Vermont Statutes
Chapter 9 - School Districts
§ 552. Validation of school districts and bonds voted for school construction

§ 552. Validation of school districts and bonds voted for school construction
No action shall be brought directly or indirectly attacking, questioning, or in any manner contesting the legality of the formation, or the existence as a body corporate and politic of any union school district created pursuant to chapter 11 of this title after six months from the date of recording in the office of the Secretary of State the certificate of the Secretary of Education designating the district as required by section 706g of this title; nor shall any action be brought directly or indirectly attacking, questioning, or in any manner contesting the legality or validity of bonds, issued or unissued, voted by a school district after six months from the date upon which voters in the school district met pursuant to warning and voted affirmatively to issue bonds to defray the cost of school improvements. This section shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative purpose to validate and make certain the legal existence of all school districts in this state and the validity of bonds issued by school districts, and to bar every right to question the existence of a school district or the validity of a bond voted by it, in any manner, and to bar every remedy therefor notwithstanding any defects or irregularities, jurisdictional or otherwise, after the expiration of the six-month period. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 29; amended 1971, No. 46, eff. April 7, 1971; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 60, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)

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