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.
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 1482)
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§ 1482. Safety patrols
(a) In the exercise of authorized control and supervision over students attending schools
and other educational institutions in this State, both public and independent, the
school board or other directing authority of a school or institution may organize
and supervise school safety patrols and the appointment, with the permission of parents,
of students as members for the purpose of influencing and encouraging other students
to refrain from crossing public highways at points other than at regular crossings
and for the purpose of directing students not to cross highways at times when the
presence of traffic would make crossing unsafe.
(b) The school board or other directing authority shall obtain and keep in force adequate
accident insurance to protect students acting as safety patrols during the performance
of their services.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Safety shall, upon the request of a school board or other
directing authority of any public or independent educational institution, assign an
officer or officers of the State Police to assist the school authorities to organize
and supervise school safety patrols, advise and make recommendations concerning the
elimination of traffic hazards endangering the safety of students, and otherwise assist
in promoting safety education in the schools of the State. Within the appropriation
of the Department of Public Safety, the Commissioner shall furnish any equipment,
material, and supplies that he or she deems necessary for the proper functioning of
the school safety patrols. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize
or permit any safety patrol member to direct vehicular traffic.
(d) Liability shall not attach either to a school, educational institution, governing
board, individual director, trustee, superintendent, teacher, or other school authority,
parent, sponsor, sponsoring organization, or representative of a sponsor, or to the
Department of Public Safety or to any of its employees, by virtue of the organization,
maintenance, or operation of a school safety patrol and school safety patrol field
day activity organized, maintained, and operated under the authority of this section
because of injuries sustained by any student or person, whether a member of the patrol
or otherwise, by reason of the operation and maintenance. (Amended 1991, No. 24, § 11; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 137, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)