Vermont Statutes
Chapter 11 - Union School Districts
§ 738. Checklist for union district meetings where voting is conducted from the floor

§ 738. Checklist for union district meetings where voting is conducted from the floor
(a) Not later than the close of business on the day before an annual or special meeting of a unified union school district, the town clerk of each town within the district shall furnish to the district clerk, at the expense of the district, authenticated copies of the checklist of legal voters within the town as the checklist appears after revisions are made pursuant to 17 V.S.A. §§ 2141–2150 (elections; registration of voters). The checklist shall control for purposes of determining voter eligibility in the unified union school district.
(b) During the annual or special meeting, one or more members of each town’s board of civil authority shall assist the district clerk to determine voter eligibility and to supervise voting during the meeting.
(c) This section shall not apply to a meeting warned pursuant to subsection 737(f) (unified union school district meetings; proportional to town population; floor vote) of this chapter. (Added 2021, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 7, 2022.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 16 - Education

Chapter 11 - Union School Districts

§ 701. Policy

§ 702. Definitions

§ 703. Application of other laws and articles of agreement

§ 706. Proposal to form study committee; budget and membership

§ 707. Approval of study budget; appointment of study committee; participation

§ 708. Study committee; necessary and advisable districts; contents of study committee report and proposed articles; dissolution of committee

§ 709. Review by local school district boards; consideration and approval by State Board of Education

§ 710. Vote to form union school district

§ 711. Vote to elect initial members of the union school district board

§ 712. Contents of warning on votes to establish the union school district and elect the initial members of the union school district board

§ 713. Certification of votes; designation of district as union school district; recording by Secretary of State

§ 714. Initial members of union school district board; tallying of at-large votes; oath of office and assumption of duties

§ 715. Organizational meeting; notice; business to be transacted

§ 716. Transition to full operations

§ 717. Dissolution, reorganization, and discontinuation of forming districts

§ 718. Transfer of real property to town in which it is located

§ 719. Supervisory union; supervisory district

§ 721. Joining an existing union school district

§ 722. Amendments to articles of agreement

§ 723. Decision to vote by Australian ballot

§ 724. Withdrawal from or dissolution of a unified union school district

§ 725. Withdrawal from or dissolution of a union elementary or union high school district

§ 729. Board members; term; conduct of meetings; quorum and voting; powers and duties

§ 730. Unified union school district board members; nomination and election; bond

§ 731. Vacancy on unified union school district board

§ 732. Unified union school district budget; preparation and authorization

§ 733. Annual report; data

§ 735. Officers; election; term; vacancy; bond

§ 736. Officers; powers, duties, and liabilities

§ 737. Warnings of unified union school district meetings

§ 738. Checklist for union district meetings where voting is conducted from the floor

§ 739. Conduct of vote if by Australian ballot

§ 740. Preparation and form of Australian ballot

§ 741. Counting of Australian ballots

§ 742. Commingling and reporting of all votes cast by Australian Ballot and from the floor

§ 743. Bond issues; debt limit

§ 745. Definitions

§ 747. Board members; term; conduct of meetings; quorum and voting; powers and duties

§ 748. Union elementary and union high school district board members; nomination and election; bond

§ 749. Vacancy on union elementary or union high school district board

§ 750. Union elementary or union high school district budget; preparation and authorization

§ 751. Annual report; data

§ 753. Officers; election; term; vacancy; bond

§ 754. Officers; powers, duties, and liabilities

§ 755. Warnings of union elementary and union high school district meetings

§ 756. Union district meetings conducted from the floor

§ 757. Conduct of vote if by Australian ballot

§ 758. Preparation and form of Australian ballot

§ 759. Counting and reporting results of vote by Australian ballot

§ 760. Bond issues; debt limit

§ 763. Ratification; articles of agreement; application of chapter

§ 764. Secretary of State; recording certificates