§ 1561. Tuition reduction
(a) In this section:
(1) “Student” means a Vermont secondary student without a diploma regardless of age and
regardless of whether the student is enrolled in a high school in Vermont.
(2) “Full-time equivalent student” means the average of a Vermont school district’s three
prior years’ full-time equivalent enrollment of students in the career technical center.
(b) On behalf of a sending school district within Vermont, a career technical center shall
receive from the Education Fund for each full-time equivalent student from the district
87 percent of the base education amount, and an equivalent amount shall be subtracted
from the amount due to the sending district under section 4011 of this title. The amount sent to the career technical center and subtracted from the sending district
shall be considered a revenue and an expenditure of the district and shall be reported
as such in appropriate accounts and in the district’s annual budget.
(c) Annually, the General Assembly shall appropriate funds to pay for a supplemental assistance
grant per full-time equivalent student. The amount of the grant shall be equal to
35 percent of the base education amount for that year.
(d) In any year following a year in which fall semester full-time equivalent enrollment
of students at a career technical center increased by 20 percent or more over the
previous fall semester, in addition to other aid, the career technical center shall
receive an extra supplemental assistance grant equal to two-thirds of the 35 percent
of the base education amount for that year, multiplied by the actual full-time equivalent
enrollment increase. The next year, if the increase in fall semester full-time equivalent
enrollment is less than 20 percent, in addition to other aid, the career technical
center shall receive an extra supplemental assistance grant equal to one-third of
the 35 percent of the base education amount for the year, multiplied by the actual
full-time equivalent increase of the previous fall semester. (Added 1983, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 46, § 3, eff. May 13, 1987; 1987, No. 238 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 10, 10a; 1991, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 6, 7; 1997, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. July 1, 1999; 2001, No. 63, § 164b; 2003, No. 68, § 18, eff. June 18, 2003; 2003, No. 76 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. Feb. 17, 2004; 2003, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 188; 2005, No. 54, § 12; 2009, No. 44, §§ 18, 19, eff. May 21, 2009.)