The Vermont Statutes Online
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.
Subchapter
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OTHER PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 558)
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§ 558. Eligibility for election to a school board; employment of school board members
(a) A legal voter in a school district shall be eligible for election to a school board;
however, a member of a school board may not be regularly employed by the school district
or by a school district within the same supervisory union, or by the same supervisory
union during the board member’s term of office.
(b) The Secretary may waive the provisions of this section for employment of a specific
individual as a substitute teacher, coach, or supervisor of extracurricular activities
for a period not to exceed one year, which may be renewed if the school district or
supervisory union is unable to hire another qualified person through no fault of its
own. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 35; amended 1989, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 65, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)