Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 745
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 745
- District clerk: means the individual elected as clerk of a union school district by the voters of the district pursuant to the provisions of sections 715 (union school district organizational meeting), 735 (unified union school district officers and election), and 753 (union elementary and union high school district officers and election) of this chapter. See
- Member district: means either a town school district that is a member district as defined in section 702 (definitions) of this title or a town in a member district if the member district is itself a union elementary or union high school district, as applicable. See
- School district: means a school district organized as a town school district, city school district, incorporated school district, or union school district, unless clearly inapplicable. See
- town: means a city or incorporated village. See
- town school district: means a city school district, or incorporated school district, and does not mean a union school district. See
- Union school district: means a municipality formed under the provisions of this chapter that is governed by a single publicly elected board and that is responsible for the education of students residing in two or more towns in the grades for which the district is organized by:
§ 745. Definitions
As used in this subchapter, words have the meaning as defined in section 702 (definitions) of this title and any words not defined in that section have their plain meaning, except:
(1) Member district. “Member district” means either a town school district that is a member district as defined in section 702 (definitions) of this title or a town in a member district if the member district is itself a union elementary or union high school district, as applicable.
(2) Town clerk.
(A) If, pursuant to section 425 (other town school district officers) of this title, the voters of a member district have elected a district clerk who is not also the clerk of the town, then “town clerk” means the elected clerk of that member district.
(B) Notwithstanding subdivision (A) of this subdivision (2), if a union elementary or union high school district is a member district of the union school district, then “town clerk” has its plain meaning and means the clerk of each town in the member district. (Added 2021, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 7, 2022.)