Vermont § 779 - Amendments to articles of agreement—Article IX A

§ 779. Amendments to articles of agreement—Article IX A

• . Amendments to the articles of agreement shall be adopted in the manner provided in
  the articles of agreement, and if no such provision is made in the articles of agreement
  then amendments shall be adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of those present
  and voting at an interstate district meeting, except that: a. If the amendment proposes the addition of a new member district, the amendment shall
  be adopted in the same manner provided for the adoption of the original articles of
  agreement, provided that the planning committee shall consist of all of the members
  of the interstate district board of directors and all of the members of the school
  board of the proposed new member district or districts, and provided that the amendment
  shall be submitted to the voters of the interstate district, the affirmative vote
  of two-thirds of those present and voting at an interstate district meeting being
  required for approval of the amendment. The articles of agreement together with the
  proposed amendment shall then be submitted to the voters of the proposed new member
  district or districts, and an affirmative vote of a simple majority of those present
  and voting at each district meeting shall be required for approval of the amendment. b. No amendment to the articles of agreement may impair the rights of bond or note holders
  or the power of the interstate district to procure the means for their payment. c. Amendments to the articles of agreement of the Dresden School District shall be adopted
  in the following manner: (1) an amendment shall be initially approved upon the affirmative
  vote of a simple majority of those voters of the Dresden School District who are present
  and voting at a meeting called for such purpose, (2) the amendment initially approved
  by the voters of the Dresden School District shall become final and effective upon
  the expiration of thirty days after the date of that vote, unless a petition is duly
  filed within that thirty day period and the amendment is subsequently not approved
  by the voters of a member district in accordance with the procedure specified in clause
  (3), (3) if a petition, valid under applicable state law, is filed before the expiration
  of that thirty-day period with the clerk of any school district which is a member
  of the Dresden School District, which petition requires the calling of a special meeting
  of that member district for the purpose of considering the approval of the amendment
  initially adopted by the voters of the Dresden School District, then the board of
  school directors of that member district shall thereupon call a special meeting of
  that district for that purpose, (4) if the amendment as initially approved by the
  voters of the Dresden School District is approved by more than forty percent of the
  voters present and voting at the meeting of each member district in which a petition
  was filed under this section, then the amendment as initially adopted shall become
  final and effective upon the vote of that member district last to vote. If the amendment
  as initially approved by the voters of the Dresden School District is not so approved
  by more than forty percent of the voters present and voting at the meeting of any
  one member district, then the amendment shall be null and void and of no effect. (Added 1967, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1977, No. 65, § 3.)