The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 16 : Education
Chapter 011 : UNION SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Subchapter 002 : EXPLORATION, FORMATION, AND ORGANIZATION
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 710)-
§ 710. Vote to form union school district
Subject to the provisions of subsections 706(c) (proposal to form study committee; existing union school districts) and 708(b) (study committee; necessary and advisable districts) of this chapter, the voters of each school district identified as “necessary” or “advisable” shall vote whether to form the proposed union school district, as follows:
(1) The vote shall be held on the date specified in the final report.
(2) The vote shall be by Australian ballot.
(3) The vote shall be at separate school district meetings held on the same day.
(4) The opportunity for early and absentee voting pursuant to 17 V.S.A. §§ 2531–2550 shall be provided.
(5) The board of each school district voting on the proposal shall warn the vote either as a special meeting of the school district or as part of its annual meeting. (Added 2021, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 7, 2022.)
