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H.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
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Senate 5/12/2022 - House message: Governor approved bill on June 7, 2022
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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

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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
Meeting Date Committee
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
Print Report
No meeting history found for H.727 in the Regular Session 2021-2022.

Committee Documents

  • House Committee on Education
  • Senate Committee on Education
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
Print Report
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.
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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 Members

Regular Session 2021-2022
Print Report
  • Rep. Peter Conlon
  • Rep. Casey Toof
  • Rep. Erin Brady
  • Sen. Brian Campion
  • Sen. Andrew Perchlik
  • Sen. Joshua Terenzini
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
Meeting Date Committee
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
Print Report
Monday, May 9, 2022
Committee(s):
Committee of Conference
3:00 PM

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

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

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

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.

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Act

  • As Enacted (ACT 176)
  • Act Summary

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
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

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