2005 Vermont Code - § 706. — Formation of planning committee

§ 706. Formation of planning committee

When it appears to the boards of school directors of two or more school districts that a planning committee should be established to study the advisability of forming a union school district, or if petitioned to do so by five percent of the voters eligible to vote at the last annual or special school district meeting, each of the boards of school directors shall meet with the superintendent of schools for each participating district and with his or her advice establish a budget, and fix the number of persons who will serve on the planning committee, for the purpose of preparing the report required by this subchapter. Each participating district shall share in the budget, and as nearly as possible be represented on the planning committee, in that proportion which the equalized pupils (as defined in section 4001 of this title) of the district bear to the total equalized pupils of all school districts which participate in the study. It is not necessary that each participating district vote to establish a union school district planning committee on the same date. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit informal exploration between and among school districts prior to the formation of a planning committee established pursuant to this section. (Added 1967, No. 277 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; amended 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 109, eff. March 11, 1998; 2005, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), § 24.)