Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 422
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 422
- Annual meeting: when applied to towns shall mean the annual town meeting in March or an adjournment thereof. See
- Electorate: means the qualified voters in a school district voting at a properly warned school district meeting. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- School board: means the board of school directors elected to manage the schools of a school district, the prudential committee of an incorporated school district, the supervisory union board of directors, and the supervisors of unorganized towns and gores. See
- School district: means town school districts, union school districts, interstate school districts, city school districts, unified union districts, and incorporated school districts, each of which is governed by a publicly elected board. See
- School district meeting: means a duly warned meeting of a school district at which questions are presented to the electorate. See
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
§ 422. Meetings
(a) The annual town meeting shall be the annual town school district meeting. However, at any annual or special school district meeting, the electorate may authorize the annual school district meeting to be held on another date so long as the meeting is held after February 1 and before June 15.
(b) A warning to change the date for the annual school district meeting shall contain an article in substantially the following form: “Shall the town school district of ……………….. hold its annual meeting on ……………….. ?”
(c) Town school district meetings shall be warned by the school board and shall contain appropriate articles notifying the electorate of the election of its officers and the business to be transacted.
(d) A town consisting of one town school district may transact at any regular or special town meeting any and all business lawful to be done at any lawfully warned regular or special town school district meeting. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; amended 1975, No. 48, § 16, eff. April 15, 1975; 1977, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)