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: 33 V.S.A. § 4304a)
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§ 4304a. Advisory Board
(a) An advisory board is created to advise the Secretary of Education and the Commissioners
of Mental Health and for Children and Families about children and adolescents with
a severe emotional disturbance and their families.
(b) The Advisory Board shall also advise the Secretary and the Commissioners on the development
of the system of care plan described in subsection 4305(c) of this title.
(c) The State interagency team shall recommend to the Governor a list of potential Board
members. The Governor shall appoint from that list three parents of children or adolescents
with a severe emotional disturbance, three advocates from organizations working on
behalf of children and adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance, and three
professionals in related fields or service organizations.
(d) Members of the Board shall serve for a term of three years, beginning April 1 of the
year of appointment or until their successors are appointed. Initially one-third of
the members shall be appointed to one-year terms, one-third to two-year terms, and
one-third to three-year terms. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for three-year
terms.
(e) The Board shall elect a chair from among its members. The Board shall meet annually
at the call of the Chair, and other meetings may be called by the Chair at such times
and places as the Chair deems necessary.
(f) The members of the Board who are employees of the State shall receive no additional
compensation for their services, but actual and necessary expenses shall be allowed
State employees and shall be charged to their departments. The members of the Board
who are not State employees shall receive compensation as provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1010, and that compensation shall be paid by the Agency of Human Services. (Added 1993, No. 203 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 138b; 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2013, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 71, eff. May 20, 2014; 2015, No. 23, § 59.)