Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 1572
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 1572
- between: as used in this title in respect to a specified age of a student, shall mean the period of time commencing on the birthday of the child when he or she becomes the age first specified and ending on the day next preceding the birthday of the child when he or she becomes the age last specified. See
- Comprehensive high school: means a public or independent school other than a career technical center that provides secondary career technical education approved under section 1533 of this title. 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
- 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
§ 1572. Formation of a planning committee
(a) Any two or more of the following may establish a committee to plan the formation of a regional CTE school district with an alternative governance structure for governance of the regional CTE center: either the school board of a school district that operates a regional CTE center or all the school boards that operate a comprehensive high school that have been designated as the regional CTE center; the majority of the school boards of the other school districts in the CTE center region; or an entity that performs workforce development activities pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 542 in a CTE center region. The planning committee shall consist of representatives of the school district that operates a regional CTE center, the school districts that send students to the regional CTE center, regional employers, and residents of the CTE center region.
(b) The planning committee may determine that no change to the governance structure is needed, or it may prepare a report in the form of an agreement between the school districts that are located in the CTE center region. The report shall describe:
(1) The makeup of the governing board. At least 60 percent of the board members shall be elected by direct vote of the voters or chosen from member school district boards by the member school district boards, or a combination of the two. If the board is to have additional members, who may constitute up to 40 percent of the board, the additional members shall be appointed by the elected and chosen members from member school district boards for the purpose of acquiring expertise in areas they consider desirable. The appointed members may be selected from nominations submitted by the entity that performs workforce development activities pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 542 or other workforce organizations, or may be chosen without nomination by an organization. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a resident of an unorganized town, grant, or gore that sits within the regional CTE center school district who is otherwise eligible to vote under 17 V.S.A. § 2121 may vote for the board members and may be elected to or appointed as a member of the governing board.
(2) [Repealed.]
(3) Proposed bylaws.
(4) A plan for transition from the existing governance structure.
(5) The disposition of the existing CTE center land and facilities.
(6) How existing collective bargaining agreements and employee contracts will be addressed.
(7) Transportation to be provided.
(8) The term of office of the board members and other officers, how other officers are selected, and how board members will be replaced when a vacancy occurs.
(9) The date on which the proposal will be submitted to the voters and whether the votes will be commingled.
(10) A process for amending or dissolving the governance structure.
(11) Any other matter that the committee considers pertinent. (Added 2001, No. 33, § 3; amended 2005, No. 32, § 3; 2005, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2011, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. May 11, 2012; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 154, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)