Vermont § 267 - Joint agreements among supervisory unions

§ 267. Joint agreements among supervisory unions

• (a) Supervisory unions, or administrative units not within a supervisory union, in order
  to provide services cooperatively, may at any annual or special meeting of the supervisory
  unions, by a majority vote of the directors present and eligible to vote, enter into
  a joint agreement to provide joint programs, services, facilities, and professional
  and other staff that are necessary to carry out the desired programs and services. (b) The supervisory union may provide any authorized or required services by contract
  with any person, partnership, corporation, or school district within or outside the
  supervisory union or with other supervisory unions. The supervisory union may also
  provide such services to any independent school in the supervisory union area on such
  terms as the supervisory union board deems proper. Contracts shall be approved by
  the board and signed by the chair or the chair’s designee. A contract may be for a
  term not to exceed four years renewable for successive four-year periods. (c) The expense of carrying on these shared programs, services, and facilities shall be
  allocated according to a plan mutually agreed upon by the participating supervisory
  unions and the Secretary of Education, including agreement on revision and adequate
  auditing procedures to allocate costs. (d) Facilities constructed to house such shared programs and services when constructed
  with funds from the State School Building Aid Bond Account and attached to an existing
  building become a part of a new construction program. The school district within
  which the special facilities are located shall own the facilities subject to the mutual
  agreement on reversion. (e) A central treasury may be established among the participating unions. Such central
  treasury will receive and disburse funds of participating supervisory unions. Funds
  shall be disbursed only on orders signed by at least one authorized member from each
  of the participating supervisory unions. The participating supervisory unions may
  jointly own personal property under their contract. (Added 1967, No. 70; amended 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 78; 1991, No. 24, § 11; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 41, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2021, No. 20, § 56.)