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Subchapter
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SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES POWERS AND DUTIES
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 129, § 402)
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§ 402. Meetings
(a) As soon as possible after election of its officers, the School Board of Trustees shall
fix the time and place of its regular meetings and such meetings shall be held at
least once a month.
(b) The School Board of Trustees shall annually designate a paper of general circulation
to be used for publications as prescribed by 17 V.S.A. § 2641(b).
(c) The School Board of Trustees shall conduct their business under Robert’s Rules of
Order, Newly Revised.
(d) Three School Board of Trustees members shall constitute a quorum. No action of the
School Board of Trustees shall be valid or binding unless adopted by the affirmative
vote of at least three members.
(e) All meetings of the School Board of Trustees shall be open to the public, unless by
an affirmative vote of the majority of the School Board of Trustees a portion of the
meeting is declared to be an executive session. Executive sessions may be held in
compliance with 1 V.S.A. § 313.
(f) Emergency meetings may be held without a 24-hour warning, provided that some public
notice is given as soon as possible before such meeting and all members of the School
Board of Trustees are notified.
(g) The agenda of the School Board of Trustees meeting shall be available to the public
at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and posted in one or more public places.
(1) Any member of the School Board of Trustees may add items of business to the written
agenda prior to its posting.
(2) The School Board of Trustees may add items of business to the agenda at the commencement
of the meeting and in open session. If action is taken on an item added in this section,
the action may be reconsidered at the next scheduled Board meeting. Additions in this
section shall be kept to a minimum. (Amended 2021, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 31, 2022.)