Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 262
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 262
- Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. 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
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Education. See
- State Board: means the State Board of Education established by chapter 3 of this title. See
- Supervisory union: means an administrative, planning, and educational service unit created by the State Board under section 261 of this title, that consists of two or more school districts; if the context clearly allows, the term also means a supervisory district. See
§ 262. Meetings; election of officers
(a) Within 30 days from the date a supervisory union is established by the State Board, the Secretary shall call a meeting of the school directors of the school districts in the supervisory union. The number of directors shall be determined and directors shall be elected according to section 266 of this title. Within 30 days thereafter, the Secretary shall call a meeting, and the board shall elect a chair and other necessary officers to serve until the first regular annual election of officers.
(b) Regular annual elections of officers shall take place not later than 30 days after the latest annual school district election held by a member district in the supervisory union.
(c) The directors of the supervisory union board shall serve for a one-year term. Vacancies on the supervisory union board shall be filled by appointment by the school board of the school district that was represented by the vacating board member. The person so selected shall serve for the duration of the term vacated.
(d) Each supervisory union board shall establish policies and procedures designed to avoid the appearance of board member conflict of interest. (Amended 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 77; 1989, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1991, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 40, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)