Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 710
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 710
- Annual meeting: when applied to towns shall mean the annual town meeting in March or an adjournment thereof. 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
- 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:
§ 710. Vote to form union school district
Subject to the provisions of subsections 706(c) (proposal to form study committee; existing union school districts) and 708(b) (study committee; necessary and advisable districts) of this chapter, the voters of each school district identified as “necessary” or “advisable” shall vote whether to form the proposed union school district, as follows:
(1) The vote shall be held on the date specified in the final report.
(2) The vote shall be by Australian ballot.
(3) The vote shall be at separate school district meetings held on the same day.
(4) The opportunity for early and absentee voting pursuant to 17 V.S.A. §§ 2531–2550 shall be provided.
(5) The board of each school district voting on the proposal shall warn the vote either as a special meeting of the school district or as part of its annual meeting. (Added 2021, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 7, 2022.)