 213 , § 8; 1997, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.

2004. This transitional section addressed the convening of and decisions to be determined at the first meeting of Bennington School District Incorporated.

§ 5-11. Mt. Anthony Union High School District (No. 14) directors elected at large.

The two Directors of Mt. Anthony Union High School District (No. 14) elected by Bennington Graded School District, Inc. and the two Directors of the Union District elected by Greater Bennington Schools, Inc. shall be elected as four Directors at large from Bennington School District Incorporated at the first annual meeting of the District and thereafter.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 263 , § 11; amended 1965, No. 213 , § 9.

2004. The Vermont Federal District Court, in Barnes v. Board of Directors, Mount Anthony Union High School District (No. 14), 418 F. Supp 845 (1976) discussed the constitutionality of the apportionment of the Mt. Anthony Union High School District's board.

§ 5-12. Organization of Mt. Anthony Union High School District (No. 14) validated.

The organization and operation of Mt. Anthony Union High School District (No. 14), consisting of Bennington Graded School District, Inc., Greater Bennington Schools, Inc., North Bennington Graded School District, Inc., Shaftsbury Town School District, Woodford Town School District, and Pownal Town School District as altered and affected by this chapter, is hereby validated.

History

Source. Added 1963, No. 236 , § 12; amended 1965, No. 213 , § 10.

2004. Deleted "presently" preceding "consisting".

CHAPTER 7. BRADFORD ACADEMY AND GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Sec.

History

2004. See also Charter of the Town of Bradford, 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 106.

See also Vermont Municipalities: An Index to Their Charters and Special Acts, State Papers of Vermont; Montpelier: Vermont Secretary of State, 1986.

§ 7-1. Incorporation of district.

Such portions of the Town of Bradford as lie within the present limits of School District Number 2 and within the present limits of School District Number 12, and the inhabitants thereof, are hereby incorporated and constituted a school district of the Town of Bradford, by the name of the Bradford Academy and Graded School District; all the property owned by the Districts Numbers 2 and 12 shall be the property of the Bradford Academy and Graded School District; and all debts and liabilities of the District Numbers 2 and 12 shall be assumed and paid by the Bradford Academy and Graded School District; and the Bradford Academy and Graded School District shall have all the powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities that are incident to graded school districts under the general laws of this State.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 1.

§ 7-2. District boundaries.

If any other school district or districts in the Town of Bradford shall at any time, by their vote at a meeting duly warned for that purpose, signify their desire to become united with the Bradford Academy and Graded School District, and if the Bradford Academy and Graded School District, at a meeting duly warned for that purpose, shall vote to agree to such union, then the additional district or districts shall become and form a part of Bradford Academy and Graded School District; and such union of districts may be made upon such terms in regard to the school property of each as may be mutually agreed upon by the districts. And by vote of the Town of Bradford, and by consent of the Bradford Academy and Graded School District, at any annual or special meeting of the Town and the District, duly warned for that purpose, territory from adjoining districts may be added to the Bradford Academy and Graded School District; or territory may be taken from the Bradford Academy and Graded School District by vote of the town as aforesaid, and by the consent of two-thirds of the voters in the Bradford Academy and Graded School District present at any meeting legally warned for that purpose.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 2.

§ 7-3. Officers and trustees.

Instead of a prudential committee now required by law to be elected, the Bradford Academy and Graded School District at its first annual meeting shall elect three Trustees, as follows: one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years; and at all subsequent annual meetings, vacancies caused by the expiration of the term of office of Trustees shall be filled by the election of Trustees for the term of three years each; and all vacancies caused by resignation, death, removal from the District, or other cause, shall be filled at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose, for the unexpired term of such Trustees only. Such Trustees shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of a prudential committee, and shall choose one of their number to be President, and shall appoint a Secretary of the Board of Trustees, who shall hold office for the term of one year and until their successors are chosen and appointed. All other officers of the District shall be elected in the manner prescribed by law.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 3.

§ 7-4. Annual meeting.

The time for holding the annual meetings and elections shall be the same as now is or hereafter shall be fixed by law for all school districts in the State; and the first annual meeting under this charter shall be holden on the last Tuesday of March A.D. 1893.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 4.

2016. Substituted "charter" for "act" following "under this".

§ 7-5. Transfer of property.

The Trustees of the Bradford Academy, an institution located at Bradford, in the county of Orange, established by an act of the Legislature of November 2, 1820, are hereby authorized to transfer by deed the Academy building and all the property appertaining thereto, and to deliver any and all funds in their hands belonging to the institution, to the Bradford Academy and Graded School District, which deed shall become operative and binding whenever the District shall vote to accept the same.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 5.

§ 7-6. Library and Library Committee.

Within ten days after the first annual meeting of the Bradford Academy and Graded School District the Trustees shall appoint a Library Committee of three persons, one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, to hold their offices until their successors are appointed. And within ten days after each annual meeting after the first, the Trustees shall appoint one committee to fill the place of the committee whose term has expired, and such committee shall hold his or her place for the term of three years. And the Trustees may fill all vacancies occasioned by death, removal, or resignation. The Committee shall take charge of the Merrill Library and apparatus and such other books and apparatus as shall come into the possession of the District, and shall select and purchase books and apparatus for the library, and shall make such rules and regulations for the care and use of the same as may seem to them best. And it is hereby made the duty of the Trustees to pay for such books and apparatus so selected by the Library Committee to an amount not exceeding the annual income of the Merrill Library fund of $2,500.00. They shall also provide a room or rooms for the library and apparatus whenever the District shall build a new schoolhouse.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 6.

§ 7-7. Transfer deed.

The deed referred to in section 5 of this charter may, on the part and in behalf of the Trustees of the Bradford Academy, be executed by one of their number who may be authorized so to do by a vote of a majority or the Board of Trustees.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 7.

§ 7-8. Receipt of county and State funds; maintenance of school and curriculum.

Upon the transfer and acceptance of the Academy buildings and property, the powers and duties of the Trustees of the Bradford Academy shall cease and the Bradford Academy and Graded School District shall be entitled to such equal share of the income of the grammar school lands of Orange County, as the aforesaid Bradford Academy was entitled to receive before the passage of this chapter, and also those funds granted in common with other academies and grammar schools in this State, so long as the School District shall maintain, in connection with their schools, a good English high school, not less than 30 weeks each year, and shall in addition thereto, teach therein ancient and modern languages and higher mathematics and sciences to the extent necessary to prepare students entering at the beginning of the regular course in common American colleges, and shall employ as the principal thereof a teacher who is a graduate of some college of good reputation.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 8.

2004. Deleted "its" after "their" preceding "schools".

§ 7-9. Adoption of rules and bylaws; acceptance of scholars.

The Trustees of the Bradford Academy and Graded School District may make such bylaws, rules, and regulations for the graduation, instruction, and management of the Academy and graded school, and for the care of the property of the District, as they may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of this State; they shall establish a course or courses of study in each of the schools, and shall, in conjunction with the teachers of the schools, arrange and hold a public examination of all the schools during each school year thereof and assign each scholar to the particular grade or department which each shall be found qualified to enter; shall assign each student to the proper grade upon admission to the school, and may change students from one grade to another during term time, whenever the interest of the student or the good of the school seems to require it. The Trustees shall, unless otherwise directed by vote of the District at an annual meeting thereof, allow scholars from outside the District to attend the Academy and Graded School with equal advantages of resident scholars, at rates for the same instruction in schools of like character in the State.

Amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 9.

2014 In § 7-9, replaced "pupil" with "student" in the first sentence in accordance with 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302.

§ 7-10. Acceptance of endowments or legacies.

The Bradford Academy and Graded School District is hereby empowered to receive any endowment, fund, or legacy in fee or in trust that may be devoted as an endowment toward the support or for the use of the Academy and Graded School on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the donor or legator, not inconsistent with the laws of this State; and the trustees of the Academy and Graded School shall be the custodians of such fund and of the income of the same, subject to the instructions of the District in regard to the use of the fund or income, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the endowment, donation, or legacy.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 10.

§ 7-11. Public acts; first meeting.

This chapter shall be under the control of future legislatures to alter or amend as the public good may require, and shall take effect on March 1 next. The first annual meeting of the Bradford Academy and Graded School District shall be held at the Bradford Academy and shall be warned by the Clerk of the School District Number 12 by posting a notice in due form of law on the outside door of the Academy at least seven days before the time for holding the meeting.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 146 , § 11.

CHAPTER 9. ENOSBURG FALLS INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Repealed. 2009, No. M-4

History

2009. Chapter 9 of Title 16 Appendix, the charter of the Enosburg Incorporated School District, was repealed pursuant to 2009, No. M-4 which became effective on April 24, 2009 retroactive to July 1, 2008.

§§ 9-1- 9-10. Repealed. 2009, No. M-4, effective July 1, 2008.

History

Former §§ 1-10. Former §§ 1-10, relating to Enosburg Falls Incorporated, were derived from 1892, No. 147 , § 1.

CHAPTER 11. ESSEX JUNCTION SCHOOL DISTRICT

SUBCHAPTER 1. PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS, LEGAL MATTERS, AND MISCELLANEOUS COMPREHENSIVE REVISION 1983

SUBCHAPTER 2. ELECTION, DUTIES, AND POWERS OF OFFICERS OF ESSEX JUNCTION SCHOOL DISTRICT

SUBCHAPTER 3. DUTIES AND POWERS OF PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE

SUBCHAPTER 4. DISTRICT MEETINGS

SUBCHAPTER 5. FINANCIAL MATTERS

History

2004. See also Essex Junction Village Charter, 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 221.

The General Assembly approved the Essex Junction School District Charter as Act No. 113 of 1872. Subsequent amendments, other than one-time bonding authorization, included: 1892, No. 148 ; 1910, No. 327 ; 1925, No. 178 ; 1939, No. 281 ; 1955, No. 321 ; 1963, No. 239 ; 1965, No. 214 ; 1969, No. 149 ; 1976, Local Referendum; 1977, Local Referendum.

In 1983, the voters approved a comprehensive revision of the charter by local referendum. The 1976, 1977, and 1983 votes were not legislatively approved as General Assembly action was not statutorily required during those years. The General Assembly approved amendments to the 1983 revised charter in 1994, No. M-14; 1996, No. M-13; 1997, No. M-1; and 1999, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.).

As the 1983 comprehensive revision reconstituted the structure and wording of the charter, it is listed as the base source for each section.

Subchapter 1. Purpose, Definitions, Legal Matters, and Miscellaneous Comprehensive Revision 1983

§ 11-1.1. Consolidation.

No. 113 of the Acts of 1872, entitled "An act to establish the Essex Junction Graded School District" (which shall hereafter be called the Essex Junction school district) and all amendments and additions thereto, is hereby amended and consolidated so as to read as follows.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-1.2. Incorporation of district.

All that portion of the Town of Essex now embraced within the limits of the Essex Junction School District as incorporated by No. 113 of the Acts of 1872, and as has been amended and added thereto and which is also embraced within the limits of the incorporated Village of Essex Junction together with the inhabitants therein is hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate and shall hereafter be known by the name of the Essex Junction School District and by that name may use and be used, prosecute and defend in any court, may have a corporate seal and alter it at pleasure, may take, hold, and convey real and personal property and estate, may levy and collect taxes, and generally shall have the rights and liabilities incident to municipal corporations.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-1.3. Disposition of property.

All property, assets, and liabilities now belonging to the Essex Junction Graded School District shall at the time of the taking effect of this chapter vest in and become property, asset, liability or both, of the Essex Junction School District as incorporated by this chapter.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-1.4. Definition of district.

Wherever the "District" hereafter appears in this chapter, it shall mean the Essex Junction School District.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-1.5. Exemption from taxation.

The District shall be exempt from all local taxation in the Town of Essex.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-1.6. District voter.

A citizen of voting age, as defined by State and federal law, whose name is on the voting list taken in the Village of Essex Junction at the annual assessment next preceding a District meeting or who has attained voting age subsequent to such assessment, shall while residing in the District be a voter in such District.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-1.7. Inconsistency with general law.

This chapter shall control whenever any general act or law is inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-1.8. Effect of prior law.

All acts, parts of acts, and bylaws, inconsistent with this chapter, except as herein otherwise provided, are hereby repealed. By the provisions of this chapter, so far as they are the same as those acts hereby amended, shall be construed as a continuation and consolidation of such acts, and not as new enactments.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-1.9. Implementation of charter.

This chapter shall not become operative or effective until approved, ratified, and adopted by a majority of the legal voters of the Essex Junction School District voting at a duly warned meeting. If this chapter is voted favorably by a majority of the District, that vote shall be certified to the Secretary of State pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 702 and shall become effective pursuant to the provisions thereof.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

Reference in text. Former 24 V.S.A. § 702 was repealed by 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(b). The subject matter is now covered by 17 V.S.A. § 2645.

Subchapter 2. Election, Duties, and Powers of Officers of Essex Junction School District

§ 11-2.1. Officers.

The officers shall be a Moderator, five Prudential Committee members composing the Prudential Committee, a Clerk-Treasurer who shall be the same person, and a Collector of Taxes. All officers shall be chosen from legally qualified voters in the District.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-2.2. Election and terms of officers.

The Moderator and the five Prudential Committee members shall be elected at the annual meeting or on the day following. A Moderator shall be elected every year and shall serve a term of one year. The Moderator's term of office shall commence on July 1 following his or her election, and shall terminate at midnight, June 30, following election of a successor. One or more persons shall be elected to the Prudential Committee each year. Effective as of the 1994 annual meeting, one of the two seats scheduled that year for election to the Prudential Committee shall be for a term of two years. Effective as of the 1995 annual meeting, one of the two seats scheduled that year for election to the Prudential Committee shall be for a term of two years. All other newly elected Prudential Committee members shall hold office for three year terms. Prudential committee members shall be elected by Australian ballot on the day following the annual meeting as set forth in Vermont law. All officers, excepting the Moderator, the Clerk-Treasurer, and the Collector of Taxes, shall hold office for terms commencing upon their election and terminating upon the election of their successor. The Clerk-Treasurer and the Collector of Taxes shall each be appointed by the Prudential Committee for a term of one year. The appointment shall be made following elections every year and before July 1st. The Clerk-Treasurer and the Collector of Taxes shall each be appointed for a term commencing July 1 following appointment and terminating at midnight on June 30 following the appointment of a successor.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum; amended 1993, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1997, No. M-1, § 2; 1999, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.

§ 11-2.3. Vacancies.

When an officer resigns, dies, becomes incapacitated, or removes residency from the District, such office shall be considered vacant. When a vacancy occurs in any office, other than the office of Moderator, Clerk-Treasurer, and Collector of Taxes, the Prudential Committee shall forthwith, by appointment, in writing, fill such a vacancy until the election of a successor at the annual meeting next thereafter. At such annual meeting, the voters of the School District shall fill the vacancy in any elected office, other than the office of Moderator, for the remainder of the term. When the office of the Moderator, Clerk-Treasurer, or Collector of Taxes becomes vacant, the Prudential Committee shall forthwith by appointment, in writing, appoint a Moderator, Clerk-Treasurer, or Collector of Taxes to fill such vacancy until midnight of June 30 following election of a successor, in the case of the Moderator's office, or appointment of a successor, in the case of the Clerk-Treasurer's office or the Collector of Taxes' office. All appointments under this section shall be filed and recorded in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer. No person shall be appointed to fill a vacancy in office who would not be eligible for election to such office.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum; amended 1999, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.

§ 11-2.4. Bonding of officers.

A Prudential Committee member shall not be a Clerk-Treasurer or Collector of Taxes. Before entering upon their duties, the Collector of Taxes and Clerk-Treasurer shall give a bond to the District conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties in such sums as may be required. When the Collector or Clerk-Treasurer for ten days neglects to give a bond as required, the office shall be vacant.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-2.5. Board of Civil Authority.

The Moderator, Prudential Committee, Clerk-Treasurer, and Justices of the Peace residing in the District shall constitute a Board of Civil Authority in the District. The Board of Civil Authority shall have the same authority and power to abate taxes as the board of civil authority in towns. The Board of Civil Authority shall be responsible for conducting elections and shall decide all questions as to the eligibility of a person to vote in a district meeting. The members of the Board of Civil Authority present and acting at any meeting shall constitute a quorum in which to act.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-2.6. Moderator.

The Moderator shall preside at the District meeting and in his or her absence, a Moderator Pro Tempora may be elected. As the presiding officer at District meetings, the Moderator shall perform the same duties and have the same authority as moderators at town meetings.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-2.7. Clerk-Treasurer.

The Clerk-Treasurer of Essex Junction School District shall keep a record of the proceedings of the District and shall have the power to certify the copies of the same and shall perform the duties and have the authority and powers incident to clerks and treasurers of other municipal corporations. All money belonging to the District shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer, be safely kept, and paid out by the Clerk-Treasurer only upon orders issued by the Prudential Committee, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-2.8. Collector of Taxes.

Except as modified by this charter, the Collector of Taxes shall perform the same duties and have the same authority and power in the collection of taxes as those given by law to collectors of taxes and collectors of delinquent taxes in towns.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum; amended 1997, No. M-1, § 3.

Subchapter 3. Duties and Powers of Prudential Committee

History

2004. The format and numbering of subchapter 3 were changed to conform to V.S.A. style.

§ 11-3.1. Duties and powers of Prudential Committee.

The Prudential Committee in addition to other powers and duties specifically assigned and allowed by law for school boards shall:

Have the management of all business and affairs of the District and all authority and powers necessary for that purpose.
Elect its own Chair and Clerk and other officers deemed necessary during the first regular Prudential Committee meeting following the annual meeting every year.
Meet at least once each month, unless otherwise so voted by the Prudential Committee, and only after giving proper notice as to the time and place of the meeting.
Determine the educational policies of the School District, and prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct and management of the public schools in the District. Such rules and regulations shall be of general application to the District, shall be in writing, codified, and made available to the public. Regulations shall be adopted only at regularly scheduled or specifically scheduled Prudential Committee meetings after giving at least ten days' public notice of the substance of the proposed regulation. Public notice of the substance of proposed regulations need not include verbatim copies of the proposed regulations, but shall indicate where complete copies may be obtained.
Have the power to take any action which is required for the sound administration of the School District.
Subject to the authority vested in the electorate of any School District official, have the possession, care, control, equipping, and management of the property of the School District.
Have discretion to furnish more than 12 years of instruction to students in deserving cases.
Relocate or discontinue use of any schoolhouse or facility.
1. Examine claims against the District for school expenses and draw orders for such as shall be allowed by it payable to the party entitled thereto. Such orders shall state definitely the purpose for which they are drawn. (9) (A) Examine claims against the District for school expenses and draw orders for such as shall be allowed by it payable to the party entitled thereto. Such orders shall state definitely the purpose for which they are drawn.
2. However, it shall be lawful for the Prudential Committee to submit to its Treasurer a certified copy of the pay orders, properly signed by the Clerk and Chair or majority of the Board, showing all bills approved for payment by the Prudential Committee. Such certified copy shall serve as full authority to the Treasurer to make the payments as thus approved. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall preclude the use of a voucher system, or any other system of sound accounting and business procedure, provided that such system reflects the facts as recited in this subdivision.
Establish a system of accounts for the proper control of School District finances and for stating the annual financial condition of the School District.
Not less than ten days prior to the District's annual meeting, prepare and distribute to the electorate a report of the conditions and needs of the District school system, including the Superintendent's and Treasurer's annual report for the previous school year and an auditor's report.
Annually prepare and include in the annual report a budget for the next school year.
Upon prior recommendation by the superintendent, employ and dismiss such persons as may be required to carry out the work of the School District.
Annually on or before August 5, prepare a report for the School District containing, on forms prescribed and furnished by the state, a statement under oath of the actual cash expenditures of the School District for the preceding school year for school purposes, and other such information as the State prescribes. Such report shall be in triplicate, one copy shall be retained by the Superintendent, one copy shall be sent to the School District Clerk-Treasurer, and one copy sent to the State on or before August 15.
Provide, at the expense of the District, subject to approval of the superintendent, all textbooks, learning materials, equipment, and supplies.
Exercise all the general powers given to a legislative branch of a municipality.
By its Chair, or any person designated by the Chair whose appointment is recorded in the minutes of the Prudential Committee, execute contracts on behalf of the School District. Contracts for leases of real or personal property for more than three years or for the purchase and sale of real estate shall be executed only upon prior authorization of the electorate as specified by the laws of the State of Vermont.
Employ a public accountant to audit the financial affairs of the School District and prepare the annual financial report. The annual financial report shall be included in the annual report each year.
Be authorized to operate and maintain a recreation program.
Be authorized to negotiate and execute assessment and taxation agreements between the District and a taxpayer or taxpayers within the District consistent with the applicable requirements of the Vermont Constitution, notwithstanding section 5.1 of this charter and the requirements of the general laws of the State of Vermont.
Be authorized to exempt from tax business personal property acquired by a taxpayer after September 30, 1995, notwithstanding section 5.1 of this charter and the requirements of the general laws of the State of Vermont.
Amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum; amended 1995, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1999, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.

2014. In § 11-3.1(7), replaced "pupils" with "students" in accordance with 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302.

Subchapter 4. District Meetings

§ 11-4.1. Annual meeting.

The annual meeting of the District shall be held at an appropriate meeting place within the District on the second Tuesday of May in each year, or at such place or time as the District may vote, but never later than June 15. Annual meetings shall be warned by the Clerk-Treasurer or in case of his or her absence or neglect, by the Prudential Committee.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-4.2. Special meetings.

Special meetings of the District shall be warned by the School District Clerk, or by the Prudential Committee, either upon its own volition or upon application in writing signed by one percent or more of the legal voters of the District.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-4.3. Warnings.

A warning for an annual or special District meeting shall be posted in three or more public places in the District not less than 30 and not more than 40 days before the meeting, setting forth the time and place of the meeting and the business to be done.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-4.4. Parliamentary and voting procedures.

All decisions at District meetings shall be decided by majority vote unless otherwise provided in this chapter. Parliamentary matters shall follow Robert's Rules of Order as it is from time to time revised.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

Subchapter 5. Financial Matters

§ 11-5.1. Grand list.

The grand list of the Town of Essex composed of the taxable property and estate within the limits of the District shall constitute the grand list of the District. The District may at an annual or special meeting legally warned for that purpose vote to lay and assess a tax on its grand list for school purposes, and all taxes so voted, laid, or assessed shall be paid and collected in the same manner as is proved by law or by this chapter for the payment and collection of town taxes, and the Prudential Committee, Clerk-Treasurer, and Collector of Taxes shall perform the same duties and have the same authority in respect thereto as is provided by law for members of selectboards, treasurers, collectors of taxes, and collectors of delinquent taxes in towns, except that the District shall charge a collection fee of eight percent in addition to any interest owing on any and all tax payments, including installment payments, made after expiration of the time established in the notice of taxes due mailed to each taxpayer as required by law.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum; amended 1997, No. M-1, § 4.

2013. In the first sentence, deleted "polls and" following "composed of the" in accordance with 1977, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 1 (poll tax repeal).

§ 11-5.2. Borrowing.

The District may borrow money in any year in anticipation of taxes assessed in such year, in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of the taxes assessed in such year. Such notes or orders, however, must mature within one year from the date thereof and be paid from the taxes assessed and collected in such year.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

§ 11-5.3. Issuance of negotiable bonds.

The District is hereby authorized and empowered by a vote of a majority of all voters voting at a legally warned meeting held for that purpose to issue its negotiable bonds or negotiable interest-bearing notes pursuant to State statutes.

History

Source. Added 1983, Local Referendum.

CHAPTER 13. MIDDLEBURY INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4

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History

2004. See also Middlebury Town Charter, 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 127.

§ 13-1. Incorporation of district.

School District No. 4 in Middlebury, in the County of Addison, a corporation duly established under the laws of this State, is hereby empowered and required to educate the scholars in the District in a grade 1 school or schools; and for that purpose may sell and convey any real estate belonging to the District, purchase, build, lease, and hold as many schoolhouses or school rooms, and establish and keep as many schools, and cause to be taught therein as extended a course of study as the District shall direct.

History

Source. Added 1866, No. 89 , § 1.

2004. Substituted "educate" for "education" preceding "the scholars in the district" to correct a grammatical error.

§ 13-2. Merger of districts.

In order that a competent number of schools shall be maintained in the Town of Middlebury, for the convenient instruction of youth, School District No. 4 in Middlebury, in the County of Addison, an incorporated school district established by Act No. 89 of the laws of 1866, is empowered to merge with the Town School District of Middlebury, provided a majority of the legal voters of the Town School District of Middlebury present and voting at any meeting legally warned of the Town School District of Middlebury vote to become a part of School District No 4. in Middlebury, and a majority of the legal voters of School District No. 4 in Middlebury present and voting at any meeting legally warned of School District No. 4 in Middlebury vote to accept the merger. If the merger occurs, School District No. 4 in Middlebury shall retain all its present corporate powers and shall continue its corporate existence heretofore granted, and the Town School District of Middlebury shall no longer exist except for the settlement of its own pecuniary affairs and for the purpose only of voting, assessing, and collecting of a special tax annually to pay its indebtedness, if any, which settlement and payment shall be made before the expiration of two years from the date of the vote of School District No. 4 in Middlebury accepting the merger.

History

Source. Added 1953. No. 312, § 1.

2004. Deleted "present" preceding "town school district" each time it appears.

§ 13-3. Transfer of real estate.

The Town School District is hereby authorized and empowered when the merger occurs to transfer and assign to School District No. 4 in Middlebury all right title and interest or use in any estate, real or personal, wherever situate, and from whatever source derived appertaining or belonging to the Town School District of Middlebury, provided said present School District of Middlebury so votes by a majority of its legal voters present and voting at a meeting thereof legally warned.

History

Source. Added 1953, No. 312 , § 2.

2004. Deleted "present" preceding "town school district" both times it appears.

§ 13-4. Records of Town School District.

The records of the Middlebury Town School District shall be deposited with the Town Clerk when said merger occurs.

History

Source. Added 1953, No. 312 , § 3.

2004. Deleted references to designated 1947 Vermont Statutes inapplicability and deleted "present" preceding "town school district".

§ 13-5. School funds; State aid.

If the merger occurs, School District No. 4 in Middlebury shall be entitled to all the public money distributed to Middlebury and to all State aid granted to the town of Middlebury and provisions heretofore granted to the District inconsistent with this section shall be repealed.

History

Source. Added 1953, No. 312 , § 4.

§ 13-6. Adoption of rules and regulations.

The Incorporated School District may make all such necessary rules and regulations in regard to the attendance of scholars, and the course of instruction in the school or schools, as shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this State.

History

Source. Added 1866, No. 89 , § 2.

2004. Added "incorporated school" preceding "district".

§ 13-7. Acceptance of scholars.

The Prudential Committee of the Incorporated School District may admit scholars coming from outside the District upon such terms as they may prescribe.

History

Source. Added 1866, No. 89 , § 3.

2004. Added "incorporated school" preceding "district" the first time it appears.

§ 13-8. Officers and Prudential Committee.

The officers of the Incorporated School District shall be a Moderator, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector, and an Auditor, who shall be chosen annually, and a Prudential Committee of seven hereafter to be chosen as follows:

At each annual meeting of the Town of Middlebury, there shall be elected a member of the Committee for a term of three years. A vacancy on the Committee shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by a majority of the members of the Committee. All elected officers shall be elected by Australian ballot, chosen from the legally qualified voters of the Town, and shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified.

History

Source. Added 1866, No. 89 , § 4; amended 1929, No. 174 , § 1; 1953 No. 312, § 5; 1959, No. 309 , § 4; 1971, No. 267 (Adj. Sess.), § 302; 1973 Local Referendum.

2004. Added "incorporated school" preceding "district".

§ 13-9. General provisions.

The general provisions of law pertaining to schools not inconsistent with the provisions of law pertaining to this charter and with the rights heretofore granted School District No. 4 by special legislation shall apply to school District No. 4 when the merger occurs.

History

Source. Added 1953, No. 312 , § 6.

2016. Substituted "charter" for "act" following "pertaining to this".

CHAPTER 15. NORTH BENNINGTON GRADED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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History

2004. See also North Bennington Village Charter, 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 251.

§ 15-1. Establishment of District.

All of the Town of Bennington which is included within the limits of the incorporated Village of North Bennington is hereby constituted a school district in the Town by the name of the North Bennington Graded School District and the Graded School District shall have all the powers and privileges and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities that are incident to school districts as established under the laws of this State.

History

Source. Added 1870, No. 124 § 1; amended 1925, No. 167 , § 1; 1959, No. 312 .

History. The original territory of the district as established in 1879, No. 124 , § 1 included school districts 10 and 22.

Amendments--1959. The boundaries of the Village and District were further enlarged to include Parcel No. 1 and Parcel No. 2 as specified in 1959, No. 312 , § 1.

Amendments--1925. The boundaries of the North Bennington Graded School District were "extended to include all of the town of Bennington which is included within the limits of the incorporated village of North Bennington."

§ 15-2. Prudential Committee.

The Prudential Committee shall consist of five persons, and at the annual meeting of the District, vacancies occasioned by the expiration of the term of office of members of the Committee shall be filled by the election of members for the term of three years each; and all vacancies on the Committee caused by resignation, death, removal from the District, or other cause shall be filled at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose for the unexpired term of such members only.

History

Source. Added 1870, No. 124 , § 2; amended 1872, No. 117 , § 1; 2011, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 9, 2012.

Amendments--2012. Substituted "five" for "three" preceding "persons" and deleted "that" preceding "all vacancies".

Amendments--1872. Designated the Prudential Committee as consisting of three members and established terms of three years beyond the initial staggered terms.

§ 15-3. Authority to make rules and establish schools.

The Graded School District may make bylaws, rules, and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and may provide for the establishment and maintenance of such number of schools and of such grade or grades and for teaching therein such branches of knowledge as it may deem expedient.

History

Source. Added 1870, No. 124 , § 3.

§ 15-4. Distribution of public funds.

In the distribution of public moneys, that portion which may be divided among the several districts, irrespective of the number of scholars or their attendance at school, shall be so divided as to give the Graded School District the shares of the several original districts of which it is or shall be composed.

History

Source. Added 1870, No. 124 , § 4.

§ 15-5. Additional districts.

If any other school district or districts in the Town of Bennington or in the adjoining Town of Shaftsbury shall at any time, by their vote at a meeting duly warned for that purpose, signify their desire to become united with the Graded School District, and if the Graded School District at a meeting duly warned for that purpose shall vote to agree to the union, the additional District shall to all intents and purposes become and form a part of the North Bennington Graded School District, and the union of the districts may be made upon the terms in regard to the school property of each as may be mutually agreed upon by the districts.

History

Source. Added 1870, No. 124 , § 5.

CHAPTER 17. ORLEANS SCHOOL DISTRICT

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History

2004. The Orleans School District was originally incorporated as the Barton Landing Graded School District pursuant to 1894, No. 204 . The name was changed to the Orleans Graded School District by 1910, No. 326 . It was further changed to Orleans School District by 1929, No. 177 .

2004. See also Barton Village Charter 1874, No. 168 .

See also Vermont Municipalities: An Index to Their Charters and Special Acts, State Papers of Vermont; Montpelier: Vermont Secretary of State, 1986.

§ 17-1. Incorporation; boundaries.

Such portions of the Town of Barton as were included within the limits of School District Number Seven, prior to the enactment of an act, entitled "An act relating to public instruction," approved November 12, 1892, and bounded as the District was then bounded and the inhabitants thereof are hereby incorporated and constituted a school district of the Town of Barton by the name of the Orleans School District, and the school house and all other property of whatever character in the District shall become the general property of the Orleans School District; and the Graded School District shall have all the powers and privileges, and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of such districts under the laws of this State, and the laws in addition thereto or in amendment thereof.

History

Source. Added 1894, No. 204 ; amended 1910, No, 326, § 1; 1929, No. 177 , § 1.

§ 17-2. Officers; trustees.

The School District at its first annual meeting shall elect three Trustees as follows: One for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years; and at all subsequent annual meetings vacancies by the expiration of the terms of office of Trustee shall be filled by the election of Trustees for the term of three years each; and all vacancies caused by death, registration, removal from the District, or other cause shall be filled at an annual or special meeting warned for the purpose, for the unexpired term of such Trustees only. The Trustees shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of a Prudential Committee of a school district, and shall choose one of their number to be President, and may appoint a Secretary of the Board, each of whom shall hold office for the term of one year and until their successors are chosen and appointed. There shall also be elected a Collector, Treasurer, and three Auditors at each annual meeting of the District for the term of one year each, and vacancies in either of the offices may be filled at any special meeting called for that purpose, and they shall serve in their respective offices until their successors are elected. The President of the Board of Trustees shall serve as Moderator at all meetings of the District, and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees who shall not be a member of the Board shall serve as Clerk of the District and shall be invested with the same powers and subject to the same duties and liabilities of clerks of school districts under the school district system.

History

Source. Added 1894, No. 204 ; amended 1910, No, 326, § 1; 1929, No. 177 , § 1.

§ 17-3. Annual meeting.

All annual meetings of the School District shall be held on the second Tuesday of March in each year, at such time of day and place as shall be designated by the Clerk of the District and the notice thereof shall not be less than six nor more than ten days from the date of such notice or warning, and special meetings may be called at any time under the direction of the Trustees or on petition of any five or more legal voters in the District, and the notice for such meetings shall be the same as that herein provided for annual meetings and the notices for all annual and special meetings shall be posted in three or more public places in the District.

History

Source. Added 1894, No. 204 ; amended 1910, No, 326, § 1; 1929, No. 177 , § 1.

§ 17-4. Powers of officers.

All persons elected to the office of Collector, Treasurer, and Auditors shall be invested with the same powers and privileges and subject to the same duties and liabilities of such officers of school districts under the school district system under the laws of this State prior to the adoption of the town system of schools.

History

Source. Added 1894, No. 204 .

§ 17-5. Bylaws, rules, and regulations; District.

The Orleans School District may make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and may provide for the establishment and maintenance of such number of schools, of such length, and of such grade or grades, and for teaching such branches of study therein as it may deem expedient; and may at its option afford and provide for the studies taught in higher academic schools and which are requisite to prepare scholars for admission to colleges. The graded school shall not be required to afford instruction gratuitously in drawing, music, or the languages other than English or the higher mathematics, but may do so at its option; all residents of the District between the ages of five and 20 years may attend the graded school free of tuition for all branches of study, except those above mentioned, tuition to be charged upon the branches excepted at the option of the District.

History

Source. Added 1894, No. 204 ; amended 1910, No, 326, § 1; 1929, No. 177 , § 1.

§ 17-6. Bylaws, rules, and regulations; Trustees.

The Trustees may make such bylaws, rules, and regulations for the graduation, instruction, and management of the school, and for the care of the property of the District as they may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of the State; they shall establish a course or courses of study in each of the schools or departments of the school, and shall in conjunction with the teachers of the several schools or departments arrange and hold a public examination of all the scholars at the close of each term thereof, if thought best, and assign each scholar to the particular grade or department which each shall be found qualified to enter; shall assign each student to the proper grade upon admission to the school and may change students from one grade to another during term time, whenever the interest of the student or the welfare and good of the school may seem to require it. The Trustees, shall, unless otherwise directed by a vote of the District at any annual meeting thereof, allow and make provision for the attendance and instruction of students from other parts or portions of the Town of Barton or from other towns in the graded school with equal advantages of resident students, at rates of tuition corresponding as nearly as may be to the usual rates for the same instruction in schools of like character in the State.

Amended 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.

History

Source. Added 1894, No. 204 ; amended 1910, No, 326, § 1; 1929, No. 177 , § 1.

2014. In § 17-6, replaced "pupil" with "student" in accord with 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 302.

§ 17-7. Gifts, benefactions, legacies, and endowments.

The School District is hereby empowered to receive any gift, benefaction, legacy, or endowment fund in fee or in trust, that may be donated, devised, given, or bestowed, for the support and use of the Graded School on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed and limited by any donor or legator not inconsistent with the laws of this State; and the Trustees of such Graded School shall be the custodians of such gifts, benefactions, legacies, or endowment funds and of the income of the same, subject to the order and direction of the District in relation to the same, unless otherwise provided by the terms of such gift, benefaction, legacy, or endowment fund.

History

Source. Added 1894, No. 204 ; amended 1910, No, 326, § 1; 1929, No. 177 , § 1.

§ 17-8. Public money.

In the distribution of the public moneys for the support of schools, the school district shall be entitled to such a share thereof, as Graded School Districts shall receive by virtue of the laws of this State.

History

Source. Added 1894, No. 204 ; amended 1910, No. 326 , § 1; 1929, No. 177 , § 1.

§ 17-9. Public act; effective date.

This act shall be under the control of future legislation to alter or amend as the public good may require, and shall take effect whenever a majority of the legal voters resident within the limits of that part of the Town of Barton, which prior to March 31 A.D. 1892 was known and designated as School District Number Seven in the Town, present at a meeting of the voters legally notified and warned to be held at the school house in the Village of Barton Landing on the third Tuesday of March, A.D. 1895, shall vote to accept the provision of this act; the notice and warning for the meeting shall be made by one of the Selectboard members of the Town of Barton, to be held as aforesaid, giving at least ten days' notice of the time and place of such meeting, and such notices to be posted in three or more public places in the Village, who is hereby directed to insert in the warning for the meeting an article requesting the legal voters aforesaid to vote upon the acceptance of the provisions of this act, the Selectboard member shall preside at the meeting, and if a majority present of the voters shall vote to accept the provision of this act, the Selectboard member shall then direct the voters to proceed to the election of the officers hereinbefore provided for, and such officers shall hold their respective offices for the respective terms hereinbefore provided, and the commencement and expiration of the same shall be taken to be the same as though this meeting was held on the second Tuesday of March 1895.

Amended 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 72.

History

Source. Added 1894, No. 204 .

2014. Substituted "selectboard member" for "selectman" and "selectboard members" for "selectmen".

CHAPTER 19. UNDERHILL INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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History

2004. See also Charter of the Town of Underhill, 1985, No. M-5.

See also Vermont Municipalities: An Index to Their Charters and Special Acts, State Papers of Vermont; Montpelier: Vermont Secretary of State, 1986.

§ 19-1. Incorporation of district.

School Districts Number 2 of Jericho and Number 3 of Underhill are hereby incorporated as a graded school district, by the name of the Underhill Graded School District, and shall have all the powers, duties, and privileges granted by law to graded school districts.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 159 , § 1.

§ 19-2. Officers.

The officers of the graded school district shall be the same as are or may be provided by law for other school districts in the State, and shall have the same power and perform the same duties as the same officers in other school districts, except as hereinafter limited.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 159 , § 2.

§ 19-3. First election.

The first election of officers of the Graded School District may be held at a special meeting duly warned by the District Clerk of District Number 2 in Jericho or of Number 3 in Underhill by both of the District Clerks, on a petition signed by seven legal voters in the Graded School District, under the laws governing the warning of special school meetings in other districts, and the officers so elected shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected at the next annual school meeting.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 159 , § 3.

§ 19-4. Annual meeting.

The annual meeting of the Graded School District shall be held each year on the second Tuesday of March.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 159 , § 4.

§ 19-5. Adoption of rules and bylaws; acceptance of scholars.

The Prudential Committee of the Graded School District, may make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as may be deemed expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and may establish the grade for the admission of all scholars.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 159 , § 5.

§ 19-6. Transfer of property.

The Trustees of Bell Institute are hereby authorized, by a vote at a meeting duly warned for that purpose, to transfer by deed or lease the academy building of the institution and all the property appertaining thereto, to the Graded School District, provided the Graded School District, at a school meeting lawfully warned for that purpose, shall vote to accept the property for school purposes.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 159 , § 6.

§ 19-7. Effective date.

This act shall take effect from passage.

History

Source. Approved November 22, 1892.

CHAPTER 21. VERGENNES INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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History

2004. See also Vergennes City Charter, 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 15.

§ 21-1. Incorporation of district.

The City of Vergennes as the city is bounded, is hereby incorporated as a graded school district by the name of Vergennes Graded School District and shall have all the powers, duties, and privileges granted by law to graded school districts.

History

Source. Added 1892, No. 160 , § 1.

2004. Section 2, relating to the establishment of a poll tax adopted pursuant to 1929, No. 183 , § 1, is not included pursuant to 1977, No. 118 , § 1(b) which repealed all references to poll taxes in the Vermont Statutes Annotated effective July 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 23. WINOOSKI INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICT

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History

2004. See also Winooski City Charter, 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 17.

Approval of 2013 charter amendment. 2013, No. M-1, § 1 provides: "The General Assembly approves an amendment to the charter of the Winooski Incorporated School District as set forth in this act. Proposals of amendment were approved by the voters on March 5, 2013."

Approval of 2012 charter amendments. 2011, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 1 provides: "The general assembly approves amendments to the charter of the Winooski incorporated school district as set forth in this act. Proposals of amendment were approved by the voters on March 6, 2012".

§ 23-1. Incorporation of district; powers.

The territory now included within the City of Winooski and the inhabitants thereof are hereby incorporated and constituted a school district of the City of Winooski, by the name of the Winooski School District. Except where inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to incorporated school districts and municipalities shall apply to the Winooski School District. The Winooski School District shall have all the powers granted to incorporated school districts and municipalities by the laws of the State and this charter, together with all implied powers necessary to carry out its express powers.

History

Source. Added 1872, No. 122 , § 1; amended 1925, No, 175, § 1; 1965, No. 216 , § 1; 1987, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(1).

§ 23-2. Trustees.

Instead of the prudential committee required by law to be elected, the Winooski School District shall be governed by a Board of five Trustees, to be elected at large, and that three of the positions will hold office for a term of three years each and that two of the positions will hold office for a term of two years each, commencing on the day elected. All vacancies caused by resignation, death, or otherwise shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any, at an annual or special meeting, duly warned for that purpose, but the Board of School Trustees by a majority vote of all its remaining members may appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy until the person elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term takes office. The Trustees shall have the powers and perform all the duties of a prudential committee, shall choose one of their members to be President, and shall appoint a Secretary of the Board of Trustees who shall hold office for the term of one year and until their successors are chosen and appointed.

History

Source. Added 1951, No. 311 , § 2(A); amended 1965, No. 216 , § 1; 1982, Local Referendum.

§ 23-3. Annual District meeting.

The annual District meeting shall be held on the first Tuesday of March and the immediate preceding Monday as follows:

Monday: At 7:30 p.m. at a place to be selected by the Board of Trustees. The Moderator shall convene the annual District meeting with the following agenda:
1. The District shall elect a Moderator and Clerk, the term of office to start July 1.
2. The Board of School Trustees shall present the annual reports of the District to the assembled voters, answer any questions, and ask for approval.
3. The District shall authorize the Board of School Trustees to allow appropriate groups and agencies to use school facilities and equipment in accordance with District policy and Vermont law.
4. The District shall conduct an informational public session for the Board of Trustees to present the budget for the following fiscal year and answer any questions regarding the same.
5. The District shall conduct any other business of the District which may be legally conducted, except as provided in section 7 of this charter.
Tuesday: The voters shall at this continued annual District meeting, to be held on the first Tuesday in March from seven o'clock in the forenoon to seven o'clock in the afternoon and conducted at the same place and manner as the annual meeting of the City of Winooski (Appendix A):
1. Vote a sum of money necessary for the support of the public schools as is required by law. Such sum shall include the amounts anticipated from State education aid and other sources of revenue. The Board of School Trustees shall determine how the voted funds shall be expended.
2. Elect Trustees as set forth in section 2 of this charter.
3. Conduct any other business of the District which may legally be conducted as set forth in section 6 of this charter.
4. Elect a School District Treasurer for a term of three years, the term of office to start July 1, whose duties, authority, and responsibilities shall be those established by law.
  Amended 2013, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 12, 2014.

History

Source. Added 1997, No. M-12, § 2; amended 2011, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 3, 2012; amended 2013, No. M-1, § 2, eff. May 7, 2013.

Amendments--2014. Made capitalization changes throughout and inserted ", the term of office to start July 1," following "years" in subdiv. (2)(D).

Amendments--2013. Subdivision (1)(A): Inserted "and" preceding "clerk" and deleted "and treasurer" following "clerk".

Subdivision (2)(D): Inserted "for a term of three years" following "treasurer".

Amendments--2012. Subdivision (2)(D): Added.

§ 23-4. Nominations for Trustee.

Nominations for the office of Trustee shall be made by petitions to be filed with the Clerk of the City of Winooski and shall meet the requirements of section 7 of the charter of the City of Winooski (Appendix B) as now and hereinafter amended, and voting shall be upon a separate ballot. The City of Winooski voter checklist shall be used (Appendix C).

History

Source. Added 1951, No. 311 , § 2(C); amended 1987, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(2).

§ 23-5. Bylaws, rules, and regulations.

The School District may make such bylaws, rules, and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, and may provide for the establishment and maintenance of such number of schools and of such grade or grades and for teaching such branches of knowledge as it may deem expedient.

History

Source. Added 1872, No. 122 , § 4; amended 1965, No. 216 , § 1.

§ 23-6. Additional revenue sources.

The Board of School Trustees is hereby authorized to apply for, accept, and expend additional funds not included in the annual budget on behalf of the District from whatever sources, except local taxation, without further action of the District.

History

Source. Added 1991, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; amended 1997, No. M-12, § 3.

§ 23-7. Australian ballot.

All questions at any annual or special meeting, except for the acceptance of the annual report and the election of School District officers other than the Board of Trustees and the School District Treasurer, shall be voted by Australian ballot. The election of School District officers other than the Board of Trustees and the School District Treasurer, the acceptance of the annual report, and public discussion of Australian ballot issues shall be on the day preceding the Australian ballot.

History

Source. Added 1987, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(4); amended 2011, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 3, 2012.

Amendments--2012. Inserted "and the school district treasurer" following "trustees" in two places.

§ 23-8. Abatement board.

The officers of the Winooski School District, except the Collector, shall be a Board for the Abatement of District Taxes, and it shall have the same power which the Board for abatement of town taxes has in the abatement of such taxes. The Trustees of the District, on request of the Collector, shall call a meeting of such Board on or before January 15 in each year, by posting a notice thereof in three public places in such District at least five days before such meeting.

History

Source. Added 1939, No. 304 , § 1; amended 1965, No. 216 , § 1.

§ 23-9. Taxes assessed.

The taxes assessed by the Winooski School District shall be paid to the Treasurer of the City of Winooski on the same date as the corresponding taxes of the City of Winooski are paid to the Treasurer of the City in each year; and thereafter, if unpaid, shall be turned over to the Tax Collector of the City of Winooski for collection, together with legal addition and fees.

History

Source. Added 1935, No. 275 , § 1; amended 1961, No. 338 , § 1; 1965, No. 216 , § 1; 1987, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess), § 1(6).

§ 23-10. Taxes; payment.

On the first day of each and every month, the Treasurer of the City shall pay to the Treasurer of the School District all monies collected by the City Treasurer and belonging to the school district by virtue of this charter, after deducting therefrom one-half of one percent of the amount to be retained and paid over to the City as compensation for the expenses of collection and which shall be in lieu of all other fees provided by law for the collection of the taxes.

History

Source. Added 1961, No. 338 , § 2; amended 1987, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(7).

§ 23-11. Voters; qualification.

The qualifications of a voter in the District shall be the same as the qualifications of a voter in the City of Winooski (Appendix D).

History

Source. Added 1935, No. 275 , § 2.

§ 23-12. Severability.

If any provisions of this charter are held invalid, the other provisions of this charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of this charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of the charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

History

Source. Added 1987, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(9).

§ 23-13. Applicability; State statutes.

If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be controlled by State statutes, the reference to the State statute shall apply to the statute as amended or renumbered, or any statute substituted therefor and having similar subject matter.

History

Source. Added 1987, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(10).

§ 23-14. Public act; effective date.

This charter and its amendments shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect from its passage.

History

Source. Added 1872, No. 122 , § 6.

§ 23-15. Sale of real or personal property.

The Board of School Trustees may authorize the sale of real or personal estate belonging to the District in the same manner as the Winooski City Council is authorized under the provisions of section 5.12 of the Winooski City Charter (Appendix E).

History

Source. Added 1995, No. M-1, § 3.

§ 23-16. Professional audit.

The Board of School Trustees shall annually contract for a professional audit of all District financial accounts. The audit report shall be published as part of the District's annual report. Copies of the audit report shall be available for public inspection upon acceptance by the Board. This provision shall be in lieu of electing local officials.

History

Source. Added 1995, No. M-1, § 4.

§ 23-17. District Treasurer.

The School District Treasurer shall:

Deposit in the school account school tax levies paid over and received, as well as State education spending payments and all other State and federal public education payments.
Serve as a member of the board of abatement.
Keep an account and registry of monies, bonds, notes, and evidences of debt paid or delivered to or issued by the School District, and monies received and disbursed for the School District, which accounts shall be open to the inspection of persons interested.
Invest and reinvest monies received on behalf of the School District with the approval of the Board of School Trustees.
Keep uniform accounts.
Appoint an Assistant District Treasurer and revoke any such appointment at any time, and file notice of the appointment and revocation with the School District clerk and School Board of Trustees.
Keep a record showing the amount of taxes voted for the support of the School District.
Pay orders drawn by the Board of School Trustees, keeping a record thereof.
Settle with the person conducting the audit required under section 23-16 of this chapter 30 days prior to each annual School District meeting and at such other times as the Board of School Trustees may require.
Upon retirement or resignation, immediately pay over to his or her successor all funds in his or her possession belonging to the School District, together with all official books and records.
Keep in a separate bank account all monies appropriated or given for the use of the School District.
Procure and maintain a personal bond in such sum as the Board of School Trustees shall determine, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the School District Treasurer's duties.
Prepare an annual report and deliver the same to the Board of School Trustees within 60 days following the close of the School District's fiscal year.
Added 2011, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 3, 2012.

Editor's note - 2004. The following appendices represent sections of the Winooski City charter that were incorporated by reference in the Winooski School District charter.

Historical Citation

Appendices

Appendix A

§ 7.1. City elections

Regular elections. Annually on the first Tuesday in March, a meeting of the legal voters of said City shall be held at seven o'clock in the forenoon at a place to be designated by the City Council. Notice of said meeting shall be posted in at least three public places within said City not less than 14 days nor more than 25 days prior thereto. Such notices shall be signed by the City Clerk and in case of the Clerk's failure to do so, by the Mayor. If the annual meeting shall fail to be held for want of notice, the officers of the City may, at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose. The several officers shall be elected by ballot, using the Australian system, and the ballot boxes shall remain open until seven o'clock in the afternoon for all offices and on all other questions to be voted upon, notwithstanding any State law to the contrary.

Appendix B

§ 7.2. Nominations in general

Nominations for the office of Mayor and Councilor shall be made by petitions which shall be filed with the City Clerk not less than 30 days nor more than 40 days before an annual City election or a special City election called for that purpose. The petition shall state the name of the candidate, the candidate's residence and the office sought and shall be signed by at least 50 legal voters of said City qualified to vote at the time the petition is filed. The petitions shall contain no party designations. A person shall not sign more than one petition for each office to be filled. The City Clerk shall cause the names of the persons so nominated to be printed on a ballot in alphabetical arrangement according to surname and sample ballots shall be posted in at least three public places at least ten days before election.

Appendix C

§ 7.1. City elections

(d) Checklist. Preceding each annual or special meeting of said City the City Council shall, at least 15 days before the annual or special City meeting, prepare and correct, except as herein otherwise provided, in the manner provided for the preparation and correction of checklists to be used in town meetings, and shall forthwith cause copies of such list to be posted by or under the direction of the City Clerk in two or more public places in such City and a copy to be filed in the City Clerk's office.

Appendix D

§ 7.1. City elections

(b) Qualified voters. The qualifications of voters in the City meetings shall be the same as those prescribed by law for voters in town meetings.

Appendix E

§ 5.12. Property sales and leases

The City Council may authorize the sale of real or personal estate belonging to the City when the same shall not exceed in value ten thousand dollars, or may lease the same for a term not exceeding one year and all conveyances, grants and leases of any such real estate shall be executed by the Mayor and sealed with the City seal. The voters, at a duly warned annual or special City meeting, may authorize the sale of real or personal property belonging to the City when the value exceeds ten thousand dollars except for those sales provided for in subsection (c) of this section.
The City shall have the authority to purchase real estate for the purpose of development. The purchase of such property must be approved by resolution of the City Council.
The City Council may authorize the sale of real estate, belonging to the City, that exceeds ten thousand dollars in value, provided that such property was acquired for development purposes and that such transfer is made to the Winooski Community Development Corporation. Such transfers shall be executed by the Mayor and sealed with the City seal.
Added 2011, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 3, 2012.

Westminster 20%

Grafton 5%

Rockingham 75%

Member 1900 Population Number of

District from U.S. Census School Board Members

Village of Essex Junction 8,396 3 Members

Town of Essex 8,102 3 Members

Village of Essex Junction - 8,396 residence = 3 members

Town of Essex - 8,102 residence = 3 members

The initial representation shall be as follows:

Greensboro Town = 6 members

Stannard Town = 2 members

Schedule:

1988 - 2 Greensboro (1 yr. terms)

- 1 Stannard - 2 Greensboro (2 yr. terms)

- 1 Stannard - 2 Greensboro (3 yr. terms)

1989 - 0 Stannard - 2 Greensboro (3 yr. terms)

1990 - 1 Stannard - 2 Greensboro (3 yr. terms)

Article 1.

Article 2.

Article 3.

Article 4.

Article 5.

Article 6.

Article 7.

Article 8.

Article 9.

Article 10.

Pawlet Rupert

2 Two-year 1 Two year

2 Two-year 1 Two year

1 Three-year 1 Three year

Item #1 - Clarendon and Wallingford school districts are considered necessary to the establishment of the proposed union.

Item #2 - The addition of the school district of Shrewsbury is considered advisable in the establishment of the proposed union.

Item #3 - The class of school to be operated in the proposed union is a union school, grades 7 through 12.

Item #4 - The new school will be located in the town of Clarendon. The capacity of the school as planned will be 700 pupils at a cost of $2,500,00.00 - $3,000,000.00.

Item #5a - The union will transport students in grades 7 through 12 for member towns.

Item #5b - Teaching Staff - The proposed union will have an adequate teaching staff in order to take care of individual student needs.

Item #5c - Curriculum (enclosed)

Item #6 - Indebtedness - None

Item #7 - Properties to be acquired from member districts - None

Item #8 - The allocation of capital and operating expenses among the member districts will be based on the enrolled pupils from each district and in accordance with Vermont state laws. Section 711 of Title 16 Vermont statutes annotated.

Item #9 - Board of School Directors - Each member district shall be entitled to one member of the Board of School Directors of the Union School District for each 100 students, or fraction thereof, residing in a member district and enrolled in the Union School District on the fortieth school day of the year preceding the annual Union School District election. Each member district shall have at least one representative on the Union Board in any event.

Item #10 - Term of office shall be as follows:

Shrewsbury - 1-3-year term to expire 3/77

Wallingford - 1-2-year term to expire 3/76

Wallingford - 1-3-year term to expire 3/77

Clarendon - 1-2-year term to expire 3/76

Clarendon - 1-3-year term to expire 3/77

Item #11 - The union proposal will be submitted to the voters on Tuesday, November 27, 1973.

Barre Town - 7,093 = 3 members

Barre City - 9,824 = 4 members

July 1, 1988 - 1 Barre Town - 2 Barre City expire

July 1, 1989 - 1 Barre Town - 1 Barre City expire

July 1, 1990 - 1 Barre Town - 1 Barre City expire

Pre 1987 Elementary School

Appraised value $1,694,400, no Capital Debt

1987 Addition to Elementary School

Total bonded indebtedness $820,000

Amount retired by 6/30/89 $151,250

Net indebtedness, 6/30/89 $668,750

*Estimated

1,172,524.3 or 69.2 % from Vergennes

136,384 or 11 % from Waltham

335,491.2 or 19.8 % from Panton

1,694,400.0 TOTAL

104,655 or 69.2 % from Vergennes

16,637.5 or 11 % from Waltham

29,947.5 or 19.8 % from Panton

151,250 TOTAL

1 Panton 1 Vergennes (2 yr. Term)

1 Waltham 1 Vergennes (3 yr. Term)

The Waterbury and Duxbury School Districts are necessary to the establishment of the proposed union, for the purpose of serving grades K-8.

There are no additional districts which the committee considers advisable to be included in the proposed union.

The proposed union will operate schools serving students in grades K through 8, but the two districts would remain members of the Harwood Union High School District for grades 9 through 12.

The proposed union would build a new middle school serving approximately 400 students in grades five through eight. The facility of approximately 62,000 square feet would cost an estimated $5,360,000.00, less anticipated state aid of 50%.

At the time the union is formed, the union shall assume the outstanding amount of the Waterbury School District debt for recent accessibility modifications made to the Waterbury Elementary School. (As of April 1, 1994: $89,340.00)

The union shall acquire the contents of the current Waterbury Elementary School at no cost.

The union shall acquire the contents of the current Duxbury Elementary School at no cost.

The union shall acquire land suitable for the new middle school, located in Duxbury, at no cost.

The union shall acquire from the Waterbury School District what is currently known as the Waterbury Elementary School and the lot of land on which it stands, owned by the school district and located within the area bound by Stowe Street, High Street, Armory Drive, and Hillcrest Terrace. The cost of this acquisition shall be $644,000.00, and it shall be borne by the Duxbury School District.

If the communities' respective interests in any union assets need to be determined at any given time, they shall be determined by the ratio of each school district's equalized grand list in the prior school year.

Capital expenses and operating expenses shall be allocated by the ratio of each school district's equalized grand list in the prior school year. The intent of this allocation method is to equalize the cost of education to all taxpayers of the union regardless of the school district of residence.

The Board of Directors of the proposed union school district shall have five members, three of whom will be Waterbury residents, elected by the Waterbury School District, one of whom will be a Duxbury resident, elected by the Duxbury School District, and one of whom will be a resident of the proposed union, elected at large by both school districts. The at-large board member will be elected by Australian ballot at each school district's annual meeting. For the purpose of election of the at-large member, the Waterbury Town Clerk will act as the clerk of the union district.

Initial election to a one-year term: One Waterbury member.

Initial election to a two-year term: One Waterbury member.

The at-large member.

Initial election to a three-year term: One Waterbury member.

The Duxbury member.

The proposal will be submitted to the voters on June 16, 1994.

Continued existence of the union is contingent upon approval by voters of the withdrawal of Waterbury and Duxbury seventh and eighth graders from Harwood Union High School, and approval by voters of construction and financing of a new middle school to serve students of the proposed union.

The annual budget of the union shall be voted by Australian ballot at the member school district's annual meeting. The ballots shall be commingled.

PART 3 Union School District Articles of Agreement

CHAPTER 31. BELLOWS FALLS UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #27

2006 Adoption Note.

1966 Grafton, Westminster and Rockingham each voted to form a union school district and agreed to articles which have since been amended in Article 1(d).

1969 The town school district of Athens requested and was granted admission to the Union District.

1982 Article 1(d) amended.

ARTICLE 1.

To see if the voters of the Town School District shall vote to join the Towns of Rockingham/Grafton and Westminster for the purpose of forming a Union High School District pursuant to the authority contained in Title 16, Chapter 11, Subchapter 2, of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, said Union High School District to be organized and operated in accordance with the provisions of said statutes except as modified by the following agreements entered into by the school districts forming said Union High School.

Type of High School. Said Union High School District shall operate as a high school, having a four (4) year course consisting of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.

Transportation Expense. The expense of transportation of pupils from such Town to the school shall be a matter for each Town and shall not be part of the Union District's expense.

Tuition Pupils. The Union High School will accept tuition pupils, other than those prescribed by the State Board of Education, in Grades 9-12. when this is to the advantage of its educational program.

Board of School Directors. The School Board for said Union High School 27 shall consist of five (5) members from Rockingham, three (3) members from Westminster, one (1) member from Grafton, and one (1) member from Athens.

Student. Student enrollment shall only include students residing in a member district and enrolled for the whole or a part of a given year as of October 1, of any school year in Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.

Apportionment of Expenses. All expenses, excluding transportation, but including building and maintaining and operating said Union High School District, and including the cost of architects, surveyors, contractors, lawyers and educational or other consultants or experts; the purchase price of a site for a Union High School, as well as current operating expenses to be incurred by the Union District from its organization until its first annual meeting shall be divided among the member districts in the proportion which the student enrollment, as above defined, in each member district for the previous school year bears to the total number of student enrollment, as above defined, and for said year in all Districts provided, however, that said ratio for the first two year's operation shall be as follows:

Procedure for Future Amendments. No amendment to the Articles of Agreement arrived at after the organization of the Union High School District adopted by a majority of the legal voters present and voting of each member district at a Special of Annual Meeting, duly warned.

CHAPTER 33. BLACK RIVER UNION HIGH DISTRICT #39

2006 Adoption Note.

1973 Mount Holly and Ludlow each voted to form a union school district and agreed to an article, which has since been amended in (b), and an expenditure account and final report.

2005 Item (b) amended.

ARTICLE I

Shall the Town School District of Mount Holly, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed union school district, join with the Town School District of Ludlow, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed union school district, for the purpose of forming a union school district, as provided in Title 16, Vermont Statutes Annotated, upon the following conditions and agreements:

The Union School District shall operate and manage schools offering instruction in grades 7 through 12.

Effective April 12, 2006, the Union School Board will be apportioned based on the combined population of the member school Districts, as determined by the 2000 United States Census. The number of School Directors from each member school District within the union school district will be determined by dividing the population of each member school district by one-sixth (the initial number of total School Board Directors) of the total aggregate population of the member school districts within the Union School District. The results of this division shall be rounded to the nearest whole number. Beginning with the 2010 United States Census and thereafter, the school Board shall be reapportioned based upon the above formula, provided however, that the Board of School Directors may adjust the total membership of the Board in order to assure proportional representation. At no time will a member school district have less than one school director on the union school board.

The term of office of each Director of the proposed union shall be for a period of three years; provided however that the initial Board shall be elected as follows:

Two Directors from Ludlow to be elected to serve until the second annual meeting of said Board.

Two Directors from Ludlow to be elected to serve until the third annual meeting of said Board.

Two Directors from Ludlow to be elected to serve until the fourth annual meeting of said Board.

One Director from Mount Holly to be elected to serve until the third annual meeting of said Board.

One Director from Mount Holly to be elected to serve until the fourth annual meeting of said Board.

All classifications of expenditure accounts and all series numbers hereinafter referred are taken from "State Educational Records and Repots Series: Handbook II OE 22017, Financial Accounting for Local and State School Systems, Standard Receipt and Expenditure Accounts, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education" to which handbook reference is hereby made. The term ADM (average daily membership) shall be defined as the average enrollment of resident pupils of the District attending the Union School for the first thirty (30) days of a school year in which school was actually in session; it is the quotient obtained by dividing by 30 the aggregate membership of resident pupils in the school District during the first 30 days in which the school was actually in session, but excluding pupils whose education is paid for by the Department of Welfare and this includes, but is not limited to, the children of a group foster home, educational programs, counseling and other creative and recreational programs for the purpose of serving underprivileged children.

Expenditure Accounts

The Union shall budget and pay its own expenses independently of the Ludlow Elementary School District, and the Ludlow Elementary School District shall budget and pay its own expenses independently of the Union. This includes all of the following accounts: 100 Administration, 200 Instruction, 300 Attendance Services, 640d Telephone and Telegraph, 820c Liability, 820d Fidelity Bond, 1000 Student Body Activities, 1100 Community Services, 1200 Capital Outlay, 1400 Outgoing Transfer, and 730a Replacement of Instructional Equipment.

610b Custodial services shall be provided the Union by the Ludlow Elementary School District and all employees shall be exclusively employed by the Ludlow Elementary School District and shall be under the exclusive control of the Ludlow Elementary School District.

620 The contracted services for the Black River High School building shall be allocated 100% to the Union and shall be allocated between the member districts on a per pupil basis using ADM.

The contracted services for the elementary school building, and industrial arts building and the yard areas, parking areas and playing fields appurtenant to all the above buildings, including the Black River High School building, shall be allocated between the Union and Ludlow Elementary School District on a student-hour basis per school day using ADM, and shall be allocated between the member districts of the Union on a per pupil basis using ADM. This includes all of the following accounts: 720b Building-Contracted Services, 720c Repair of Equipment-Contracted Services, 740b Other Expenses for Buildings, 740c Repair of Equipment-Other Expenses, 740d Manufacture of Replacement Equipment, 820a Property Insurance, and 1300 Debt Service and 1200 Architectural Service - (Net after state aid).

400 Health services provided by the Union shall be allocated among the member districts on a per pupil basis using ADM. This includes all of the following accounts: 500 pupil Transportation Services, 650a Custodial Supplies 650b Supplies - Operation of Vehicles, 650d Other Supplies - Operation of Plant, 630 Heat for Building, 640a Water and Sewage, 640b Electricity, 720a Grounds - Contracted Services, and 740a Other Expenses for Grounds.

810b Social Security - same as 100 series, except for professional personnel utilized by both the Union and the Ludlow Elementary School District for which costs shall be allocated on a student-hour basis per school day using ADM.

820b Workman's Compensation

Nonprofessional personnel - same as 400 series.

Professional personnel - same as 810b series.

900 Food services budget figure to be determined on a per cent basis of the previous year's participation.

Final Report. The provisions of the final report approved by the State Board of Education on the 22nd day of May, 1973 which is on file in the town Clerk's office, shall govern the Union District.

Final Report

The school Districts of Ludlow and Mount Holly are necessary to the establishment of the proposed Union.

There are no additional school Districts the Committee considers advisable to be included in the proposed union.

The Union shall be established for a class grade level from seven through twelve.

No new schools are necessary to be constructed.

The initial curriculum to be provided for grades seven through twelve shall be as outlined in Appendix A. As soon as practicable after the election of Union School Directors, the initial curriculum shall be re-examined and changes made as deemed necessary.

Initially, the present teaching staff of the Ludlow School District, grade levels seven through twelve, shall be utilized, where possible. As soon as practicable after the election of Union School Directors, the teaching staff shall be re-examined and changes made as deemed necessary.

The Union shall provide transportation. This provision is a specific condition of this report and shall not be rescinded or amended except by a majority vote of both member Districts at special or annual meetings being warned therefor.

The Union shall provide transportation in accordance with the transportation policy outlined in Appendix B. This provision is a specific condition of this report and shall not be rescinded or amended except by a majority vote of both member districts at a special or annual meeting being warned therefor.

The Union shall not assume the indebtedness of the proposed member Districts.

The Union shall not acquire any properties of the proposed member Districts. The union shall have exclusive use and possession of the Black River High School building in Ludlow, Vermont and also the nonexclusive use and possession, in common with the Ludlow School District, of the elementary school building, industrial arts building and Black River High School gymnasium and yard areas, parking areas and playing fields appurtenant thereto in Ludlow, Vermont, all owned by the Ludlow School District.

The allocation of capital and operating expenses of the Union among member districts shall be made in accordance with Appendix C.

Each proposed member District shall be entitled to one member on the Union School Board per fifty pupils or fraction thereof attending said Union School for said member District; provided however that, in the event this would result in a Board of more than eighteen members, then and in that event said Board shall be limited to eighteen members, with each member school District being entitled to representation on said Board in the same proportion that students from said member District represent to the total attendance of said Union School.

The term of office of each Director of the proposed union shall be for a period of three years; provided however that the initial Board shall be elected as follows:

Two Directors from Ludlow to be elected to serve until July 1, following the second annual meeting of said Board.

Two Directors from Ludlow to be elected to serve until July 1, following the third annual meeting of said Board.

Two Directors from Ludlow to be elected to serve until July 1, following the fourth annual meeting of said Board.

One Director from Mount Holly to be elected to serve until July 1, following the third annual meeting of said Board.

One Director from Mount Holly to be elected to serve until July 1, following the fourth annual meeting of said Board.

All students in the Mount Holly School District currently enrolled in a public school, other than the Black River High School in Ludlow, and entering grade level twelve in September, 1973, shall be permitted to continue in that school for the 1973-74 school year and shall not be included in ADM, as defined in Appendix C, for that year.

This Union proposal shall be submitted to the voters of the school Districts of Mount Holly and of Ludlow on , 1973.

CHAPTER 35. BLUE MOUNTAIN UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #21

2006 Adoption Note.

1964 Groton, Ryegate and Wells River each voted yes on the following article:

Shall the School District join in the formation of a union school district, as provided by law to consist of the town school districts of Groton and Ryegate and the Wells River Graded School District, subject to the following agreement concerning the board of school directors of such union district:

Board of School Directors. The board of school directors of the union school district shall consist of eight members, with three members coming from Groton, three from Ryegate, and two from Wells River.

CHAPTER 37. BRATTLEBORO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #6

2006 Adoption Note.

1956 Brattleboro and Vernon each voted yes on the articles of agreement. Guilford and Putney also voted yes but voted not to send their 7th and 8th grade students to the Union District School.

1956 The Town School District of Dumerston requested and was granted admission to Union District Number 6 for grades 7-12.

2000 Articles of agreement were changed regarding apportionment of expenses.

ARTICLE 1

In the event, and only in the event that the Town School District of the Town of Brattleboro votes in favor of entering a Union Junior-Senior High School District, to see if the voters of the Town will vote to consolidate with one or more of the following neighboring school districts - Brattleboro, Dummerston, Guilford, Putney or Newfane, for the purpose of forming and of becoming a member District in a Union Junior-Senior High School District pursuant to the authority contained in No. 202 of the Acts of 1953 as amended, said Union Junior-Senior High School District to be organized and operated in accordance with the provisions of said act except as modified by the following agreements entered into by the school districts forming said Union Junior-Senior High School District:

Said Union Junior-Senior High School District shall provide six years of secondary school education in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 for all towns which vote to become members of the Union Junior-Senior High School District.

Said junior-senior high school shall provide school facilities for grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 such facilities to be located within the territorial limits of the Town of Brattleboro.

The Union Junior-Senior High School District shall provide such transportation as is necessary to transport Union Junior-Senior High School District pupils in grades 7 through 12 to and from Union Junior-Senior High School District schools, such transportation to be limited to the transporting of pupils to and from such central points in member district towns and such other central points as shall be determined by the Union Junior-Senior High School District Board of School Directors.

Student enrollment shall consist of all students residing in a member District and enrolled for the whole or a part of given school year in grades 7 through 12, or enrolled for all or part of such year in said grades in any other school within said member District or elsewhere, except that students attending the 7th through 12th grades of a parochial or private school, including Leland and Grey Seminary, shall not be included, nor shall there be included students attending the 7th and 8th grades in those member Districts which before the July 1, 1956, have voted not to send their 7th and 8th grade students to said Union Junior-Senior High School District schools. In the event that a member District shall vote, subsequent to July 1, 1956, to send its 7th and 8th grade students to the Union Junior-Senior High School District schools and such vote is approved by the Union Junior-Senior High School District, upon the recommendation of the Board of School Directors of the Union Junior-Senior High School District, then such member District shall send its 7th and 8th grade students to the Union Junior-Senior High School District Schools and the student enrollment of such member District, as above defined, shall be amended so as to include such 7th and 8th grade students therein.

All expenses of the Junior High School grades 7 and 8, including transportation, building, maintaining and operating expenses shall be shared by and charged to the member Districts in the proportion which the grade 7 and 8 student enrollment as above defined, in each member District for the previous school year bears to the total number of grade 7 and 8 student enrollment, as above defined, for said year in all the Districts. All expenses of the High School grades 9 through 12, including transportation, building, maintaining and operating expenses shall be shared by and charged to the member Districts in the proportion which the grades 9 through 12 student enrollment as above defined, in each member District for the previous school year bears to the total number of grades 9 through 12 student enrollment, as above defined, for said year in all the Districts.

The School Board of said Union Junior-Senior High School District shall consist of Directors to be nominated by the member Districts at their respective annual meetings and elected at the annual Union Junior-Senior High School District meeting. Each member District shall be entitled to one Director for each 100 students or fractional part thereof, students to be counted on the basis of student enrollment, as above defined for the previous school year. It is further provided that a member District shall be entitled to a Director only if the student enrollment, as above defined, for the previous school year for that member District was 20 or more. Temporary School Directors to serve for the period of time from the formation of this Union Junior-Senior High School District up to the first annual meeting of this Union Junior-Senior High School District shall be elected from the nominees of the respective member Districts, said temporary school Directors to be nominated prior to the first meeting of the Union Junior-Senior High School District called by the Commissioner of Education, as provided for in No. 202 of the Acts of 1953, as amended. Alternate school Directors may be nominated and elected in the same manner.

The Town School District of the Town of Brattleboro shall lease its present High School plant to the Union Junior-Senior High School District for an annual rental, payable on or before April 15 and October 15, sufficient to retire the bonds issued by the School District of the Town of Brattleboro against this property as they become due, plus a sum sufficient so that said bonds, the Union Junior-Senior High School District shall have paid to the School District of Brattleboro the total sum of $950,000, which is adjudged to be the fair market value of this property at this time, plus interest at 1 percent per annum on the outstanding balance due over the period of the lease, and the Town Clerk of Brattleboro, at such time as the total sum of $950,000, plus interest is paid to the School District of Brattleboro by the Union Junior-Senior High School District shall transfer by deed the present Brattleboro High School Property of the School District of Brattleboro, including the grandstand, to the Union Junior-Senior High School District.

CHAPTER 39. CASTLETON-HUBBARDTON UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #42

2006 Adoption Note.

1987 Castleton and Hubbardton voted yes to the following articles.

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT

The districts to be included in the proposed Union are Castleton and Hubbardton.

Due to transportation, spatial and geographic considerations, no other district will participate in the union.

The proposed union will operate grades K-8.

There will be no need for the construction of a new school to accommodate the proposed union. The existing facilities in Castleton will be acquired by the proposed union.

Transportation will be provided by the individual districts and their Boards.

The teaching staff and curriculum that is presently in existence in the Castleton District on July 1, 1988 will be assumed by the proposed Union. The proposed Union shall assume all rights and obligations of the Castleton School District under all master and individual contracts of employment on July 1, 1988.

There shall be no debt assumed by the proposed union from the Hubbardton District.

The proposed union shall assume the debt incurred by the Castleton District as of June 30, 1988 as defined on the addendum attached hereto.

The Hubbardton School District, having no properties to contribute to the proposed union, will buy a percentage of the Castleton District. This in turn would be turned over to the proposed Union along with Castleton's share.

The valuation of these properties is agreed to be $2,108,000.

Hubbardton shall acquire its share of the Castleton properties by:

paying to the Castleton School District 10% of the agreed value of buildings and properties owned by the Castleton School District, less debt owed by the Castleton School District as of July 1, 1988.

paying to the Castleton School District 8% of $135,200.00 which is the insured value of the contents and inventory. (See attached statement of values.)

Five years after the school year in which the Union is effected, figure a. shall be adjusted to directly represent the actual percentage of the Hubbardton student population of the total Union student population at that time. Said adjustment shall be made by either an additional payment by Hubbardton to Castleton or a rebate from Castleton to Hubbardton. Neither party shall be charged interest during the interim.

Capital and operating expenses shall be "divided among the two member districts in proportion which the student enrollment in each member district for the previous year bears to the total number of the students for that year enrolled in all the districts together." (Chapter 11 Article 3, Section 711) October 15 shall be the date for yearly evaluation.

The directors of the proposed union shall be elected in compliance with requirements as defined in Chapter 11, Title 16, Section 706e.

The directors shall be apportioned between Castleton and Hubbardton so that there be a director for each 350 registered voters or part thereof as listed on the check list of each Town in effect on October 15 of the year preceding the year of election of directors.

All directors shall, by the third year of the proposed Union, have three-year terms. The first two elections shall have staggered terms in compliance with Chapter 11, Title 16, Section 706b(10), and 706m.

The proposed Union shall be submitted to the voters for approval March 3, 1987.

If passed, the proposed union will assume control of Castleton School on and not before July l, 1988.

CHAPTER 41. CHAMPLAIN VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #15

2006 Adoption Note.

1962 Hinesburg, Williston and Shelburne each voted yes on the articles below.

1962 Charlotte requested and was granted permission to join the Union District.

ARTICLE I

Shall the town school district join in the formation of a union high school district, as provided by law, to consist of the town school districts of Hinesburg, Williston and Shelburne, each of said districts to have a representation of two on the joint school board?

ARTICLE II

Subject to affirmative vote of Article I, to designate two nominees to be representatives of the town school district on the board of school directors of the proposed union high school district, to serve until July 1 following the first annual meeting of such union high school district.

CHAPTER 43. CHESTER-ANDOVER UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #29

2006 Adoption Note.

1966 Andover and Chester each voted to accept the articles of agreement below.

1968 Andover and Chester voted to reduce the number of grades in the union district from 1-8 to 1-6.

ARTICLE I

Shall the Town School District join in the formation of a Union Elementary School District, as provided by law, to consist of the Town School Districts of Andover and Chester, subject to the following agreements as to the operation of such Union District.

Type of elementary school. The Union Elementary School District shall operate as an elementary school having courses in grades one through eight.

Location. The Union Elementary School, grades one through six, shall be located on the nine acre Chester Elementary School site on Main Street in Chester, Vermont.

Board of School Directors. The Board of School Directors of the Union Elementary School District shall consist of one member from the Town of Andover and four members from the Town of Chester.

Transportation. The elementary school students will be transported from each member district, and the cost of such transportation will be treated as a part of the operating expense of the Union Elementary School District.

Student Enrollment. Student enrollment shall only include all students residing in a member district and enrolled on October 15 of any school year in grades one through six.

Apportionment of Operating Expenses. The net operating cost of the Union Elementary School District, including operation and maintenance costs, after deduction of tuition receipts, State Aid, and other income, shall be pro rated among the member districts in the same proportion which the student enrollment, as above defined, bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.

Apportionment of Bonded Indebtedness. Andover's annual share of the bonded indebtedness, including the present Chester Elementary School Bond and Bonding for the Proposed Addition, shall be 10% from the date of the acceptance of this agreement to the final payment on the Bond for the Proposed Addition to the Chester Elementary School.

CHAPTER 45. CURRIER MEMORIAL UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #23

2006 Adoption Note.

1964 Mount Tabor and Danby each voted yes on the following article:

Shall the town school district join in the formation of a union school district as provided by law to consist of the town school districts of Mount Tabor and Danby, the representation on the union school district board to be one member from the Mount Tabor town school district and three members from the Danby town school district.

1984 According to the superintendent's office, the structure of the union school district board was changed in 1984 to be five members from Danby and two members from Mount Tabor. However, we were unable to find a record of a vote on this change.

CHAPTER 47. ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION CENTER UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #46

2006 Adoption Note.

1995 Essex Junction Incorporated School District the Essex Town School District both voted yes to the following articles and final report:

Shall the Essex Junction School District/Essex Town School District, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed Union High School District, join with the Essex Town School District/Essex Junction School District, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed Union High School District, for the purpose of forming a Union High School District, as provided in Title 16, Vermont Statutes Annotated, upon the following conditions and agreements:

The Union High School District shall operate and manage high school, offering instruction in grades nine through twelve, and the regional technical center.

The Union High School District School Board representation shall be on a per capita basis with one school Board member for every 4,000 residents, or any portion thereof, in a given member District based on the most recent decennial census. The initial representation shall be as follows:

The representation shall be subject to reapportionment following each decennial census.

Annual capital and operating expenses of the Union High School District shall be allocated on a per pupil basis using the most current first 40 day average daily membership enrollment as reported to the State Department of Education, excluding the regional technical center enrollment.

The Union High School District shall assume the indebtedness, and acquire the school properties, as specified in the final report.

The provisions of the final report approved by the State Board of Education on the eighteenth day of April, 1995, which is on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Essex Junction School District, Incorporated, shall govern the Union High School District.

Final Report

706b(3) The class of schools to be operated.

The class of school to be operated will be grades nine through twelve, including the regional vocational-technical education center.

706b(4) The cost and general location of any proposed new schools to be constructed.

No new construction is planned upon formation of the proposed union.

706b(5) The transportation, teaching staff and curriculum to be provided.

Any transportation of students to and from the Union High School shall be the responsibility of each member District at its own discretion.

The negotiated agreements and individual contracts for Essex Junction Educational Center administrators, instructional and support staff shall be honored by the Union High School District until the expiration of the existing agreements/contracts or until the Union High School District Board and the staff organizations represented negotiate new agreements/contracts.

The curriculum to be offered shall be the current Essex Junction Educational Center curriculum with any amendments made by the Essex Junction Prudential Committee before the Union High School District is formed or by the Union High School Board after the Union High School District is formed.

706b(6) The indebtedness of the proposed member districts which the union shall assume.

The Union High School District shall not assume the indebtedness of the proposed member Districts, except as necessary to replace the roof of the Essex Junction Educational Center if required prior to the effective date of the Union.

706b(7) The specific properties of proposed member Districts which the Union is to acquire, their valuation, and how the union shall pay for them.

The specific properties which the Union is to acquire are the buildings and the land known as the Essex Junction Educational Center (the high school, technical center, skating facility, including the contents appropriate to the function of these facilities and the office building).

The valuation of said property is set at Thirteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($13,500,000.00). The Essex Town School District will pay the Essex Junction School District Six Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($6,750,000.00) as its share of these facilities and properties, to be funded with the proceeds of bonds issued in accordance with 24 V.S.A. Ch. 53. This union is dependent upon the Essex Town Citizens approving this bond. Upon receipt of this payment, the Essex Junction School District will convey the above mentioned facilities and properties to the Union High School District.

706b(8) The allocation of capital and operating expenses of the union among the member districts.

Annual capital and operating expenses of the Union High School District shall be allocated on a per pupil basis using the most current first 40 day average Daily Membership enrollment as reported to the State Department of Education, excluding the Technical Center enrollment.

706b(9) The method of apportioning the representation which each proposed member District shall have on the Union School Board. The Union School Board shall have no more than eighteen members, and each member District shall be entitled to at least one representative.

The Union High School District Board Representation shall be on a per capita basis - one Board member for every 4,000 residents or any portion thereof in a given member District based on the most recent decennial census.

The initial representation shall be as follows:

The representation shall be subject to reapportionment following each decennial census.

706b(10) The term of Office of Directors initially elected shall be arranged so that one-third expire on the day of the second annual meeting of the respective Districts, one-third on the day of the third annual meeting of the respective Districts, and one-third on the day of the fourth annual meeting of the respective Districts, or as near to that proportion as possible.

The term of Office of Directors initially elected shall be arranged so that one Director's term from each member District will expire on the day of the second annual meeting of the respective Districts, one Director's term from each member District will expire on the day of the third annual meeting of the respective Districts, and one Director's term from each member District will expire on the day of the fourth annual meeting of the respective Districts.

706b(11) The date on which the union proposal will be submitted to the voters.

The Union High School District proposal shall be submitted to the voters of Essex Junction School District and Essex Town School District on 6/6/95.

706b(12) Any other matters which the Committee considers pertinent.

Tuition students from Essex Town who will be juniors and seniors attending present State approved tuition receiving schools in the 1995-96 school year may elect to complete their studies and graduate from these same schools with allowable tuition being paid by the Essex Town School District. These students will not be counted in determining the initial allocation of capital and operating expenses unless designated as Special Education students of the Union High School District.

The Union High School shall be known as the Essex Community Educational Center.

It is recommended that the newly formed Union High School District be assigned by the State Board of Education to the Chittenden Central Supervisory Union.

The Chair person of the Union High School District Board shall be a voting member of the Union School Board.

If the vote on 6/6/95 is affirmed by both districts then the newly elected School Board shall take office at the time of the organization meeting. The Board's first order of business will be to commence planning and take the necessary actions to cause the Union High School to be operational for the fall of 1996.

CHAPTER 49. FAIR HAVEN UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #16

2006 Adoption Note.

1962 Fair Haven, Orwell, and Benson voted yes on the articles below.

1963 Castleton and West Haven requested and were granted permission to join the union district school.

Shall the town school district join in the formation of a union high school district, as provided by law, to consist of the town school districts of Fair Haven, Orwell, and Benson, subject to the following agreements as to the operation of such union district:

The union high school district shall operate as a high school having a four-year course consisting of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12;

The union high school shall be located in the building presently occupied by the Fair Haven High School, in the Town of Fair Haven, and any additions thereto that the union district may from time to time provide;

Following the organization of the union high school district, the board of school directors of the Town of Fair Haven Town School District will enter into an arrangement with the union high school district to lease the school district for an annual sum to equal the annual interest cost and bond redemption requirements on the bond issue against the present high school building, for the remaining life of said bonds, by the terms of which lease arrangement the union high school district will upon final liquidation of said bonded debt acquire title to said building, and school lot;

The school board of the union high school district shall consist of one member from each member district for each 50 students or fraction thereof, calculated as in subsection (f) of this agreement. Each member district shall have at least one member on the union high school district board of school directors;

The high school students will be transported from each member district, and the cost of such transportation will be treated as a part of the operating expense of the union high school, and paid for by the union high school district;

Student enrollment shall include all students residing in a member district, and enrolled on October 15 of any school year, in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 in a public school, except that a student from any member district who is enrolled in grade 11 or 12 in a public school outside the union district on October 15 of the calendar year his district votes to become a member of the union high school district shall not be included in this student enrollment, unless he subsequently attends the said union high school;

All expenses, including the costs of architects, surveyors, contractors, lawyers, and educational or other consultants or experts, as well as current operating expenses to be incurred by the union high school district from the time of its organization meeting to the time the union high school district shall take over the operation of the high school, shall be pro-rated among the several member districts according to student enrollment;

The net operating costs of the union high school district, including building, operation and maintenance costs, after deduction of tuition receipts and other accruing income, shall be pro-rated among the several member districts in the same proportion which the student enrollment, as defined in this agreement, bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts;

The effective date for the commencement of the operation of the union high school shall be July 1, 1963.

CHAPTER 51. FLOOD BROOK UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #20

2006 Adoption Note.

1965 Landgrove and Londonderry each voted yes on the articles below. Later in the year Weston requested and was granted permission to join the Union District.

1972 Peru requested and was granted permission to join the Union District.

ARTICLE I

Shall the Town School District join in the formation of a Union Elementary School District, as provided by law, to consist of the Town School Districts of Landgrove and Londonderry, subject to the following agreements as to the operation of such Union District:

Type of elementary school. The Union Elementary School District shall operate as an elementary school having courses in grades kindergarten through 8 and including a Special Education program.

Location. The Union Elementary School shall be located on the ten acre Kiggins site, North of Londonderry Village on route 11 in Londonderry.

Board of School Directors. The Board of School Directors of the Union Elementary School District shall consist of one member from the Town of Landgrove and four members from the Town of Londonderry.

Student enrollment. Student enrollment shall only include all students residing in a member district and enrolled on October 15 of any school year in grades kindergarten through 8 and including a class in Special Education.

Apportionment of expense. The net operating cost of the Union Elementary School District, including building, operation and maintenance costs, after deduction of tuition receipts, State Aid, and other income, shall be pro-rated among the member districts in the same proportion which the student enrollment, as above defined, bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.

CHAPTER 53. GREEN MOUNTAIN UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #35

2006 Adoption Note.

1967 Duttonsville, Andover, Cavendish, and Chester each voted yes to the following articles.

Article I. Shall the voters of the Duttonsville Independent District vote to join with the neighboring school districts of Andover, Cavendish and Chester for the purpose of forming a union high school district.

Grade level: The grade level of said union high school shall be 7-12.

Location: The location of said union high school shall be on a site approximately one mile southeast of the center of the Village of Chester on the southerly side of Vermont State Highway #103.

School Directors: Each school district herein participating shall have one director for each 75 students or fractional part thereof.

Apportionment of Expenses: Expenses including building costs, transportation expense, maintenance and operating expenses shall be divided among member districts in proportion to student enrollment under prevailing law. Student enrollment shall mean those students resident in a member district, whether enrolled in said school or elsewhere on October 12 of the current school year.

CHAPTER 55. HARWOOD UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #19

2006 Adoption Note.

1964 Duxbury, Waitsfield, Warren and Waterbury voted yes on the articles below.

1964 Moretown and Fayston requested and were granted permission to join the Union District.

Article I. Shall the town school district join in the formation of a union high school district, as provided by law, to consist of the town school districts of Waterbury, Waitsfield, Warren and Duxbury, subject to the following agreements as to the operation of such union school district:

Type of High School. The union high school district shall operate as a high school having courses in grades seven through twelve.

Location. The union high school shall be located on or as close as possible to the Badore farm site on Route 100 in South Duxbury.

Board of School Directors. The board of school directors of the union high school district shall consist of one member from each member district for each 100 students or major fraction thereof, calculated as in subsection (e) below; but each member district shall have at least one member on the union high school board of school directors in any event.

Transportation. The high school students will be transported from each member district and the cost of such transportation will be treated as a part of the operating expense of the union high school district.

Student Enrollment. Student enrollment shall only include all students residing in a member district and enrolled on October 15 of any school year in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in a public school, except that students attending the 7th and 8th grades in those member districts which before joining the union have voted not to send their 7th and 8th grade students to said union high school district shall not be included.

Apportionment of Expense. The net operating costs of the union high school district, including building, operation and maintenance costs, after deduction of tuition receipts and other income, shall be prorated among the several member districts in the same proportion which the student enrollment, as above defined, bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.

CHAPTER 57. HAZEN UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #26

2006 Adoption Note.

1965 Craftsbury, Greensboro, and Hardwick each voted yes on the articles below.

1966 Craftsbury rescinded its vote and withdrew from the district. Woodbury requested and was granted admission to the Union District.

Shall the town school district join in the formation of a union high school district in grades seven through twelve, as provided by law, to consist of the town school districts of Craftsbury, Greensboro and Hardwick, subject to the following agreements as to the operation of such union district?

The location of said union high school shall be within the territorial limits of the union district as hereby originally constituted, at such place therein as may be selected on the basis of efficiency, convenience and minimum transportation requirements.

Transportation of pupils shall be at the expense of the union district, from and return to a central pick-up point in each member district.

Student enrollment shall include all pupils residing in a member district and enrolled in grades seven through twelve in any public school on October 15 of the preceding year.

The expenses of the union high school district, including the expense of building, operating and maintaining the union high school shall be divided among the several member districts in the proportion which the student enrollment as above defined, from each member district bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.

The board of school directors of said union high school district shall consist of four members from Hardwick and two members each from Greensboro and Craftsbury.

Voting on any proposal to issue bonds shall not take place until after one year from the date the union high school district becomes a body politic under the law.

CHAPTER 59. LAKE REGION UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #24

2006 Adoption Note.

1964 Orleans and Barton each voted yes on the articles below.

1965 Albany, Brownington, Glover, Irasburg, Westmore, and part of Coventry requested and were granted admission to join the Union District.

To see if the voters of Barton Academy and Graded School District will vote to join with the Orleans Incorporated School District for the purpose of forming a union high school district pursuant to the authority contained in Title 16, Chapter 11, Section 601 to Section 663 inclusive of Vermont Statutes Annotated, said union high school district to be organized and operated in accordance with the provisions of said act except as modified by the following agreements entered into by the school districts forming said union high school district:

TYPE OF HIGH SCHOOL: Said Union High School District shall operate as a High School, a Senior High School having a four year course, consisting of Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.

LOCATION: Said Senior High School shall be located within the territorial limits of the Town of Barton on the so-called Doyon site.

TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE: The expense of transportation of pupils to the said Senior High School shall be provided by the Union High School District from a central pick-up point in each member district to the school and then return thereto.

STUDENT ENROLLMENT: Student enrollment shall include all students residing in a member district and enrolled in a public school on October 15 of any school year in Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.

APPORTIONMENT OF EXPENSE: All expenses including capital cost and debt service for maintaining and operating said Union High School District shall be divided among the member districts in the proportion which the student enrollment as above defined, in each member district for the previous school year bears to the total number of student enrollment, as above defined, for said year in all the districts in said Union High School District.

BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS: The School Board of said Union High School District shall consist of two directors from Barton Academy and Graded School District and two directors from Orleans Incorporated School District.

CHAPTER 61. LAKEVIEW UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT #43

2006 Adoption Note.

1988 Greensboro and Stannard voted yes on the following articles.

ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT

Town of Greensboro and Town of Stannard

Elementary Union District

The School Districts of the Town of Greensboro and the Town of Stannard are necessary for the establishment of the proposed Union Elementary School District.

There are no additional school districts the Committee considers advisable to be included in the proposed Union Elementary School District.

The Union Elementary School District shall be established for a class grade level from kindergarten through 6.

No new schools are to be constructed.

Current contracts for transportation shall be completed by the member districts. On the completion of these contracts the Union Elementary School District may provide transportation.

The negotiated agreements and individual contracts for Greensboro Town School teachers, administrators, aides and custodians shall be honored by the Union Elementary School District until such time as the Union Elementary School District Board and the staff organizations negotiate new agreements for the Union Elementary School District.

The curriculum to be offered for grades kindergarten through 6 shall be the current Greensboro Town School curriculum with any amendments made before the Union is formed or by the Union board after the Union is formed.

The Union shall be responsible for all required special education of pupils residing in member Districts.

The Union Elementary School District shall assume all the rights and liabilities of the Greensboro Town School District relating to the Greensboro School Building except bonded indebtedness.

The Greensboro Town School District shall convey the present elementary school, its contents and grounds to the Union Elementary School District. Interest in those premises shall be transferred by deed creating a fee interest which is subject to condition upon the first to occur of the dissolution of the Union Elementary School District or the failure of the Union Elementary School District to make payments required under paragraph 5. At that time the Greensboro Town School district shall have a right to enter and reclaim the premises, without instituting any action in the nature of foreclosure or otherwise. In the event that the Union Elementary School District is dissolved, the Greensboro Town School district shall pay to the town of Stannard an amount equal to its contributions to the Union Elementary School District for capital payments, under interest shall be included in the payment.

Capital and operating expenses of the Union School District, including payments under paragraph 9, shall be allocated between the member districts on a per pupil basis, using the enrollment of legal pupils who are residents of the member districts as of October 15 of the preceding year. Such capital and operating expenses shall be separately stated in each annual assessment. "Enrollment", for purposes of this agreement, means legal pupils attending grades Kindergarten through 6 at public expense. Only the Union Elementary School Board may waive assessments an students attending schools outside the Union.

In order to pay existing debt obligations, the Union Elementary School District shall make capital payments to the Greensboro Town School District on or before November 1 of each year from 1488 through 2004 in an amount equal to the obligation of the Greensboro Town School District due to its bondholders on the Following December 1 under its 1986 series B bonds issued through the Vermont Municipal Bank. The Greensboro Elementary School District shall retain its obligations under those bonds.

If the Union Elementary School District should sell or otherwise dispose of the present elementary school, the proceeds shall be divided between the Greensboro Town School District and the Stannard Town School District, after first paying to the Greensboro Town School District an amount equal to any remaining principal on its 1986 series B bonds issued by the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank. The amount distributed to Greensboro shall be in proportion to its original contribution plus capital payments made to the Union District under this agreement. "Original contribution" for the purposes of this agreement means the sum of $422,254.23.

The amount distributed to Stannard shall be in proportion to its capital payments made to the Union District under this agreement. Upon that sale or disposition, the reversionary interest of the Greensboro Town School District in the property shall be extinguished.

The Union Elementary School District Board representation shall be proportional to the population according to the most recent census. Annually, one member shall be elected Chairman by the Board and shall be a non-voting member except when necessary to break a tie. The representation shall be subject to reapportionment following each decennial census.

The terms of office of the Union Elementary School District Board members shall be as follows:

The Town of Stannard shall have two Directors who will serve three year terms upon the establishment of the following schedule. The Town of Greensboro shall have six Directors who will serve three year terms upon the establishment of the following schedule.

The Union Elementary School District proposal shall be submitted to the voters of the Town of Stannard and the Town of Greensboro an February 25, 1988.

The Union Elementary School District shall be named by the Union Board following suggestions from students after approval of the Union Elementary School District.

CHAPTER 63. LAMOILLE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #18

2006 Adoption Note.

1964 Cambridge and Johnson each voted yes on the article below:

1965 Belvidere, Eden, Hyde Park, and Waterville requested and were granted permission to join the Union District.

Shall the Town School District join in the formation of a Union High School District, as provided by statute, for grades seven through 12, to consist of the Town School Districts of Cambridge and Johnson, the representation on the Union High School District Board of Directors to be three members from Cambridge Town School District and three members from Johnson Town School District.

CHAPTER 65. LELAND AND GRAY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #34

2006 Adoption Note.

1967 Brookline, Jamaica, Townshend and Wardsboro each voted yes on the articles below.

1968 Wardsboro requested and was granted permission to withdraw from the union.

1969 Windham requested and was granted admission to Union.

ARTICLE I

Shall the Town School District join in the formation of a Union High School District, as provided by law, to consist of the Town School District of Brookline, Jamaica, Townshend and Wardsboro, upon the following conditions, namely:

TYPE OF SCHOOL. The Union High School District shall operate a high school offering instruction in grades 9 through 12.

REPRESENTATION. Each member district entitled to one representative on the Board of School Directors of the proposed Union School District for each 15 students or major fraction thereof residing in the member district and enrolled in grades 9 through 12 of any public school at public expense on October 15 of the previous school year. Each member district shall have at least one representative on the Union School Board, in any event.

APPORTIONMENT OF EXPENSES. The expenses incurred by the Union High School District shall be divided among the several member districts in the same proportion which the students enrollment from each district bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.

CHAPTER 67. METTAWEE COMMUNITY UNION DISTRICT #47

2006 Adoption Note.

1995 Pawlet and Rupert voted yes to the following article and final report:

Shall Pawlet/Rupert School District join with the Rupert/Pawlet School District for the purpose of forming a Union Elementary School District.

Final Report

The districts necessary for the establishment of the proposed union elementary school are the School Districts of the Town of Pawlet and the Town of Rupert.

There are no additional school districts the committee considers advisable to be included in the proposed union.

The union elementary school district shall be established for the class levels K-6, and as permitted or required by law, Pre-Kindergarten education.

The proposed location for the union elementary school will be in either the Town of Pawlet or the Town of Rupert. The estimated cost for building the union school is $2,750,000.

Current contracts for transportation shall be completed by the member districts. On completion of these contracts, the union elementary school district may provide transportation in accordance with 16 V.S.A. § 1222 or other statutory requirements concerning transportation of students.

Initially, the curriculum will follow the combined curricula of the Rupert and Pawlet Districts Schools which meet the requirements of the Vermont State Statutes and, in addition, shall meet any requirements that shall be established by the union district school board.

All collective bargaining agreements of the member school districts negotiated prior to the formation of the union elementary school district shall be honored by the union elementary school district until the earlier of either (a) or (b) below:

The union elementary school district board and staff organizations negotiate new agreements for the union elementary school district.

The term of the agreement(s) expires. In the absence of a specific end date, the end date is defined as the end of the fiscal year in which the Union School opens.

The union elementary school district shall assume all the member school districts' assets and liabilities acquired or incurred in the planning or construction of the new union school. All other member school districts' assets or liabilities acquired or incurred prior to the formation of the union elementary school district, except as otherwise set forth in these Articles of Agreement, shall remain the assets and liabilities of the member school districts.

The contents of the Pawlet School District and the Rupert School District shall be transferred to the new union elementary school district. Any items not required by the new union school shall remain the property of the original district owner. The land and structures of the Rupert and Pawlet School districts shall remain the property of the original district owner.

Capital, operating, and General Mainstream Special Education costs of the union elementary school district, after deduction of tuition receipts, will be shared between the member districts based on the average daily attendance at the union school of pupils who are residents of the member districts for the first 40 days of the prior school year of which school was in session.

The General Mainstream Special Education Costs shall include the cost for learning specialists, speech and language pathologists, and general teacher assistants.

Additional services for individual special education students will be billed back to the district of residency. These services shall include, but not be limited to, individual teacher assistants, counseling, occupational therapy, physical therapy, specialized equipment, and specialized transportation.

The school directors shall be structured as to reflect the total population of each member town as defined by the US Census data taken every ten years. The union elementary school district shall have a seven person governing board.

According to the 1990 US Census population statistics, there are 1,314 people in Pawlet and 654 people in Rupert. Each member district shall have one board member for each 281 residents.

The 2000 US Census will be used to adjust the make up of the board for the election following the tenth anniversary of the vote to establish the union. This adjustment will continue in the same manner every ten years thereafter.

Union School Directors shall be elected by the registered voters of the member district which they represent in accordance with the provisions of 16 V.S.A. § 706e .

Annually, one member of the school board will be elected chairperson by the board. The chairperson shall be a voting member of the board.

The initial members of the new union district school board shall be elected in accordance with the provisions of 16 V.S.A. §§ 706e and 706f (Article II). The terms of office of directors shall follow guidelines set forth in § 706b(10) of the Vermont State Statutes. Initially, the terms of the school directors shall be as follows:

Subsequently, all directors will be annually elected to three year terms in accordance with 16 V.S.A. §§ 706b(10) and 706m.

CHAPTER 69. MIDDLEBURY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #3

This Agreement made and concluded this 26th day of July, 1954, and amended on November 4, 2003, by and between the following school districts, the Town School District of the Town of Bridport, the Town School District of the Town of Cornwall, the Town School District of the Town of Ripton, the Town School District of the Town of Salisbury, the Town School District of the Town of Shoreham, the Town School District of the Town of Weybridge, all municipal corporations organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Vermont, and the Incorporated School District Number Four in Middlebury, an Incorporated School District organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Vermont.

WHEREAS the aforesaid school districts have all respectively voted in favor of consolidating with each other for the purpose of forming a Union School District pursuant to the authority contained in No. 202 of the Acts of 1953 at their own respective Town School District Meetings, which said votes were conditioned upon said Union School District being organized and operated in accordance with the provisions of said Act except as modified by certain agreements entered into by said school districts forming said Union School District;

WHEREAS the said voters of said school districts by said votes respectively authorized each of said school districts to enter into agreements with each other concerning the formation of said Union School District which said Agreements were respectively set forth in the respective warnings for said meetings at which said votes were taken;

AND WHEREAS the Commissioner of Education has temporarily designated the Union School formed by the aforesaid school districts as No. 3 Union School District, which said Union School District is now composed of the aforesaid school districts as member districts;

NOW THEREFORE, THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH.

The aforesaid respective School Districts do hereby mutually agree with each other, for themselves and their successors, in consideration of the following agreements herein mutually agreed upon by each of the aforesaid school districts, that said Union School District shall be organized and operated in accordance with the following agreements:

That said Union School District shall operate as a middle school and a high school having a six year course consisting of grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.

That said middle school and high school shall be located within the territorial limits of the Town of Middlebury.

That the expense of transportation of pupils to said middle school and high school shall be divided among the member districts in proportion to the student enrollment, as hereinafter defined, in said middle and high school from each member district.

That student enrollment shall include all students residing in a member district and enrolled for the whole or a part of a given school year in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in said middle and high school as determined by the Average Daily Membership (ADM), as defined by state law, of the first 40 days of the prior school year.

That upon the legal vote of the Town School District of Bridport to enroll grade 7 students and grade 8 students in said Union School District No. 3, Bridport Town School District may enroll students in grade 7 and grade 8 in said middle school beginning with the school year following the date of said positive legal vote.

That all expenses, including transportation, building, maintaining and operating said Union School District No. 3 shall be divided among the member districts proportional to the student enrollment, as above defined, in each member district in relation to the total student enrollment. It is further agreed that, beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, said expenses shall be apportioned among the member districts based on the prior three-year average of the Average Daily Membership (ADM).

That the school board of said Union School District No. 3 shall consist of directors to be elected by the member districts at their respective annual meetings. Beginning with the election held in March 2005, the total number of directors shall be fixed at 13, and each member district shall be entitled to a number of directors proportional to the number of registered voters in each member district in relation to the total number of registered voters in the seven towns of the Union School District No. 3. The number of voters shall be determined on the basis of the voter checklist as of March 31, 2004, and beginning on March 31, 2009, and each five years thereafter, the proportional representation for the next five ensuing elections, subject to the provision that each individual member district shall be entitled to at least one board member. For example, the proportions of registered voters in the member districts as of March 31, 2009 will establish the number of directors from each district for the elections in March 2010 and 2014, with at least one director from each member district.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Town School Districts hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in their names by their respective school directors and the Incorporated School District Number Four in Middlebury has caused this Agreement to be executed in its name by its Prudential Committee, the day and year first above written.

CHAPTER 71. MILL RIVER UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #40

2006 Adoption Note.

1973 Clarendon and Wallingford each voted yes to the following articles. It appears that Shrewsbury also voted yes at the same time, although we could find no record of the vote.

ARTICLE I

Shall the town school district of Clarendon/Wallingford, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed union school district, join with the school district of Wallingford/Clarendon, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed union school district, and the school district of Shrewsbury, which the State Board of Education has found advisable to include in the proposed union school district, for the purpose of forming a union school district, as provided in Title 16, Vermont Statutes Annotated, upon the following conditions and agreements:

Class of schools. The union school district shall operate and manage a high school, offering instruction in grades 7 through 12.

Board of School Directors. Each member district shall be entitled to one member of the Board of School Directors of the union school district for each one hundred (100) students, or fraction thereof, residing in a member district and enrolled in the union school district on the fortieth school day of the year preceding the annual union school district election. Each member district shall have at least one representative on the Union Board in any event.

Apportionment of Expenses. The allocation of capital and operating expenses among the member districts will be based on the enrolled pupils from each district and in accordance with Vermont state laws. (Section 711 of Title 16, Chapter 11, Vermont Statutes Annotated.)

Final Report. The provisions of the final report approved by the State Board of Education on the 16th day of October 1973, which is on file in the town clerk's office, shall govern the union district.

Final Report

CHAPTER 73. MILLERS RUN UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #37

2006 Adoption Note.

1970 Wheelock and Sheffield each voted to form a union school district and agreed to articles which have since been amended in Article 9.

1978 Article 9 amended.

That the School Districts of Wheelock and Sheffield are necessary for the establishment of the proposed union.

That only Wheelock and Sheffield are advisable at this time.

That a K-12 Union School District be proposed. Grades 9-12 shall continue to be educated at Lyndon Institute on a tuition basis.

That the cost approximate $150,000, including a proposed building site on the North side of Route 122 about 3/4 of a mile from Sheffield Village and about 1 mile from Wheelock Village.

That transportation be the responsibility of the Union School board members.

That the teaching staff be composed of four regular teachers and curriculum be as basic and as broad as can be provided.

That no indebtedness exists.

That there shall be no purchases of existing facilities.

That the capital and operating expenses be based on the A.D.M. present formula.

That each sending town of the Union District shall be entitled to three members on the Union District No. 37 School Board.

That the School Director's terms shall be staggered on a one year, two year, and three year term of office.

That the Union proposal be submitted to the voters of each town as soon as possible in accordance with the Statutes.

That the Wheelock elementary pupils will be using temporary quarters in the Wheelock Town Hall following destruction of the school by fire on December 3, 1969. Sheffield elementary school facilities are outmoded and overcrowded.

CHAPTER 75. MISSISQUOI VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #7

2006 Adoption Note.

1958 Swanton and Highgate each voted yes on the articles below.

1968 Franklin requested and was granted permission to send its grades 7-12 to the Union District School.

ARTICLE 1: To see if the voters of the Town School District of Swanton/Highgate will vote to enter into the following agreement with the Town School District of Highgate/Swanton with regard to division between them of the expense of building, maintaining and operating such union high school as may be established pursuant to the vote of these districts taken on March 4, 1958:

Of the portion of the construction cost to be paid by Highgate and Swanton in combination, Highgate will pay 40% and Swanton will pay 60%.

Each district shall contribute to the cost of maintaining and operating said school, and of conducting the general business of the union high school district in the proportion that the number of legally enrolled pupils attending said union district high school residing in that member district bears to the total number of students enrolled in said union district high school between July 1 and December 31 of the previous school year. During the first year of operation of said union district high school the proportion which each town school district shall pay shall be in the ratio which the number of resident pupils in its high school bears to the total combined enrollment of resident pupils in grades 7 to 12 inclusive in both the Swanton and Highgate Schools during the previous school year.

2000 Swanton, Franklin and Highgate each voted yes on the following article.

Shall the method of apportioning the expenses of the Missisquoi Valley Union High School District (Union District #7) among its members districts, be amended to calculate each member district's proportion share of expenses based on the average enrollment of students from the member district during the first forty (40) days of the school year ("ADM") averaged over two consecutive years, the latter being the current school year.

CHAPTER 77. MOUNT ABRAHAM UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #28

2006 Adoption Note.

1966 Bristol, Lincoln and Monkton voted to form a union school district. Later in that year Starksboro and New Haven voted to join on a 9-12 basis.

We have been unable to find a record of the article to which the voters agreed.

CHAPTER 79. MOUNT ANTHONY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #14

2006 Adoption Note.

1962 Bennington and North Bennington incorporated school districts and Shaftsbury voted yes on the articles below.

1962 Pownal and Woodford requested and were granted permission to join the Union District.

Article 1. To determine by ballot whether the voters of this district will vote to join a Union School District, the members of which district will be the Greater Bennington, the North Bennington Graded, the Shaftsbury Town and the Bennington Graded school districts, such Union School District to be formed pursuant to the authority granted by Vermont Statutes Annotated, Chapter 11, Title 16 thereof, and operated in accordance with the provisions of said statutes except as modified by the following agreements entered into by the districts which become members of the Union School District:

Said Union School District shall operate schools covering Grades 7 through 12.

The Senior High School, grades 9 through 12, shall be located in a new building within the limits of the Town of Bennington.

The present high school building of the Bennington Graded School District shall be used to house the Junior High School, grades 7 and 8.

All expenses of the Union School District, including by way of specification without limitation thereby, building, acquisition and construction coats, amortization of indebtedness and maintenance and operation shall be computed separately for the Senior High School and the Junior High School.

The expense of the transportation provided for pupils who attend schools from the member districts of the Union School District shall be paid for by the Union District.

Al1 expense of the Union Senior High School of the Union District as computed in accordance with (d) above shall be divided among the member districts in the proportion which 9th through 12th grade enrollment in each member district for the previous school year bears to the total number of 9th through 12th grade students enrolled in said year from all the districts that are members of the Union School District.

All expenses of the Union Junior High School of the Union District as computed in accordance with (d) above shall be divided among the member districts in the proportion which 7th and 8th grade enrollment in each member district for the previous school year bears to the total number of 7th and 8th grade students enrolled in said year from all the districts that are members of the Union School District.

Student enrollment shall not include students residing in member districts who are enrolled in private schools located outside the Union School District or in private schools located within the Union School District. A private school pupil residing within the Union District who takes not more than two courses in a school year at a school operated by the Union School District shall not be regarded as a student enrolled in such union school in determining the student enrollment of a member district.

The school board of the Union School District shall consist of two directors from each member district as such member district is constituted at the time the Union District is organized.

CHAPTER 81. MOUNT MANSFIELD UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #17

2006 Adoption Note.

1963 Jericho, Underhill and Underhill Incorporated school district voted to form a union school district. We were unable to locate a copy of the article on which they voted.

1964 Richmond requested and was granted permission to join the Union District.

1965 Bolton requested and was granted permission to join the Union District.

1967 Huntington requested and was granted permission to join the Union District.

1969 Bolton, Jericho, Underhill, Richmond and Huntington each voted yes to the following article:

To see if the voters of Mt. Mansfield Union High School District #17 will vote to amend its original agreement to include grades five through twelve, effective July 1, 1972, to enable the school directors to propose the construction of two, grades five through eight schools, one located in Richmond and one in the school district of Underhill I.D., as authorized under Title 16 V.S.A. § 706n .

CHAPTER 83. NORTH COUNTRY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #22

2006 Adoption Note.

1964 Derby and Newport each voted yes on the following article:

ARTICLE I: To see if the voters of the said Town of Derby/Newport School District will vote to join with the City of Newport/Derby School District to form a Union High School District under the provisions of Section 601 to 693, as amended inclusive, of Chapter 11, Title 16 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, said Union High School District to be organized and operated in accordance with the provisions of said act except as modified by the following agreements:

The Board of School Directors shall be nominated in accordance with Article 2, Section 613, Title 16 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, it being agreed that the number of school Directors be as follows: One school Director for each 150 pupils or major fraction thereof enrolled in each member district as of October 15 of the year preceding election and at least one director from each member district.

Student enrollment shall only include all students residing in a member district and enrolled on October 15 of any school year in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in the public schools.

When a Union High School is constructed, the present Derby Academy building shall be used to house grades 7 and 8 as a part of the Union High School. Prior to the vote on any bond issue an agreement of sale of the Derby Academy building to the Union High School District must be consummated.

1965 Lowell requested and was granted admission to the Union District in grades 7 through 12 upon the conditions below. In addition Brighton, Charleston, Holland, Jay, Morgan, Newport Town, Troy and Westfield requested and were granted admission to the Union District.

No member Town School District shall be obliged to send its pupils to the Union High School in grades 7 and 8, but any may vote to do so at a Town School District meeting called and held for the purpose, provided that admission of such pupils to grades 7 and 8 of the union high school shall take place not earlier than September of the year following the year in which such vote is taken.

Representation. Representation on the Board of School Directors of the Union High School District shall be calculated so that there will be one Director from each member district for each 150 pupils or major fraction thereof residing in such member district and enrolled in grades 7 through 12 of any public school on October 15 of the preceding school year, except that students attending the 7th and 8th grades in those member districts which have not voted to send their 7th and 8th grade students to said Union High School District shall not be included. Each member district shall be represented by at least one school Director.

Apportionment of expense. The expense of building, operating and maintaining the Union High School shall be divided among the several member districts in the proportion which the student enrollment from each District, as above defined, bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.

Purchase of Derby Academy. Upon construction of a new Union High School building, the present Derby Academy building shall be used to house grades 7 and 8 as part of the Union High School. Prior to or concurrently with the issue of any bonds to finance construction of a new Union High School the Union High School District shall secure the right to acquire the Derby Academy building from the Derby Town School District, the expense of such acquisition to be divided as above provided.

1970 Holland voted to change its membership from a 9-12 basis to a 8-12 basis.

1988 The member districts voted yes on the following:

Shall the manner in which the operating and capital expenses and liabilities of the North Country Union High School District are allocated among the member town and city school districts be amended as follows:

Effective with its fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, and for all fiscal years thereafter, the operating and capital expenses and liabilities of the North Country Union High School District shall be allocated among the member town and city school districts in the following manner:

All operating and capital expenses and liabilities pertaining to the North Country Union Junior High School shall be allocated only to those school districts that are members of the North Country Union High School District with respect to Grades 7 and 8, or either of said Grades. The allocation shall be made among said member school districts in the proportion which the student enrollment from each member school district in the North Country Union Junior High School bears to the total enrollment in that facility from all member school districts.

All operating and capital expenses and liabilities pertaining to the North Country Union Senior High School shall be allocated only to those school districts that are members of the North Country Union High School District with respect to Grades 9 through 12, both inclusive. The allocation shall be made among said member school districts in the proportion which the student enrollment from each member school district in the North Country Union Senior High School bears to the total enrollment in that facility from all member school districts.

Student enrollment shall be determined by reference to actual student enrollment in each facility on October 15 in the school year immediately preceding the fiscal year budget for which the allocation is being made.

Whenever possible all expenses and liabilities shall be apportioned between North Country Union Junior High School and North Country Union Senior High School on the basis of actual cost. If a particular expense or liability item cannot be apportioned on the basis of actual cost with respect to each facility, the Board of Directors of the North Country Union High School District, in its discretion, shall determine an apportionment by use of one of the following methods: prorated resident pupil enrollment, prorated teaching staff or prorated area of the buildings comprising each facility.

All decisions relative to the operation of the Junior High School will be voted on only by the board members that are elected to represent those school districts that are members of the North Country Union High School District with respect to Grades 7 and 8 or either of said grades. All decisions relative to the operation of the Senior High School will be voted on only by the board members that are elected to represent those school districts that are members of the North Country Union High School District with respect to Grades 9-12.

All decisions relative to the operation of the Junior High School that require a public vote will be voted on only by the legal voters that reside in a town and/or city that is a member of the North Country Union High School District with respect to Grades 7 and 8 or either of said grades. All decisions relative to the operation of the Senior High School that require a public vote will be voted on only by the legal voters that reside in a town and/or city that is a member of the North Country Union High School District with respect to Grades 9-12.

CHAPTER 85. OTTER VALLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #8

2006 Adoption Note.

1959 Brandon Graded School District, Brandon Town School District, Goshen, and Pittsford each voted yes on the question below.

1963 Leicester requested and was granted permission to join the Union District.

1969 Whiting requested and was granted permission to join the Union District on a 7-12 basis.

2003 The member districts voted to amend section (d) in order that students are counted according to average daily membership instead of the number enrolled.

In the event, and only in the event, that the Brandon Graded School District, Inc., an Incorporated School District in the Town of Brandon shall vote to join and become a member of the Union High School District herein proposed, to see if the voters of the Town School District of the Town of Pittsford/Goshen•randon will vote to join with said Brandon Graded School District, Inc. and with the Town School Districts of the Towns of Brandon, Chittenden, Goshen, Leicester, Orwell, Rochester, Shoreham, Sudbury and Whiting, or with any one or more of such town school districts, for the purpose of forming a Union High School District, pursuant to No. 202 of the Acts of 1953, as amended by No. 201 of the Acts of 1955 and No. 60 of the Acts of 1957, said Union High School District to be organized and operated in accordance with the provisions of said Acts of 1953, as amended, except as the provisions of such Acts may be modified by the terms and provisions of the following paragraphs, which said terms and provisions shall constitute agreements binding upon all of the school districts as become a member of said Union High School District.

Type of High School: Said Union High School District shall construct and operate a junior-senior high school providing six years of secondary school education in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.

Location: Should the Town School District of the Town of Pittsford vote to join and become a member of said Union High School District, said Union High School building shall be located within the Town of Brandon upon a site situated southerly of the town road running in an easterly-westerly direction, just northerly of Jones Pond, so-called, between the highway, U.S. Route No. 7, and the highway, State Aid Route No. 8, leading from said U.S. Route No. 7 to that part of Brandon known as Forestdale. In the event the Pittsford Town School District should not become a member of said Union School District, said high school building shall be located within the Town of Brandon upon such site as the Board of School Directors of said Union School District shall select.

Name: The name of said junior-senior high school shall be Otter Valley Union High School.

Student Enrollment: Student enrollment, as to any given school year, shall be the average daily membership enrolled in said junior-senior union high school during the census period established by 16 V.S.A. § 4001(1)(A) as now constituted or hereafter amended.

Option As To 7th And 8th Grade Students. Each member district, prior to the formation of said Union High School District, shall have the right to decide whether or not to send its 7th and 8th grade students to said junior-senior union high school, and, if any member district shall vote not to send its 7th and 8th grade students to said junior-senior union high school, such students shall not be included in the student enrollment of said Union High School District, as above defined.

Apportionment of Expense. All expenses of said Union High School District, including the building, maintaining and operating of said junior-senior union high school and the transportation of students, shall be divided among the member districts in the proportion which the student enrollment, as above defined, in each member district for the previous year bears to the total student enrollment in all the member districts of said Union High School District.

Board of School Directors. The Board of School Directors of said Union High School District shall consist of directors to be nominated by the member districts at their respective annual meetings, or at special meetings called for that purpose, and elected at the annual meeting of the Union High School District. Each member district shall be entitled to one director for each seventy-five (75) students, or fractional number thereof, in said District, said students to be counted on the basis of student enrollment, as above defined, for the previous year, provided that a member district shall be entitled to a director only if the student enrollment, as above defined, for the previous school year for that member district was five (5) or more. Temporary school Directors to serve for the period of time from the formation of said Union High School District up to the first annual meeting of said Union High School District shall be elected from the nominees of the respective member districts, said temporary Directors to be nominated prior to the first meeting of the Union High School District to be called by the Commissioner of Education as provided in Sec. 6 of No. 202 of the Acts of 1953, as amended.

CHAPTER 87. OXBOW UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #30

2006 Adoption Note.

1966 Bradford, Corinth, Fairlee, and Newbury each voted to form a Union School District and agreed to articles below.

1968 The Town School District of Corinth and Fairlee requested and were granted permission to withdraw from the Union District.

To determine by ballot whether the voters of these towns will vote to join a Union School District, the members of such district to be Bradford, Corinth, Fairlee, and Newbury - said Union High School District to be formed pursuant to the authority granted by Vermont Statutes Annotated, Chapter 11, Title 16 as amended thereof, and operated in accordance with the provisions of said statutes except as modified by the following agreements entered into by the districts which become members of such Union School District.

Said Union School District shall operate a school covering grades 7-12.

The Junior-Senior High School, grades 7 through 12, shall be located in a new building, the site for which shall be recommended by the Union School Board of Directors subject to the approval of the voters.

The present school buildings of the Town of Bradford and the school buildings of Newbury School District shall not enter into the contractual arrangements made by member towns of the proposed Union District.

Such educational equipment, instructional materials, etc., as deemed necessary by the Union School Board of Directors owned and used by member schools in grades 7-12 may be purchased at a value placed upon them by the Union School Board of Directors. A member town may reserve right to refusal.

All expenses of the Union School District, including building, acquisition and construction costs, amortization of indebtedness, maintenance and operation, including transportation, shall be divided among the member districts in the proportion which 7th through 12th grade enrollment as of a date established by the Union Board of Directors in each member district for the previous school year bears to the total number of the 7th through 12th grade students enrolled in said year from all of the town school districts that are members of the Union School District.

Student enrollment shall include all students residing in member districts and attending a public school in grades 7-12 and they shall be the base on which the expense to the member towns is computed. Students in grades 11-12 residing within the member districts, but attending schools outside the District, shall be allowed to continue to the natural completion of their course of instruction with their whole tuition being paid by the Union District.

The Board of Directors of the Union School District shall consist of three directors from each member District as such member District is constituted at the time the Union District is organized.

Tuition students may be permitted to attend the Union Junior-Senior High School. All tuition students normally shall enter Grade 7. Exceptions shall be regulated by the Union Board.

Tuition cost shall be the calculated net cost per pupil which member towns pay exclusive of transportation and other costs as specified in 16 V.S.A. § 793 , as amended.

It is to be understood at the outset that neighboring towns wishing at some future date to join this Union shall do so on a 7 through 12 basis. This is in the interest of educational continuity, scheduling efficiency and control of educational costs. Additional member districts shall have representation on the Union District Board. This representation shall be one per each 100 pupils or major fraction thereof with a minimum of one from a proposed member town.

It is agreed that no vote for a bond issue will be held within one year of the time the Union becomes a body politic.

These articles may be amended subject to Title 16 Sub-Chap. 93 Section 693.

CHAPTER 89. RANDOLPH UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #2

2006 Adoption Note.

1954 Will the Randolph•raintree Town School District consolidate with the Braintree/Randolph Town School District for the purpose of forming a Union High School District as provided by No. 202 of the Acts of 1953?

1966 The Town School District of Brookfield requested and was granted admission to Union High School District No. 2 on a 7-12 basis.

CHAPTER 91. SPAULDING UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #41

2006 Adoption Note.

1987 Barre City and Barre Town voted yes to form a union school district and agreed to articles which have since been amended in Section 8.

1995 Articles amended in Section 8.

The School Districts of Barre City and Barre Town are necessary for the establishment of the proposed Union High School District.

There are no additional school districts the Committee considers advisable to be included in the proposed Union High School District.

The Union High School District shall be established for a class grade level from 9 through 12 as well as the Regional Vocational Center.

No new schools are to be constructed.

Any transportation of students to and from the Union High School shall be the responsibility of each member district at its own discretion.

The negotiated agreements and individual contracts for Spaulding High School administrators, teachers, aides and custodians shall be honored by the Union High School District until such time as the Union High School District Board and the staff organizations represented negotiate new agreements for Union High School District employees.

The curriculum to be offered for grades 9 through 12 shall be the current Spaulding High School curriculum with any amendments made by the Barre City School Board before the Union High School District is formed or by the Union High School Board after the Union High School District is formed.

The Union High School District shall not assume the indebtedness of the proposed member districts.

The Union High School District shall not acquire any properties of the proposed member districts. The Union High School District shall have exclusive use of and responsibility for all property encompassing the present Spaulding High School and Barre Vocational Center owned by the City of Barre until such time as this Union High School District ceases to exist. All renovations, additions, or free standing capital improvements to the property being used by the Union High School District shall be funded by the Union High School District and owned by the City of Barre.

The expenses of building, maintaining and operating schools within Spaulding Union High School District #41 shall be divided between Barre City School District and Barre Town School District in the proportion which the average student enrollment in each district for the three immediately preceding school years bears to the total student enrollment in any given school year, commencing July 1, 1995 and continuing thereafter.

The Union High School District School Board representation shall be on a per capita basis, with 1 member for every 2,500 residents.

Based on population data as of October 1986 the initial representation shall be as follows:

The representation shall be subject to re-apportionment following each decennial census.

Terms of office of the Union High School District School Board members:

One director from Barre Town and two directors from Barre City to be elected to serve until July 1 following the second annual meeting of said District.

One director from Barre Town and one director from Barre City to be elected to serve until July 1 following the third annual meeting of said District.

One director from Barre Town and one director from Barre City to be elected to serve until July 1 following the fourth annual meeting of said District.

Schedule:

The Union High School District proposal shall be submitted to the voters of Barre Town and Barre City on March 3, 1987.

Tuition students from Barre Town who will be juniors or seniors in their present State approved tuition receiving school in 1987-88 may elect to complete their studies and graduate from the school with full tuition being paid by the Barre Town School District. These students will not be counted in determining the allocation of capital and operating expenses of the Union High School District.

The Union High School shall be known as Spaulding High School.

CHAPTER 93. ST. ALBANS BELLOWS FREE ACADEMY UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #48

2006 Adoption Note.

2003 St. Albans City and St. Albans Town School Districts voted yes to the following article and final report:

Shall the legal voters of the St. Albans City School District/St. Albans Town School District approve that the St. Albans City School District/ St. Albans Town School District, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed Union High School District, join with the St. Albans Town School District/St. Albans City School District, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed Union High School District, for the purpose of forming a Union High School District to make Bellows Free Academy a Union Public High School as provided in Title 16, Vermont Statutes Annotated, upon the following conditions and agreements.

Class of schools. The Union High School District shall operate and manage a Union High School offering instruction in grades 9 through 12.

Board of School Directors. There will be three school board members from St. Albans City and two school board members from St. Albans Town serving on the Union High School District Board.

Apportionment of Expenses. The allocation of allowable capital and operating expenses of the Union High School District will be based on the proportionate average daily membership (ADM), as defined by Vermont State Statutes, for the preceding years in grades 9 through 12 for St. Albans City and St. Albans Town.

Assumption of debts and ownership of school property. The Union High School District shall assume the indebtedness of Bellows Free Academy, acquire the school properties of Bellows Free Academy, and pay for them, all as specified in the final report.

Final Report. The provisions of the final report approved by the State Board of Education on the 16th day of December 2003, which is on file in the City Clerk's office, shall govern the Union High School District.

Final Report

The School Districts of St. Albans City and St. Albans Town are necessary to the establishment of the Bellows Free Academy Union High School District.

Many surrounding School Districts were contacted and considered for possible inclusion in the Union High School District. No additional school districts beyond St. Albans City and St. Albans Town are being recommended at this time as advisable to be included.

The Union High School will offer education to students in grades 9 through 12.

There are no new facilities necessary for the formation of this proposed Union High School District. If approved, the Union High School District will utilize the existing BFA facilities for the purpose of educating students in grades 9 through 12. During the period of transition, any renovations or maintenance needs will be addressed by the Bellows Free Academy Board of Trustees and will be up to the discretion of that same board of trustees and subject to available financial resources.

During the first year of operations the proposed Union School will provide transportation to only those students with special needs who otherwise would not be able to travel to and from school. No additional transportation will be provided during this first year to students from either St. Albans City or St. Albans Town. Beyond the first year, decisions regarding transportation of students will be left to the discretion of the Union High School Board.

The Union High School District will honor all master contracts that are in place at BFA on June 30, 2005. These master agreements will continue until their specified termination date. Subsequent master contracts will be subject to legal and agreed upon bargaining procedures.

All administrators, teachers and staff, employed by the current private school at the time of the formation of this Union High School will continue in their employment during the first year of operating the proposed Union High School District. Executing subsequent personnel contracts will be the decision of the Union High School Board. All personnel hired by the Union High School District must meet State of Vermont education licensing requirements.

The curriculum and education programs currently being offered to students at BFA are considered adequate and desirable. Therefore, the proposed Union School District will, for the first year of operations, offer the curriculum and education programs that are in place on June 30, 2005. The curriculum and programs offered in the new Union High School District will meet all State and Federal legal requirements.

The Union High School District will assume a current total debt of $5,221,726.00 specific to existing properties of the Bellows Free Academy. The breakdown of debt for the combined principal and interest is as follows:

ì ADA Project (Elevator) = Total $337,983.00

ì Hospital Conversion = Total $2,764,965.00

ì Collins-Perley Sports Center = $411,289.00

ì BFA North Project, Windows & Roof = $1,707,489.00

ì The Union High School District will assume any additional debt accumulated during the 2004 and 2005 fiscal years that is necessary to maintain the school and its facilities at its current level as of October 2003.

Following approval by the Franklin Superior Court, the Trustees of Bellows Free Academy will convey to the Union High School District, subject to all encumbrances of record, all of the real estate and personal property utilized by Bellows Free Academy, including all land and buildings of Bellows Free Academy and the Collins Perley Center.

The allocation of allowable capital and operating expenses of the Union High School District will be based on the proportionate average daily membership (ADM), as defined by Vermont State Statutes, for the preceding year in grades 9 through 12 for St. Albans City and St. Albans Town.

Membership on the Union High School Board will be apportioned based on the combined population of both St. Albans City and St. Albans Town as determined by the most recent United States Census. However, at no time will a member school district have less than one board member on the Union High School Board. Each member school district will be entitled to one school board member for each one-fifth, or the greater portion thereof, of said combined population.

Initially there will be three school board members from St. Albans City and two school board members from St. Albans Town serving on the Union High School Board.

School Board Members will be elected for three-year terms except those initially elected at the time of the formation of the Union High School District. In the initial election, there will be one member from St. Albans City elected for a three-year term and one member from St. Albans Town elected for a three-year term. In the initial election, there will be one member from St. Albans City elected for a two-year term and one member from St. Albans Town elected for a two-year term. In the initial election, St. Albans City will have one member elected for a term of one year.

The proposal for forming a Union High School District will be presented to the voters of each community on March 2, 2004 at which time school board members will be elected. The Union High School District will commence educational operations on July 1, 2005 in order to provide a transition time for properly engaging in necessary legal proceedings and to enable the school board to enact policies and other matters necessary for operating the new Union High School District.

On July 1, 2005, following approval by the Franklin Superior Court, the elected School Board members of the Union High School District will assume the duties and responsibilities as Trustees of the Bellows Free Academy Trust, under the terms and conditions of said "approval ".

If the Franklin Superior Court does not approve the assumption of duties of the Trustees of Bellows Free Academy by the elected Union High School Board members, then the Bellows Free Academy Trust will continue to be maintained by the established Board of Trustees for the benefit of the Union High School.

CHAPTER 95. TWINFIELD UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #33

2006 Adoption Note.

1967 Plainfield and Marshfield each voted yes on the following articles.

Shall the town school district join in the formation of a union school district to consist of the Town School Districts of the Town of Marshfield and the Town of Plainfield, upon the following conditions and agreements:

Type of School - The Union School District shall operate a public school offering instruction in grades kindergarten through 12.

Board of School Directors - Each member school district shall be entitled to one member of the board of school directors in the Union School District and one additional member for each one hundred (100) students or major fraction thereof residing in a member district and enrolled in grades kindergarten through twelve of any public school on October 15 of the preceding school year.

Expenses - All expenses incurred with respect to the Union School District, including transportation of its students from the member districts, shall be divided among the several member districts in the same proportion which the student enrollment from each member districts, as above defined, bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.

CHAPTER 97. U32 UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #32

2006 Adoption Note.

1967 Middlesex, Calais, East Montpelier, Montpelier, and Worcester each voted yes on the articles.

1969 The town school district of Berlin requested and was granted admission to the Union District. The town school district of Montpelier requested and was granted permission to withdraw from the union district.

Shall the School District of Middlesex join with the School Districts of Calais, East Montpelier, Montpelier and Worcester to form a Union School District as provided in Chapter 11, Title 16, V.S.A., upon the following conditions and agreements:

Type of School. The union high school district shall operate a junior-senior high school offering instruction in grades seven through 12.

Board of School Directors. Each member district shall be entitled to one member of the board of school directors of the union high school district for each 100 students or major fraction thereof residing in a member district and enrolled in grades seven through 12 of any public school at public expense on October 15 of the previous school year. Each member district shall have at least one representative on the union board, in any event.

Apportionment of Expense. The expenses incurred by the Union high school district including transportation of its students to and from the member districts shall be divided among the several member districts in the same proportion which the student enrollment from each district, as above defined bears to the total student enrollment from all member districts.

Bond Issue. The board of school directors of the union high school district shall call no meeting to vote upon a bond issue for improvements before the expiration of one year and two months from the date of the organization meeting.

CHAPTER 99. VERGENNES UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT #44

2006 Adoption Note.

1988 Vergennes, Panton and Waltham each voted yes to the following article and final report.

ARTICLE 1

Shall the Vergennes Elementary School, Incorporated/Panton School/Waltham School District, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed Union School District, join with the school districts of Panton and Waltham/ Vergennes Elementary School, Incorporated District, which the State Board of education has found necessary to include in the proposed union school district, for the purpose of forming an Elementary Union School District, as provided in Title 16, Vermont Statutes Annotated, upon the following conditions and agreements.

The Union School District shall operate and manage an elementary school offering instruction in grades Kindergarten through six.

The Elementary School District Board representation shall see proportioned to the population of each member district and shall be one board member for every 1,000 people in a given district based on the most recent census. The 1980 Census showed the following population: Panton, 537; Vergennes, 2,273; and Waltham, 394. The representation shall be subject to reapportionment following each decennial census. The initial representation shall be as follows: Vergennes, 3; Panton, 1; and Waltham, 1.

Capital and operating expenses of the Union Elementary School District, including payments under Paragraph 8a of the final report, shall be allocated between member districts on a per student basis, using the enrollment of legal students who are residents of the member districts as of October 15 of the preceding year. Such capital and operating expenses shall be separately stated in each annual assessment. Enrollment, as used herein, means legal students who should be attending grades kindergarten through six at public expense.

The Union School District shall assume the indebtedness of member districts, acquire the school properties of member districts, and pay for them, all as specified in the final report. In order to facilitate the formation of the union school district, the voters of Vergennes shall authorize the Vergennes Prudential Committee to permit the purchase of the Vergennes Elementary School by the Union School of the Vergennes Elementary School by the Union School District for the amount of $1,694,400.00, plus $151,250.00 which is Vergennes' equity in the new addition, and to extend equity credit to Panton and Waltham school districts as set forth in the final report with the result that the share of the Town of Waltham School District shall be all equity credit, and the share of the Town of Panton School District shall be equity credit plus approximately $110,000.00 to be paid without interest, approximately $15,000.00 per year for the first two years, and approximately $10,000.00 per year for the eight years thereafter. The exact figures shall be computed as set forth in the final report.

The provisions of the final report approved by the State Board of Education on the 15th day of August, 1988, which is on file in both the city Clerk's office and School District Clerk's office, shall govern the Union District.

Final Report

The School Districts necessary to establish the Union Elementary School District are Vergennes, Panton and Waltham. This would include all of the Panton students now attending the Addison School.

No additional districts are considered advisable, due to the size of the proposed facility.

The Union Elementary School District will continue to operate at the same level as the present Vergennes Elementary School, Kindergarten through 6.

No new schools are to be constructed.

At first, transportation could continue to be handled by each community. Studies will be initiated to determine whether transportation could be handled through a more economical, larger district organization.

The teaching staff will be basically the Vergennes Elementary School staff plus additional staff as needed. The teaching staff will continue to be employed under contract with the Addison Northwest District.

The curriculum, as presently offered by the Vergennes Elementary School, will be expanded to meet the needs of new educational programs.

The Union shall be responsible for all required special education students residing in the member districts.

The Union Elementary School District shall assume all the rights and liabilities of the Vergennes Prudential Committee relating to the Vergennes Elementary School building except the bonded indebtedness for the 1987 addition.

The Union Elementary School District will acquire the Vergennes Elementary School, including the new, 1987 addition. As of June 30, 1989, the financial status of the Vergennes Elementary School is expected to be as shown below:

The debt-free part of the Vergennes Elementary School, pre 1987 addition, will be purchased by the Union Elementary School District from the Vergennes Prudential Committee for cash. Each member district will pay a share of the cost, based on their projected student attendance in the Union School, projected as of June, 1989. This will be a paper transaction of 51,634,400, based on the Benton appraisal. The following example shows a set of figures based on June, 1988 best estimates.

A payment of $1,694,400 to the Prudential Committee of Vergennes, from the Union Elementary School District.

A payment from the Prudential Committee of Vergennes, to the Union Elementary School District of $1,694,400. This will be shown as Union buy-in costs, divided as shown, and based on June, 1988 best estimates, would be as follows.

The Waltham share will be equity credit, based on the pre 1987 Waltham student attendance of 11.1% at the Vergennes Elementary School. This shall not exceed their buy-in cost to enter the Union.

The Panton share will be made up of $233,657.76 in equity credit, based on pre 1987 Panton student attendance of 13.79%, at Vergennes, and a $101,833.44 loan to Panton from the Prudential Committee of Vergennes. This loan to be repaid over a ten-year period with no interest.

The Union Elementary School District will also pay the Vergennes Prudential Committee $151,250 to cover the retired part of the bonded indebtedness of the 1987 addition. This will be a paper transaction of $151,250. The following example shows a set of figures based on June, 1988 best estimates.

A payment of $151,250 from the Union Elementary School District to the Vergennes Prudential Committee.

A payment from the Vergennes Prudential Committee to the Union Elementary School District of $151,250. This will be shown as Union buy-in costs, divided as shown, and based on June, 1988 best estimates, would be as follows:

The Waltham share will be equity credit based on the Waltham student attendance of 11% at Vergennes during the period that part of the 1987 addition debt was retired. The attendance figures will be finalized in June, 1989.

The Panton share will be made up of $20,872.50 in equity credit, based on Panton student attendance of 13.8% at Vergennes during the period that part of the debt on the 1987 addition was retired, and a $9,075 loan to Panton from the Prudential Committee of Vergennes. The attendance figures will be finalized in June, 1989. This loan to be repaid over a two-year period with no interest.

The pre-1987 Vergennes Elementary School attendance figures are 5 year averages. The projected 1987 to 1989 and Union attendance figures are June, 1988, best estimates. Firm figures, very close to those quoted, will be available in June, 1989 for use in the final financial transactions.

The Vergennes Prudential committee shall convey the Vergennes Elementary School including the 1987 addition, its contents and 14 acres of grounds to the Union Elementary School District. The 14 acres of grounds are described on a plat filed in the Vergennes City Hall. interest in these premises shall be transferred by deed, creating a fee interest which is subject to condition upon the first to occur of the dissolution of the Union Elementary School District, or the failure of the Union Elementary School District to make payments required under Paragraph 8. At that time the Vergennes Prudential Committee shall have the right to enter and reclaim the premises, without any action in the nature of a foreclosure or otherwise. In the event that the Union Elementary School District is dissolved, the Vergennes Prudential Committee shall pay to the towns of Panton and Waltham, amounts equal to their contributions to the Union Elementary School District Capital payment under Paragraph 8. No interest shall be included in the payment. In the event that the Union Elementary School District is dissolved, any outstanding loans from the Vergennes Prudential Committee will be considered due and payable.

Capital and operating expenses of the Union Elementary School District, including payments under Paragraph 8a, shall be allocated between member districts on a per pupil basis, using the enrollment of legal students who are residents of the member districts as of October 15 of the preceding year. such capital and operating shall be separately stated in each annual assessment. "Enrollment", for purposes of this Agreement, means legal students who should be attending grades kindergarten through public expense.

In order to pay existing debt obligations, indebtedness defined in Paragraph 7, the Union Elementary School District shall make capital payments to the Vergennes Prudential Committee on or before November 1 of each year from 1990 through 2006 in an amount equal to the obligation of the Vergennes Prudential Committee due to its bondholders on the following December 1 under its 1986 series bonds issued through the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank. The Vergennes Prudential Committee shall retain its existing obligations under these bonds.

If the Union Elementary School District should sell or otherwise dispose of the elementary school, payments will be made to the Vergennes Prudential Committee, Panton School District and Waltham School District, after first paying to the Vergennes Prudential Committee an amount equal to any remaining principal on its 1986 series bonds issued by the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank. The amount distributed to the Vergennes Prudential Committee shall be $1,694.40, the 1987 appraised value of the original elementary school - with equity credit to Panton and Waltham rescinded, plus capital payments made to the Union District under this Agreement. Payments to Panton and Waltham will include only capital payments made to the Union District. Upon that sale or disposition, the reversionary interest of the Vergennes Prudential Committee shall be extinguished.

The Elementary School District Board representation shall be proportioned to the population of each member district. One Board member for every 1000 people in a given district based on the most recent census. The 1980 Census showed the following population: Panton - 537, Vergennes - 2,273 and Waltham - 394. The representation shall be subject to reapportionment following each decennial census. The initial representation shall be as follows:

Vergennes - 3 members; Panton - 1 member; Waltham - 1 member. Annually, one member shall be elected Chair by the Board and shall be a non-voting member, except when necessary to break a tie.

The terms of office of the Union Elementary School District Board members shall be as follows:

The City of Vergennes will have 3 board members who will serve three year terms upon the establishment of the following schedule.

The Towns of Panton and Waltham shall each have 1 Board member who will serve three year terms upon the establishment of the following schedule:

1988 1 Vergennes (1 yr. Term)

1989 0 Panton 0 Waltham 1 Vergennes (3 yr. Term)

1990 1 Panton 0 Waltham 1 Vergennes (3 yr. Term)

1991 0 Panton 1 Waltham 1 Vergennes (3 yr. Term)

The Union Elementary School District proposal shall be submitted to the voters of the City of Vergennes and the Towns of Waltham and Panton on November 8, 1988.

The Union Elementary School District shall be named by the Union Board following suggestions from the students after approval of the Union Elementary School District.

CHAPTER 101. VERGENNES UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #5

2006 Adoption Note.

1956 Ferrisburg, Waltham, Vergennes each voted yes on the articles below. Addison, Panton also voted yes except that they voted not to send their 7th and 8th grade students to the Union District School. Ferrisburg later rescinded its vote with reference to sending its 7th and 8th grade students.

1968 Addison requested and was granted permission to send its grades 7 and 8 to the Union District school.

Article 1: To consolidate with one or more neighboring school districts for the purpose of forming a Union High School District pursuant to the authority contained in No. 202 of the Acts of 1953 as amended, said Union High School District to be organized and operated in accordance with the provisions of said act except as modified by the following agreements entered into by the school districts forming said Union High School District:

TYPE OF HIGH SCHOOL: Said Union High School District shall operate as a high school, junior-senior high school having six years courses consisting of grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.

LOCATION: Said junior-senior high school shall be located within the territorial limits of the City of Vergennes.

TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE: The expense of transportation of pupils to said junior-senior high school shall be divided among the member districts of said Union High School District in proportion to the student enrollment, as hereinafter defined, in said junior-senior high school from each member district.

STUDENT ENROLLMENT: Student enrollment shall include all students residing in a member district and enrolled for the whole or a part of given school year in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in said junior senior high school and/or enrolled for all or part of such year in said grades in any other school within said district or elsewhere, except that students attending the 7th and 8th grades of a parochial or private school shall not be included, nor shall there be included students attending the 7th and 8th grades in those member districts which before the formation of said Union High School District have voted not to send their 7th and 8th grade students to said junior-senior high school.

OPTION FOR 7th AND 8th GRADE STUDENTS: Member districts may before the formation of said Union High School District vote not to send their 7th and 8th grade pupils to said junior-senior high school.

APPORTIONMENT OF EXPENSES: All expenses, including transportation, building, maintaining and operating said Union High School District shall be divided among the member districts in the proportion which the student enrollment as above defined, in each member district for the previous school year bears to the total number of student enrollment, as above defined, for said year in all the districts in said Union High School District.

BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS: The school board of said Union High School District shall consist of directors to be elected by the member districts at their respective annual meetings. At the formation of the district, the representation shall be as follows: Addison, one; Panton, one; Waltham, one; Ferrisburg, two; Vergennes, two. This apportionment is set up with the stipulation that later changes deemed necessary be made at the discretion of the district directors and voted upon by the union district. Temporary School Directors to serve for the period of time from the formation of said Union High School District up to the first annual meeting of said Union High School District shall be elected from the respective member districts at their own special meetings.

CHAPTER 103. WAITS RIVER VALLEY UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #36

2006 Adoption Note.

1970 Topsham and Corinth voted yes on the following:

ARTICLE 1: Shall the Town School District of Topsham/Corinth which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed Union School District, join with the School District of Corinth/Topsham, which the State Board of Education has found necessary to include in the proposed Union School District for the purpose of forming a Union School District as provided in Title 16, Vermont Statutes Annotated, upon the following conditions and agreements:

The Union School District shall be a kindergarten through grade twelve Union District. The Union School District shall operate and manage a kindergarten through grade eight school if the voters in each town approve a bond issue of sufficient size to cover the cost of construction of such a school. Otherwise the Union School District would operate a kindergarten through grade six school in such new building as the voters in each town might authorize.

One School Director shall be elected from each town with an additional School Director elected from each town for every one hundred pupils or fractional part thereof determined as of October 1st each year.

Each Town School District shall share in the capital and operating expenses of the Union as nearly as possible in that proportion which the average daily membership of the Town School District bears to the total average daily memberships of all town districts included in the Union. The calculation will be determined according to the average daily membership as of October 1st of each operating year.

The Union School District shall not assume any existing indebtedness of either Town School District. Existing school buildings shall not be acquired by the Union School District. The Corinth Town School District shall pay the Topsham Town School District its proportionate share of the cost of the school site previously purchased by the Topsham Town School District from Eugene D. Eastman and wife according to the cost sharing formula set forth above with the average daily membership figured as of October 1, 1969 for the purpose of determining the proportionate share of each town district.

The provisions of the final report approved by the State Board of Education on the 24th day of February, 1970, which is on file in the Town Clerk's Office in the Towns of Topsham and Corinth, shall govern the Union District.

Final Report

The agreement recommended by the Planning Committee includes the following:

That the Towns of Corinth and Topsham are necessary for the establishment of the proposed unions.

That no additional school districts were considered by the Committee to be included in the proposed Union.

That a K-12 Union School District be voted. Furthermore, that the Union School District would operate a K-8 school if the voters in each town approved a bond issue sufficient to cover the cost. Otherwise the Union School District would operate a K-6 school in a new building which will be voted on a future date. In the event only a K-6 school building is authorized by the voters, pupils in Grades 7 through 12 will be educated in neighboring communities on a tuition basis.

That the cost of any new school building would be determined by the class of school voted by the citizens in each town, be it K through 6 or K through 8.

Any new school authorized by the voters will be located on a site previously purchased by the Town of Topsham for this purpose.

That the Union School District will enter into contractual arrangements with private transportation companies to provide transportation for the children attending the class of schools approved by the Board.

That the Planning Committee recommends maintaining a teacher-pupil ratio of one to twenty-three and, furthermore, that the necessary supporting staff members be included to provide instruction in music, art, physical education, and elementary guidance.

The Planning Committee's curriculum report is attached.

That the Union District Board of Education not assume any existing debt in either town. At this time no bonded indebtedness exists in either town school District.

That the existing school buildings (two in Corinth and three in Topsham) would not be acquired by the Union District Board.

That the Town of Corinth would pay the Town of Topsham its proportionate share of the cost of the school site previously alluded to in point No. 4 according to the cost sharing formula recommended by the committee in point No. 8 below. The Average Daily Membership figure of October 1, 1969 would determine the proportionate cost per town.

That each school District shall share in the capital and operating expenses of the union as nearly as possible in that proportion which the A.D.M. of the District bears to the total A.D.M. of each town in the Union. The calculation will be determined according to the A.D.M. figure of October 1 of each operating year.

That the method of proportioning school Director representation which each proposed member district shall have on the Union School Board will be as follows:

One school Director shall be elected from each town for a total of two. One additional school Director shall be elected from each town for every 100 pupils or fractional part thereof. This formula provides for an initial Union School Board of six members, three from each town.

The term of Office of Directors initially elected shall be arranged so that one-third expire on July first following the second annual meeting, one-third on July first following the third annual meeting and one-third on July first following the fourth annual meeting, or as near to that proportion as possible.

That the Union proposal will be submitted to the voters in each town as soon as possible and in conformance with the Statutes.

CORINTH-TOPSHAM CURRICULUM COMMITTEE REPORT

Corinth-Topsham curriculum would be planned around a Continuous Progress Program covering a chronological age equivalent to K-8 traditional elementary program.

The primary (K-3) and intermediate (4-8) sections would be divided into skill levels.

It will be necessary to develop:

Clearly written materials that present a learning skills sequence that is operationally defined. These documents or "skills curricula" would carefully define the skills to be acquired; describe the method or methods for establishing the necessary learning sequence; and indicate the optimum materials, equipment, etc., to accomplish the skill acquisition.

A carefully thought out set of diagnostic instruments to determine where a child is in relation to the established skills curriculum.

A learning inventory or profile to assess a child's progress and position in skill acquisition.

An organizational framework that encourages flexible scheduling and allows each child to work at his optimum level of efficiency.

The children will be grouped only on the basis of their need for particular skill development and acquisition.

Each child will be able to move freely within either the primary or intermediate level.

Enriched materials will be provided for those children who move rapidly through a learning skills sequence but are not yet ready to move from the primary to the intermediate level. Reinforcement material would be provided for those children who would be initially placed downward or who move more slowly through the skills sequence.

The seventh and eighth grades will be departmentalized to a degree to fully utilize their expanded programs in home economics, industrial arts and physical education.

The emphasis in the curricula will be on the acquisition of skill in the reading and math areas. The other major subjects to be covered extensively in the K-8 program will be used as vehicles for further reinforcement in the reading-math skills sequence. The basic orientation of this program considers the acquisition of basic skills essential for pupil progress. Physical education and health programs will be part of the curriculum especially on the intermediate level. A music-art combination room will be provided. To implement this curriculum we need a flexible building providing a library resource center, math-science facilities, physical education, art, music, guidance, health, home economics and industrial arts.

The implementation of this curriculum will be accomplished through a cooperative effort on the part of the principal, staff and local community working within the guidelines of the Vermont design.

CHAPTER 105. WATERBURY-DUXBURY UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT #45

2006 Adoption Note.

1995 Waterbury and Duxbury voted yes to the following article and final report:

Shall the Town School District of Duxbury/Waterbury which the State Board of Education has found necessary or advisable to include in the proposed union school district, join with the School District of Waterbury/Duxbury, for the purpose of forming a union school district, as provided in Title 16, Vermont Statutes Annotated, upon the following conditions and agreements:

Class of Schools. The proposed union will operate schools serving students in grades K through 8, but the two districts would remain members of the Harwood Union High School District for grades 9 through 12.

Board of School Directors. The Board of Directors of the proposed union school district shall have five (5) members, three of whom will be Waterbury residents, elected by the Waterbury School District, one of whom will be a Duxbury resident, elected by the Duxbury School District, and one of whom will be a resident of the proposed union, elected at large by both school districts. The term of office of directors initially elected:

Initial election to a one-year term - one Waterbury member

Initial election to a two-year term - one Waterbury member and the at-large member

Initial election to a three-year term - one Waterbury member and the Duxbury member.

Apportionment of Expenses. The allocation of capital and operating expenses of the union among member districts: Capital expenses and operating expenses shall be allocated by the ratio of each school districts' equalized grand list in the prior school year. The intent of this allocation method is to equalize the cost of education to all taxpayers of the union regardless of the school district of residence.

Assumption of Debts and Ownership of School Property. The union school district shall assume the indebtedness of member districts, acquire the school properties of member districts, and pay for them, all as specified in the final report.

Final Report. The provisions of the final report approved by the State Board of Education on the 17th day of May, 1994, which will be on file in the Town Clerk's Office, shall govern the union district.

Final Report

The school districts the committee considers necessary to the establishment of the proposed union:

The additional school districts the committee considers advisable to be included in the proposed union:

The class of schools to be operated:

The cost and general location of any proposed new schools to be constructed: K-4 students would, for the foreseeable future, be educated at what is now known as the Waterbury Elementary School.

The location of the new middle school will be in Duxbury, as near as is practicable to the Village of Waterbury.

The transportation, teaching staff, and curriculum to be provided:

Transportation: Transportation services will be provided by the proposed union to the extent called for under a policy developed by the union school board.

Teaching Staff: The union board will hire a teaching staff that meets the needs of the students of the union and the requirements of the State of Vermont.

Curriculum: The curriculum of the proposed union will meet high standards, and will be appropriate to the needs of the students of the union.

The indebtedness of proposed member districts which the union shall assume:

The specific properties of proposed member districts which the union is to acquire, their valuation, and how the union shall pay for them:

The allocation of capital and operating expenses of the union among member districts:

The method of apportioning the representation which each proposed member district shall have on the union school board:

The term of office of directors initially elected:

The date on which the union proposal will be submitted to the voters:

Any other matters which the committee considers pertinent:

CHAPTER 107. WOODSTOCK UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #4

2006 Adoption Note.

1954 Bridgewater, Pomfret and Woodstock each voted yes on the following. To see if the town school district will vote to form a Union High School District with either the Town School District of Woodstock or Woodstock and Pomfret.

1966 The town school district of Barnard requested and was granted admission to Union District Number 4 for grades 7-12.

1968 The town school district of Sherburne requested and was granted admission to Union District Number 4 for grades 7-12.

1989 The town school district of Reading requested and was granted admission to Union District Number 4 for grades 7-12.

PART 4 Town and City School Districts

CHAPTER 131. TOWN OF DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT

Sec.

History

2011. See also Danville Town charter, 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 114.

§ 131-101. Annual and special meetings.

All annual and special meetings of the Danville School District shall be called and warned in the manner provided by the laws of the State. All voting on the school budget at all annual and special meetings shall be by Australian ballot.

History

Source. Added 2011, No. M-1, § 2.

Approval of District. 2011, No. M-1, § 1 provides: "The general assembly approves the adoption of and codifies the charters of the town of Danville and the Danville school district as set forth in this act. The voters approved these charters on November 2, 2010."