Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 16 Sec. 1576

  • Public school: means an elementary school or secondary school operated by a school district. 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: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
  • State Board: means the State Board of Education established by chapter 3 of this title. See
  • Supervisory district: means a supervisory union that consists of only one school district, which may be a unified union district. See
  • Supervisory union: means an administrative, planning, and educational service unit created by the State Board under section 261 of this title, that consists of two or more school districts; if the context clearly allows, the term also means a supervisory district. See

§ 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 pertaining to a public school district, as specified in this subchapter, and as specified in the approval granted by the State Board. The career technical center school district shall also be a supervisory district for the purpose of providing the planning and administrative functions of a supervisory union for the programs offered.

(b) The provisions of this subchapter are intended to be in addition to the general provisions of law pertaining to schools and school districts, including any laws relating to school choice, and not a limitation upon them, and, in the event there is no provision in this subchapter to cover a situation and the situation is covered by the general school law or municipal law, the provisions of the general school law or municipal law apply.

(c) A career technical center governed under a structure adopted under this subchapter, except with respect to inconsistent provisions related to methods of governance, shall be subject to all other provisions of this chapter and any other State or federal laws related to the operations of career technical centers and provision of secondary and adult technical education. (Added 2001, No. 33, § 3; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 77.)