Vermont Statutes
Chapter 11 - Union School Districts
§ 764. Secretary of State; recording certificates

§ 764. Secretary of State; recording certificates
(a) To ensure that documentary evidence relating to the creation of union school districts can be found in one location, the Secretary of Education shall forward to the Secretary of State copies of the certifications designating the existence of each new union school district created pursuant to the State Board’s “Final Report of Decisions and Order on Statewide School District Merger Decisions Pursuant to [2015 Acts and Resolves No.] 46, Sections 8(b) and 10” dated November 28, 2018 (the Order).
(b) The Secretary of State shall record the certifications and all subsequent amendments and addenda to the certifications.
(c) The Secretary of State shall file a certified copy of the recorded certification and any amendments or addenda with the elected clerk of each union school district created by the Order. (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