Vermont § 428 - Budget to be voted
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 428 — Budget to be voted, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 428. Budget to be voted
- (a) At each annual town school district meeting, the electorate shall vote such sums of
money as it deems necessary for the support of schools. If such sums are not approved
or acted upon at the annual meeting, the electorate shall vote such questions at a
duly warned special school district meeting. A district may vote money necessary for
the support of its schools to the end of the full school year next ensuing. (b) If the electorate of a school district votes for its budget by Australian ballot,
it shall do so using ballot language jointly developed by the Secretary of Education
and the Secretary of State and adopted by the State Board, by rule. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 48; amended 1985, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 21; 1997, No. 60, § 26, eff. July 1, 1998; 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, 83, eff. March 11, 1998, § 71, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; 1999, No. 1, § 60c, eff. March 31, 1999; 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 166b; 2003, No. 36, § 3; 2003, No. 68, § 1; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 48, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 60.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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