Title 16, Title 16: Education

§ 1264a. Locally produced foods (a) It is a goal of the State that by the year 2023, at least 20 percent of all foods purchased by eligible entities, as defined by subsection (e) of this section, be locally produced foods. Eligible entities have the discretion to define what food…

§ 1321. Form and contents of register With the approval of the State Board, the Secretary shall prescribe the content of school registers used to keep records of student enrollment and daily attendance and to obtain statistical and other information from teachers and school offic…

§ 1322. Transmission to superintendents and teachers Annually, in the month of June, the Secretary shall provide access to the school register. Superintendents shall ensure that school registrars and other staff have received the register and updated the current student informati…

§ 1323. Registrar’s duties The superintendent shall appoint a registrar for each school within the supervisory union. Pursuant to the school register, the registrar shall maintain the record of student enrollment, daily attendance, and other requested information and shall overse…

§ 1324. Superintendent’s duties At the end of the school year, the superintendent shall examine the register of each school, verify the accuracy of the information, and notify in writing the chair of the school board and the Secretary that the school register for the year is comp…

§ 1386. Health services for children In any school year, a school board may expend from its funds a sum not to exceed three percent of that year’s school budget for any necessary health service for a student whose parents are unable to pay for it. Expenditures for this purpose ma…

§ 1387. Possession and self-administration of emergency medication (a) Pursuant to the requirements of this section, each public and approved independent school in the State shall permit students with life-threatening allergies or with asthma to possess and self-administer emerge…

§ 1388. Stock supply and emergency administration of epinephrine (a) As used in this section: (1) “Designated personnel” means a school employee, agent, or volunteer who has completed training required by State Board policy and who has been authorized by the school administrator …

§ 1389. Possession and application of sunscreen (a) Pursuant to the requirements of this section, each public and approved independent school in the State shall permit students, with the written authorization of a parent or guardian, to possess and self-administer a topical, nona…

§ 1422. Periodic hearing and vision screening; guidelines School districts and primary care providers shall conduct periodic hearing and vision screening of school-aged children pursuant to research-based guidelines developed by the Commissioner of Health in consultation with the…

§ 1431. Concussions and other head injuries (a) Definitions. As used in this subchapter: (1) “Coach” means a person who instructs or trains students on a school athletic team. (2) “Collision sport” means football, hockey, lacrosse, or wrestling. (3) “Contact sport” means a sport,…

§ 1432. Menstrual products (a) By enacting this statute, the General Assembly intends to ensure that all students attending a public school or an approved independent school have access to menstrual products at no cost and without having to request them. (b)(1) A school district …

§ 1480. Emergency operations plans (a) Each supervisory union or supervisory district shall adopt and maintain an all-hazards emergency operations plan for each school site that is at least as comprehensive as the template maintained by the Vermont School Safety Center. The plan …

§ 1481. Fire and emergency preparedness drills (a) Each school board in a district that operates a school shall adopt a policy mandating each school site to conduct options-based response drills at each school site in the fall and spring of each academic year. The policy shall re…

§ 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 an…

§ 1483. Chapter printed in manuals or handbooks This chapter shall be printed in manuals or handbooks prepared for the guidance of teachers in a school or institution subject to the provisions of this chapter. (Amended 1977, No. 33, § 4; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 138, eff. Feb…

§ 1484. Access control and visitor management policy (a) Each supervisory union board, member district board, or supervisory district board shall adopt an access control and visitor management policy that, at a minimum, requires that all school sites and supervisory union and sup…

§ 1485. Behavioral threat assessment teams (a) Legislative intent. (1) It is the intent of the General Assembly that behavioral threat assessment teams be used for the purpose of preventing instances of severe and significant targeted violence against schools and school communiti…

§ 1521. Purpose (a) It is the policy of the State of Vermont that all Vermonters should receive educational services that enable them to master the skills essential for further education and training or for successful entry into or advancement in the workplace. (b) It is further …

§ 1522. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Secondary CTE student” means a resident of this State, of any age, who has not completed high school and is enrolled in a secondary career technical education program. (2) “Adult student” means a resident of this State, of any age…

§ 1531. Responsibility of State Board (a) The State Board has overall responsibility for the effectiveness of career technical education. This requires the Board to collect suitable information and to take appropriate steps within its legal, financial, and personnel resources to …

§ 1532. Minimum standards; measurement of standards (a) The State Board shall adopt by rule: (1) Minimum standards for the operation and performance of career technical centers that include the education quality standards adopted by the State Board under subdivision 164(9) and se…

§ 1533. Career technical center evaluation (a) At least once in each period of five years, and in coordination with the Vermont Advisory Council on Career Technical Education, the Secretary shall evaluate the effectiveness of each career technical center in the State. The State B…

§ 1534. Course of study evaluation (a) At least once in each period of five years, and in coordination with the Vermont Advisory Council on Career Technical Education, the Secretary shall evaluate the effectiveness of each course of study offered by any career technical center in…

§ 1541. Responsibility of local school boards that operate career technical centers (a) A school board that operates a CTE center has responsibility for providing secondary and adult career technical education services within its service region. (b) A school board that operates a…

§ 1541a. Responsibility of local boards in sending districts (a) A school board of a sending district that offers public education in grade 11 or 12 shall: (1) Provide students enrolled in grades 11 and 12 with a genuine opportunity to participate fully and to benefit from career…

§ 1542. Regional advisory board (a) Each regional advisory board shall consist of: (1) one member from each public high school in the center’s service region, elected by and from among the members of that high school board for a term determined by that high school board; and (2) …

§ 1544. Career technical courses in other schools Subject to any direction as to courses, teachers, or equipment that the State Board may prescribe by rule, high schools may include within their courses of study pretechnical or career technical courses, or both. Before establishi…

§ 1545. Credits and grades earned (a) Grades earned in a course offered within a CTE program approved by the State Board shall not be altered by any public school or approved or recognized independent school in Vermont and shall be applied by the school toward any State graduatio…

§ 1546. Comprehensive high schools (a) In the sections referenced in this section, when applied to an independent comprehensive high school, the term “school board” or “school district” means “the school’s board of trustees.” (b) A comprehensive high school shall charge and recei…

§ 1551. Secondary student eligibility (a) A secondary student shall be enrolled in a program of part-time or full-time career technical education at a career technical center if he or she: (1) applies for the program; and (2) is accepted into the program by the career technical c…

§ 1551a. Secondary students not enrolled in a high school (a) Enrollment in a high school shall not be a precondition for enrollment in a career technical center for a student of any age without a diploma. For the purposes of this section, a general education development credenti…

§ 1552. Secondary student tuition (a) Each career technical center shall establish a tuition charge for secondary career technical education. The amount shall reflect the actual cost, as defined by rule of the State Board, of attendance in the career technical courses offered by …

§ 1553. Adult students An adult student who is academically qualified for career technical education, who applies and for whom space is available shall be enrolled in a program of secondary career technical education at a career technical center at a rate not to exceed 40 percent…

§ 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 scho…

§ 1562. Tryout classes From the monies annually available for use in career technical education, the State Board may reimburse part of the program cost attributable to programs designed to assist students in deciding whether to enroll in career technical courses. As a condition o…

§ 1563. Transportation assistance (a) It is the policy of the General Assembly to encourage Vermont students to enroll in career technical education courses. In furtherance of that policy, transportation assistance is provided for in this section to facilitate the enrollment of V…

§ 1565. Salary assistance (a) The State Board shall reimburse a school district operating a career technical center for a portion of its cost in paying the salary of the following persons: (1) the director of career technical education; (2) a person whose principal duty is to pro…

§ 1568. Reporting of information (a) Annually, in accordance with a timeline, format, and process established by State Board rule, each CTE center shall report its costs and student enrollment, achievement, and performance measures to the Secretary. CTE center financial accounts …

§ 1571. Definitions In this subchapter: (1) “Regional career technical center school district” and “regional CTE center school district” mean a district that maintains a regional career technical center under a governance structure approved by vote of the electorate pursuant to t…

§ 1572. Formation of a planning committee (a) Any two or more of the following may establish a committee to plan the formation of a regional CTE school district with an alternative governance structure for governance of the regional CTE center: either the school board of a school…

§ 1573. Approval by State Board of Education The planning committee shall transmit the report to the Secretary who, after consultation with the chair of the entity that performs workforce development activities pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 542, shall submit the report with his or her …

§ 1574. Vote to adopt the alternative structure Each town school district, incorporated school district, unified union school district, and city school district within the career technical center region shall vote on adoption of the alternative governance structure and formation …

§ 1575. Certification Within 10 days of any vote held in accordance with this subchapter, the clerks of the participating school districts shall certify the results of the vote to the Secretary of Education, or, if the ballots are to be commingled, each municipal clerk shall appo…

§ 1576. Effect of certification; application of other laws (a) Upon certification under section 1575 of this title, the career technical center region shall become a public school district and shall constitute a body politic and corporate, with all the rights and responsibilities…

§ 1577. Duties and authority of Alternative Governance Board The governance board of a CTE center authorized under this subchapter, in addition to other duties and authority specifically assigned by law to the governing authority of a CTE center, shall have the following duties a…