The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
002
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EXPLORATION, FORMATION, AND ORGANIZATION
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 717)
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§ 717. Dissolution, reorganization, and discontinuation of forming districts
(a) Unified union school district; dissolution of forming districts. On its operational date, a unified union school district shall supplant all forming
districts and the forming districts shall cease to exist; provided, however, that
if the voter-approved articles of agreement explicitly provide for it, then the supplanted
forming districts and their boards may continue to exist for up to six months after
the operational date for the sole purpose of completing any outstanding business that
cannot legally be performed by the new unified union school district.
(b) Union Elementary and Union High School Districts.
(1) Reorganization of forming districts. On its operational date, a union elementary or union high school district shall supplant
each forming district for the grades for which the union elementary or union high
school district is organized (the supplanted grades). Each forming district shall
cease to be organized to provide for education in the supplanted grades but shall
continue to be responsible for the other grades for which it is organized; provided,
however, that if the voter-approved articles of agreement explicitly provide for it,
then the forming districts and their boards may continue to exist for the supplanted
grades for up to six months after the operational date for the sole purpose of completing
any outstanding business that cannot legally be performed by the new union elementary
or union high school district.
(2) Dissolution of forming districts. If a forming district is organized to provide for education solely in the grades
for which the new union elementary or union high school district is organized and
the forming district is a member district of another union school district for all
other grades, prekindergarten through grade 12, then the forming district shall cease
all educational operations on the new union district’s operational date, the new union
school district shall assume all powers and responsibilities of the forming district,
and the forming district shall cease to exist; provided, however, that if the voter-approved
articles of agreement explicitly provide for it, then the forming district and its
board may continue to operate for up to six months after the operational date for
the sole purpose of completing any outstanding business that cannot legally be performed
by the new union elementary or union high school district. (Added 2021, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 7, 2022.)