Vermont Statutes
Chapter 9 - School Districts
§ 558. Eligibility for election to a school board; employment of school board members

§ 558. Eligibility for election to a school board; employment of school board members
(a) A legal voter in a school district shall be eligible for election to a school board; however, a member of a school board may not be regularly employed by the school district or by a school district within the same supervisory union, or by the same supervisory union during the board member’s term of office.
(b) The Secretary may waive the provisions of this section for employment of a specific individual as a substitute teacher, coach, or supervisor of extracurricular activities for a period not to exceed one year, which may be renewed if the school district or supervisory union is unable to hire another qualified person through no fault of its own. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 35; amended 1989, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 65, 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