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The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.

NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.

Title 16: Education

Chapter 009: School Districts

  • Subchapter 001: TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
  •    §§ 361-364. Repealed. 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 79.

  •    §§ 381-390. Repealed. 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 79.

  •    §§ 411-415. Repealed. 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 79.


  • Subchapter 001A: GOVERNMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS
  •    § 421. Town school districts

  •    § 422. Meetings

  •    § 423. Directors, number, election; term

  •    § 424. Vacancies

  •    § 425. Other town school district officers

  •    § 426. Duties of the town school district treasurer

  •    § 427. Grand list

  •    § 428. Budget to be voted

  •    § 429. Loans

  •    § 430. [Deleted.]

  •    § 431. Repealed. 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 106(a), eff. March 11, 1998.


  • Subchapter 002: INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS
  •    § 471. Application of other laws

  •    § 472. Meetings; warnings

  •    § 473. Eligibility of voters

  •    § 474. Records

  •    § 475. Statistical information

  •    § 476. Repealed. 1975, No. 48, § 14, eff. April 15, 1975.

  •    § 477. Merger of town and incorporated school districts

  •    § 478. Prudential committee; vacancies

  •    § 491. Election; notice to clerk

  •    § 492. Powers, duties, and liabilities; bonds

  •    § 493. Moderator

  •    § 494. Collector of taxes

  •    § 495. Vacancies

  •    § 496. Books and papers to be turned over to successor

  •    § 511. Budget

  •    § 512. Payment of monies collected to treasurer

  •    § 513. Repealed. 2007, No. 66, § 15.

  •    § 514. Abatement

  •    § 515. Payment of a deficit


  • Subchapter 003: DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL DISTRICTS
  •    §§ 541-549. Repealed. 1973, No. 23, § 1, eff. March 1, 1973.


  • Subchapter 004: OTHER PROVISIONS
  •    § 551. Application of laws to school districts

  •    § 552. Validation of school districts and bonds voted for school construction

  •    § 553. Qualification of voters at school district meetings

  •    § 554. School board meetings; majority vote, quorum, Robert's Rules, public participation

  •    § 555. No liability for unauthorized or deficit spending

  •    § 556. Liability for damage to textbook or learning materials

  •    § 557. Gratuity or compensation prohibited

  •    § 558. Eligibility for election to a school board; employment of school board members

  •    § 559. Public bids

  •    § 560. Condemnation for school purposes

  •    § 561. Election of school board members; oath; chair; clerk

  •    § 562. Powers of electorate

  •    § 563. Powers of school boards; form of vote

  •    § 563a. Prevention, identification, and reporting of child sexual abuse and sexual violence

  •    §§ 564, 565. Repealed. 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 106(b), eff. March 11, 1998.

  •    § 565. Repealed. 2011, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. May 11, 2012.

  •    § 566. Authority to borrow

  •    § 567. Surplus

  •    § 568. School branding

  •    § 569. Purple Star Campus designation


  • Subchapter 005: HARASSMENT, HAZING, AND BULLYING
  •    § 570. Harassment, hazing, and bullying prevention policies

  •    § 570a. Harassment

  •    § 570b. Hazing

  •    § 570c. Bullying

  •    §§ 570d, 570e. [Reserved for future use.]

  •    § 570f. Harassment; notice and response

  •    § 570i. Definitions

  •    § 570j. Unlawful conduct

  •    § 570k. Civil penalty; Judicial Bureau; waiver penalty

  •    § 570l. Criminal prosecution and civil action


  • Subchapter 006: CONTRACTS BETWEEN DISTRICTS TO OPERATE SCHOOLS JOINTLY
  •    § 571. Contracts to construct and operate joint schools

  •    § 572. Joint boards for joint, contract, or consolidated schools


  • Subchapter 007: CELL PHONE, PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE IN SCHOOLS
  •    § 581. Intent

  •    § 582. Definitions

  •    § 583. Student use of cell phones and personal electronic devices in schools

  •    § 584. Use of social media platforms in education


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