Vermont Statutes
Chapter 9 - School Districts
§ 472. Meetings; warnings

§ 472. Meetings; warnings
(a) A district may, if it so votes at its annual meeting on the first Tuesday in March, fix a different date for holding its annual meetings, provided the date is not earlier than March 15 nor later than June 30. A notice of the proposed change shall be inserted in the warning of the annual meeting upon the written request of five percent of the voters of the district. Special meetings shall be warned on the application of five percent of the voters of the district.
(b) Meetings shall be warned by the clerk or, in case of his or her inability to act, by the prudential committee, by posting a notice specifying the time, place, and business of the meeting in two public places in the district at least seven days before the date of the meeting, and warnings shall be recorded before being posted.
(c) When a person whose duty it is to warn a school meeting neglects to do so for ten days, after application made as provided in this section, he or she shall forfeit to the district $20.00 for each ten days’ neglect, to be recovered in an action on this statute. (Amended 1975, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.); 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 50, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 62.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 16 - Education

Chapter 9 - School Districts

§ 421. Town school districts

§ 422. Meetings

§ 423. Directors, number, election; term

§ 424. Vacancies

§ 425. Other town school district officers

§ 426. Duties of the town school district treasurer

§ 427. Grand list

§ 428. Budget to be voted

§ 429. Loans

§ 471. Application of other laws

§ 472. Meetings; warnings

§ 473. Eligibility of voters

§ 474. Records

§ 475. Statistical information

§ 477. Merger of town and incorporated school districts

§ 478. Prudential committee; vacancies

§ 491. Election; notice to clerk

§ 492. Powers, duties, and liabilities; bonds

§ 493. Moderator

§ 494. Collector of taxes

§ 495. Vacancies

§ 496. Books and papers to be turned over to successor

§ 511. Budget

§ 512. Payment of monies collected to treasurer

§ 514. Abatement

§ 515. Payment of a deficit

§ 551. Application of laws to school districts

§ 552. Validation of school districts and bonds voted for school construction

§ 553. Qualification of voters at school district meetings

§ 554. School board meetings; majority vote, quorum, Robert’s Rules, public participation

§ 555. No liability for unauthorized or deficit spending

§ 556. Liability for damage to textbook or learning materials

§ 557. Gratuity or compensation prohibited

§ 558. Eligibility for election to a school board; employment of school board members

§ 559. Public bids

§ 560. Condemnation for school purposes

§ 561. Election of school board members; oath; chair; clerk

§ 562. Powers of electorate

§ 563. Powers of school boards; form of vote

§ 563a. Prevention, identification, and reporting of child sexual abuse and sexual violence

§ 566. Authority to borrow

§ 567. Surplus

§ 568. School branding

§ 569. Purple Star Campus designation

§ 570. Harassment, hazing, and bullying prevention policies

§ 570a. Harassment

§ 570b. Hazing

§ 570c. Bullying

§ 570f. Harassment; notice and response

§ 570i. Definitions

§ 570j. Unlawful conduct

§ 570k. Civil penalty; Judicial Bureau; waiver penalty

§ 570l. Criminal prosecution and civil action

§ 571. Contracts to construct and operate joint schools

§ 572. Joint boards for joint, contract, or consolidated schools