Vermont Statutes
Chapter 9 - School Districts
§ 492. Powers, duties, and liabilities; bonds

§ 492. Powers, duties, and liabilities; bonds
(a) The powers, duties, and liabilities of the collector, treasurer, prudential committee, and clerk shall be like those of a town collector, treasurer, board of school directors, and the school board clerk, respectively.
(b) Before entering upon their duties, the collector and treasurer shall give a bond to the district conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties, in such sum as may be required. In lieu of taking a personal bond from a collector or treasurer, or both, a school district may choose to provide suitable crime insurance covering the collector or treasurer, or both. If a school district has not provided suitable crime insurance in lieu of a bond and a collector or treasurer for 10 days neglects to give a bond as required, that office shall be vacant. (Amended 2011, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. July 1, 2013; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 52, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2021, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. June 1, 2022.)

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