§ 261a - Duties of supervisory union board - Vermont Statutes

§ 261a. Duties of supervisory union board

The board of each supervisory union shall:

(1) set policy to coordinate curriculum plans among the sending and receiving schools in that supervisory union. The curriculum plans shall meet the requirements adopted by the state board under subdivision 165(a)(3)(B) of this title;

(2) take reasonable steps to assist each school in the supervisory union to follow its respective curriculum plan as adopted under the requirements of the state board pursuant to subdivision 165(a)(3)(B) of this title;

(3) if students residing in the supervisory union receive their education outside the supervisory union, periodically review the compatibility of the supervisory union's curriculum plans with those other schools;

(4) in accordance with criteria established by the state board, establish a plan for receiving and disbursing federal and state funds distributed by the department of education, including funds awarded under P.L. 89-10, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended;

(5) provide for the establishment of a written policy on professional development of teachers employed in the supervisory union and periodically review that policy. The policy may provide financial assistance outside the negotiated agreements for teachers' professional development activities and may require the superintendent periodically to develop and offer professional development activities within the supervisory union;

(6) provide or, if agreed upon by unanimous vote at a supervisory union meeting, coordinate provision of the following educational services on behalf of member districts:

(A) special education;

(B) except as provided in section 144b of this title, compensatory and remedial services; and

(C) other services as directed by the state board and local boards;

(7) employ a person or persons qualified to manage the supervisory union accounts;

(8) at the option of the supervisory union, provide the following services for the benefit of member districts according to joint agreements under section 267 of this title:

(A) centralized purchasing;

(B) construction management;

(C) budgeting, accounting and other financial management;

(D) teacher negotiations;

(E) transportation; and

(F) other appropriate services;

(9) require that the superintendent as executive officer of the supervisory union board be responsible to the commissioner and state board for reporting on all financial transactions within the supervisory union. On or before August 15 of each year, the superintendent, using a format approved by the commissioner, shall forward to the commissioner a report describing the financial operations of the supervisory union for the preceding school year. The state board may withhold any state funds from distribution to a supervisory union until such returns are made;

(10) submit to the town auditors of each member school district or to the person authorized to perform the duties of an auditor for the school district, on or before January 15 of each year, a summary report of financial operations of the supervisory union for the preceding school year, an estimate of its financial operations for the current school year, and a preliminary budget for the supervisory union for the ensuing school year. This requirement shall not apply to a supervisory district. For each school year, the report shall show the actual or estimated amount expended by the supervisory union for special education-related services, including:

(A) A breakdown of that figure showing the amount paid by each school district within the supervisory union;

(B) A summary of the services provided by the supervisory union's use of the expended funds;

(11) on or before June 30 of each year, adopt a budget for the ensuing school year; and

(12) adopt supervisory unionwide truancy policies consistent with the model protocols developed by the commissioner.

(13)-(17) [Repealed.] (Added 1987, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1989, No. 202 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 1991, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4, 5; 1995, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 83, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; 2001, No. 8, § 3; 2003, No. 36, § 2; 2003, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2009, No. 44, §§ 2, 47, eff. May 21, 2009.)