The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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SUPERINTENDENTS
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 241)
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§ 241. Appointment
(a) Each supervisory union board, with the advice of the Secretary, may employ a superintendent
of schools.
(b) A superintendent shall be employed by written contract for a term not to exceed five
years nor less than one year and shall work the number of hours required by contract,
performing the duties designated in the contract or assigned by the board. A superintendent
of schools may be dismissed for cause or as specified in the contract of employment.
(c) Not later than May 15 of a year in which an incumbent superintendent’s contract of
employment expires, the supervisory union board shall meet to renew or act otherwise
upon the superintendent’s contract. If a supervisory union employs a superintendent,
the supervisory union board shall specify and assign the duties of a superintendent.
If the supervisory union board does not hire a superintendent, the board may assign
any duties assigned to the superintendent under this title to the school principal
or principals in the supervisory union or to other qualified persons designated by
the board. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; amended 1991, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1995, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 82, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)