Title 16, Education

§ 3857. Liability of State The bonds and other obligations of the Agency shall not be a debt of the State of Vermont nor shall the State be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds other than those of the Agency. (Added 1966, No. 56 (Sp. Sess.), § 8, eff. March …

§ 3858. Legal investment The bonds and notes are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this State and all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations, all savings banks and savings institutions, including savings…

§ 3859. Exemptions from taxation (a) The creation of the Agency and the carrying out of its corporate purposes is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the State of Vermont and for the improvement of their education, health, welfare, and prosperity, and is a public pur…

§ 3860. Remedies of bondholders (a) If the Agency defaults in the payment of principal of or interest on any of the bonds of any series after they become due, either at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default continues for a period of 30 days, or if the Agency fails…

§ 3861. Compensation of members and employees of Agency No officer, member, or employee of the Agency may receive, or be lawfully entitled to receive, any pecuniary profit from the operation of the Agency except reasonable compensation for services in effecting one or more of its…

§ 3862. Reports The Vermont Education and Health Buildings Finance Agency shall prepare and annually submit to the Governor a complete report listing all projects applied for, planned, in progress, and completed and a complete financial report duly audited and certified by a cert…

§ 4000. Statement of policy (a) The intent of this chapter is to make educational opportunity available to each student in each town on substantially equal terms, in accordance with the Vermont Constitution and the Vermont Supreme Court decision of February 5, 1997, Brigham v. St…

§ 4001. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Average daily membership” of a school district or, if needed in order to calculate the appropriate homestead tax rate, of the municipality as defined in 32 V.S.A. § 5401(9), in any year means: (A) The full-time equivalent enrollme…

§ 4002. Payment; allocation (a) State and federal funds appropriated for services delivered by the supervisory union and payable through the Agency shall be paid to the order of the supervisory union and administered in accordance with the plan adopted under subdivision 261a(4) o…

§ 4003. Conditions (a) No school district shall receive any aid under this chapter unless that school district complies with the provisions of law relative to teachers’ salaries, appointment of superintendents, detailed financial reports to the Agency, and any other requirements …

§ 4010. Determination of weighted long-term membership and educational opportunity payment [Effective July 1, 2029 if contingency met; see also 16 V.S.A. § 4010 effective until contingency met, set out above] (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “EL pupils” means pupils …

§ 4011. Education payments (a) Annually, the General Assembly shall appropriate funds for an education payment to pay for statewide education spending, a portion of a base education amount for each adult education and secondary credential program student, and any other amounts th…

§ 4012. State-placed students (a) A district that provides for the education of its students by paying tuition to an approved independent school or a public school outside the district shall receive from the Secretary an amount equal to the calculated net cost per pupil in the re…

§ 4013. English learners services; State aid (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Applicable federal laws” mean the Equal Education Opportunities Act (20 U.S.C. § 1703), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d et seq.), and Titles I and III of the E…

§ 4014. Early education (a) The Secretary may grant funds for voluntary early education programs. The funds may be used for personnel costs, training of parents and staff, materials and educational equipment, and other costs related to early education programs, including training…

§ 4015. Merger support for merged districts [Repealed July 1, 2029 if contingency met] (a) A school district that was voluntarily formed under 2010 Acts and Resolves No. 153, 2012 Acts and Resolves No. 156, or 2015 Acts and Resolves No. 46, each as amended, and received a merger …

§ 4016. Reimbursement for transportation expenditures (a) A school district or supervisory union that incurs allowable transportation expenditures shall receive a transportation reimbursement grant each year. The grant shall be equal to 50 percent of allowable transportation expe…

§ 4017. Universal meals supplement (a) Definition. For the purpose of this section, “universal meals supplement” has the same meaning as that term has in subdivision 1261a(5) of this title. (b) Public schools. From State funds appropriated to the Agency from the Education Fund fo…

§ 4019. Small schools; sparse schools; support grants [Effective July 1, 2029 if contingency met] (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Average grade size” means the quotient resulting from dividing a school’s two-year average enrollment by the number of grades above pre…

§ 4021. Adult education funding (a) Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “Local adult education and literacy provider” has the same meaning as in section 942 of this title. (2) “Statewide AEL student count” means the average annual number of students statewide who complete t…

§ 4025. Education Fund (a) The Education Fund is established to comprise the following: (1) all revenue paid to the State from the statewide education tax on nonhomestead and homestead property under 32 V.S.A. chapter 135; (2) [Repealed.] (2) all revenue paid to the State from th…

§ 4026. Education Fund budget stabilization reserve [Effective July 1, 2029 if contingency met; see also 16 V.S.A. § 4026 effective until contingency met, set out above] (a) It is the purpose of this section to reduce the effects of annual variations in State revenues upon the Ed…

§ 4027. Education Fund transfer amounts (a) [Repealed.] (b) Annually, on or before June 1, each superintendent shall report to the Agency, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, each education budget that was adopted by May 1 for the following fiscal year by the member districts …

§ 4028. Fund payments to school districts (a) On or before September 10, December 10, and April 30 of each school year, one-third of the education spending payment under section 4011 of this title shall become due to school districts, except that districts that have not adopted a…

§ 4029. Use of funds for education (a) Funds received by a school district may be used only for legitimate items of current education expense and shall not be used for municipal services. (b) Funds received by a municipality other than a school district may not be used directly o…

§ 4030. Data submission; corrections (a) Upon discovering an error or change in data submitted to the Secretary for the purpose of determining payments to or from the Education Fund, a school district shall report the error or change to the Secretary as soon as possible. Any budg…

§ 4031. Unorganized towns and gores [Repealed July 1, 2029 if contingency met] (a) For a municipality that, as of January 1, 2004, is an unorganized town or gore, its education property tax spending adjustment under 32 V.S.A. § 5401(13) shall be one for purposes of determining th…

§ 4032. Supplemental District Spending Reserve [Effective July 1, 2029 if contingency met] (a) There is hereby created the Supplemental District Spending Reserve within the Education Fund. Any recapture, as defined in 32 V.S.A. § 5401, paid to the Education Fund as part of the re…

§ 4033. Legacy debt aid [Effective July 1, 2029 if contingency met] (a) A school district shall be eligible to receive legacy debt aid pursuant to this section only if the district is not identified as a bad faith participant in the facilitator report submitted pursuant to Sec. 1…