Vermont § 713 - Certification of votes; designation of district as union school district; recording by Secretary of State

§ 713. Certification of votes; designation of district as union school district; recording by Secretary of State

• (a) Within 45 days after the vote or 15 days after a vote to reconsider the original vote
  under 17 V.S.A. § 2661, whichever is later, the clerk of each school district voting on the proposal to
  form a union school district shall certify the results of that vote to the Secretary
  of Education. The clerk shall submit the certification regardless of whether the district
  voters approved the proposed formation of a union school district. (b) If the voters voting in each school district identified as “necessary” to formation
  of the proposed union school district vote to form the district, then the “necessary”
  school districts constitute a union school district, together with any school district
  designated as “advisable” that votes to form the proposed union school district. (c) If the voters approve formation of a union school district pursuant to subsection
  (b) of this section, then upon receiving the certification of each clerk pursuant
  to subsection (a) of this section, but not sooner than 30 days after the initial vote,
  the Secretary shall designate the newly formed district as a union school district.
  The Secretary shall certify that designation and send the certification together with
  the clerks’ certifications to the Secretary of State, who shall record the certification. (d) When the Secretary of State records the certification of the Secretary of Education,
  the union school district shall be a body politic and corporate with the powers incident
  to a municipal corporation, shall be known by the name or number given in the recorded
  certification, by that name or number may sue and be sued, and may hold and convey
  real and personal property for the use of the union school district. The recorded
  certification shall be notice to all parties of the formation of the union school
  district with all the powers incident to such a district as provided in this title. (e) The Secretary of State shall file a certified copy of the recorded certification with
  the clerk of each member district of a new union elementary or union high school district
  and with the town clerk of each town within a new unified union school district. The
  Secretary of State shall file the certified copies not later than 14 days after the
  date on which the Secretary of Education certifies the existence of the union school
  district to the Secretary of State. Filing a certified copy with each clerk shall
  be prima facie evidence of full compliance with the requirements for the formation
  of a union school district as set forth in this subchapter. (Added 2021, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 7, 2022.)