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
| Statute |
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| 16 V.S.A. § 571. Contracts to construct and operate joint schools |
| 16 V.S.A. § 572. Joint boards for joint, contract, or consolidated schools |
| 16 V.S.A. § 701. Policy |
| 16 V.S.A. § 701a. Application of other laws |
| 16 V.S.A. § 701b. Application of chapter |
| 16 V.S.A. § 701c. Definition |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706. Proposal to form study committee |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706a. Approval of study budget; appointment of study committee |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706b. Study committee; contents of study committee report |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706c. Consideration by local school district boards and approval by State Board of Education |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706d. Vote to establish union school districts |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706e. Election of directors |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706f. Contents of warning on vote to establish the union |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706g. Designation of districts as union school district, recording by Secretary of State |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706h. Superintendent for union district |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706i. Organization meeting; notice |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706j. Organization meeting; business to be transacted |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706k. Election of district officers |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706l. Vacancies in district offices |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706m. Terms of office |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706n. Amendments to agreements reached by establishment vote, organization meeting, or final report |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706 o. Statistical information |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706p. Warnings of union district meetings |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706q. Powers, duties, and liabilities of officers; bonds |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706r. Moderator |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706s. Books and papers to be turned over to successor |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706u. Checklist for union district meetings |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706v. Record of proceedings |
| 16 V.S.A. § 706w. Polling places; transportation and counting of ballots |
| 16 V.S.A. § 707. Union school district boards; quorum and voting requirements |
| 16 V.S.A. § 711. Repealed. 2003, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), Section 15(3). |
| 16 V.S.A. § 711a. Establishment of union district budget |
| 16 V.S.A. § 711c. Tuition rate for union school district |
| 16 V.S.A. § 711d. Improvements, indebtedness, bonds, early or absentee voters |
| 16 V.S.A. § 711e. Budget votes by Australian ballot |
| 16 V.S.A. § 712. Repealed. 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), Section 106(b), eff. March 11, 1998. |
| 16 V.S.A. § 721. Inclusion of additional school districts |
| 16 V.S.A. § 721a. Withdrawal from district |
| 16 V.S.A. § 721b. Districts established under prior law |
| 16 V.S.A. § 721c. Districts not operating schools |
| 16 V.S.A. § 722. Unified union districts |
| 16 V.S.A. § 723. Transition to unified union school district administration |
| 16 V.S.A. § 724. Withdrawal from or dissolution of a unified union school district |
