Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 244

  • School board: means the board of school directors elected to manage the schools of a school district, the prudential committee of an incorporated school district, the supervisory union board of directors, and the supervisors of unorganized towns and gores. See
  • School district: means town school districts, union school districts, interstate school districts, city school districts, unified union districts, and incorporated school districts, each of which is governed by a publicly elected board. See
  • State Board: means the State Board of Education established by chapter 3 of this title. See
  • Superintendent: means the chief executive officer of a supervisory union and each school board within it. See

§ 244. Duties of principals

(a) The principal shall perform all duties specifically assigned by law or by the superintendent of the school district including the administration of policies adopted by the school board. The principal shall be answerable to the superintendent in the performance of his or her duties.

(b) Without the approval of the State Board, secondary school principals shall not be charged with supervisory responsibility outside the secondary school. (Amended 1983, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1987, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 33, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)