2021-2022 Session
Change SessionH.727 (Act 176)
An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
House Committee on Education
5/12/2022 - House message: Governor approved bill on June 7, 2022
- Sponsor(s)
- Last Recorded Action
- Senate 5/12/2022 - House message: Governor approved bill on June 7, 2022
Bill/Resolution Text
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An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Detailed Status
Regular Session 2021-2022
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An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Roll Call History
Regular Session 2021-2022
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An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Committee Meetings
Regular Session 2021-2022
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An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2021-2022
No meeting history found for H.727 in the Regular Session 2021-2022.
Committee Documents
An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2021-2022
Committee of Conference
- Elizabeth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
House Committee on Education
- Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Cheryl Charles, Chair, Westminster School Board
- Jeanne Collins, Superintendent, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union
- Laurie Cox, Chair, Ripton Select Board
- Paul Forlenza, Vice Chair, Lincoln Selectboard
- Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Daniel French, Secretary, Agency of Education
- Kim Gleason, Member, State Board of Education
- Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Neil Odell, President, Vermont School Boards Association
- Herb Ogden, Chair, Taconic & Green Regional School District Board
- Oliver Olsen, Chair, Vermont State Board of Education
- Herb Olson, Member, Starksboro Save Our Schools Committee
- Rep. Arthur Peterson, Reporter
- Donna Russo-Savage, Principal Assistant for School Governance, Agency of Education
- Donna Russo-Savage, Principal Assistant for School Governance, Agency of Education
- Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Representing, Stowe
- Will Senning, Director, Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office
- Sherry Sousa, Superintendent, Windsor Central Supervisory Union
- Elizabeth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Elizabeth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- James Warnock, Founding Member, Lincoln Save Community Schools Group
- Molly Witters, Vice-Chair, Ripton School District Board
Senate Committee on Education
- Jeanne Albert, Professor of Mathematics (retired), Lincoln Resident
- Jim Brochhausen, Resident of Stowe
- Sue Ceglowski, Executive Director, Vermont School Boards Association
- Cheryl Charles, Chair, Westminster School Board
- Rep. Peter Conlon, Reporter, House Committee on Education
- Laureen Cox, Ripton Community Member
- Millard Cox, Ripton Community Member
- Jeff Fannon, Executive Director, Vermont National Education Association
- Paul Forlenza, Vice Chair, Lincoln Selectboard
- Jeffrey Francis, Executive Director, Vermont Superintendents Association
- Kim Gleason, Member, State Board of Education
- Tim Lueders-Dumont, Attorney, Montpelier Resident
- Margaret MacLean, Community Member, Peacham
- Jay Nichols, Executive Director, Vermont Principals' Association
- Oliver Olsen, Chair, Vermont State Board of Education
- Herb Olson, Member, Starksboro Save Our Schools Committee
- Leigh Pelletier, Resident of Stowe
- Donna Russo-Savage, Principal Assistant for School Governance, Agency of Education
- Rep. Heidi E. Scheuermann, Representing
- Will Senning, Director, Elections and Campaign Finance, Secretary of State's Office
- Emily Simmons, General Counsel, Agency of Education
- Elizabeth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
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No fiscal documents found for H.727 in the Regular Session 2021-2022.
An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Committee of Conference Members
Regular Session 2021-2022
An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Committee of Conference Meetings
Regular Session 2021-2022
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An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Committee of Conference Meeting Full List
Regular Session 2021-2022
Monday, May 9, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Committee of Conference
- 3:00 PM
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H.727 - An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Elizabeth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- 6:00 PM
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H.727 - An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Elizabeth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Committee of Conference
- 12:15 PM
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H.727 - An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Elizabeth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
- Committee(s):
- Committee of Conference
- 11:45 AM
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H.727 - An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Elizabeth St. James, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
No committee of conference report found for H.727 in the Regular Session 2021-2022.
Act
An act relating to the exploration, formation, and organization of union school districts and unified union school districts
Statutes Affected
Regular Session 2021-2022
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| 16 V.S.A. § 701. Policy |
| 16 V.S.A. § 702. Definitions |
| 16 V.S.A. § 703. Application of other laws and articles of agreement |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706. Proposal to form study committee; budget and membership |
| 16 V.S.A. § 707. Approval of study budget; appointment of study committee; participation |
| 16 V.S.A. § 708. Study committee; necessary and advisable districts; contents of study committee report and proposed articles; dissolution of committee |
| 16 V.S.A. § 709. Review by local school district boards; consideration and approval by State Board of Education |
| 16 V.S.A. § 710. Vote to form union school district |
| 16 V.S.A. § 711. Vote to elect initial members of the union school district board |
| 16 V.S.A. § 712. Contents of warning on votes to establish the union school district and elect the initial members of the union school district board |
| 16 V.S.A. § 713. Certification of votes; designation of district as union school district; recording by Secretary of State |
| 16 V.S.A. § 714. Initial members of union school district board; tallying of at-large votes; oath of office and assumption of duties |
| 16 V.S.A. § 715. Organizational meeting; notice; business to be transacted |
| 16 V.S.A. § 716. Transition to full operations |
| 16 V.S.A. § 717. Dissolution, reorganization, and discontinuation of forming districts |
| 16 V.S.A. § 718. Transfer of real property to town in which it is located |
| 16 V.S.A. § 719. Supervisory union; supervisory district |
| 16 V.S.A. § 721. Joining an existing union school district |
| 16 V.S.A. § 722. Amendments to articles of agreement |
| 16 V.S.A. § 723. Decision to vote by Australian ballot |
| 16 V.S.A. § 724. Withdrawal from or dissolution of a unified union school district |
| 16 V.S.A. § 725. Withdrawal from or dissolution of a union elementary or union high school district |
| 16 V.S.A. § 729. Board members; term; conduct of meetings; quorum and voting; powers and duties |
| 16 V.S.A. § 730. Unified union school district board members; nomination and election; bond |
| 16 V.S.A. § 731. Vacancy on unified union school district board |
| 16 V.S.A. § 732. Unified union school district budget; preparation and authorization |
| 16 V.S.A. § 733. Annual report; data |
| 16 V.S.A. § 735. Officers; election; term; vacancy; bond |
| 16 V.S.A. § 736. Officers; powers, duties, and liabilities |
| 16 V.S.A. § 737. Warnings of unified union school district meetings |
| 16 V.S.A. § 738. Checklist for union district meetings where voting is conducted from the floor |
| 16 V.S.A. § 739. Conduct of vote if by Australian ballot |
| 16 V.S.A. § 740. Preparation and form of Australian ballot |
| 16 V.S.A. § 741. Counting of Australian ballots |
| 16 V.S.A. § 742. Commingling and reporting of all votes cast by Australian Ballot and from the floor |
| 16 V.S.A. § 743. Bond issues; debt limit |
| 16 V.S.A. § 745. Definitions |
| 16 V.S.A. § 747. Board members; term; conduct of meetings; quorum and voting; powers and duties |
| 16 V.S.A. § 748. Union elementary and union high school district board members; nomination and election; bond |
| 16 V.S.A. § 749. Vacancy on union elementary or union high school district board |
| 16 V.S.A. § 750. Union elementary or union high school district budget; preparation and authorization |
| 16 V.S.A. § 751. Annual report; data |
| 16 V.S.A. § 753. Officers; election; term; vacancy; bond |
| 16 V.S.A. § 754. Officers; powers, duties, and liabilities |
| 16 V.S.A. § 755. Warnings of union elementary and union high school district meetings |
| 16 V.S.A. § 756. Union district meetings conducted from the floor |
| 16 V.S.A. § 757. Conduct of vote if by Australian ballot |
| 16 V.S.A. § 758. Preparation and form of Australian ballot |
| 16 V.S.A. § 759. Counting and reporting results of vote by Australian ballot |
| 16 V.S.A. § 760. Bond issues; debt limit |
| 16 V.S.A. § 763. Ratification; articles of agreement; application of chapter |
| 16 V.S.A. § 764. Secretary of State; recording certificates |
| 16 V.S.A. § 1804. Employment transition; new school district created upon withdrawal from a union school district |
