Vermont § 792 - Procedure for Formation of an Interstate School District—Article II A. Creation of planning committee.

§ 792. Procedure for Formation of an Interstate School District—Article II A. Creation of planning committee.

• The New York and Vermont Commissioners of Education shall have the power, acting jointly
  to constitute and discharge one or more interstate school district planning committees.
  Each such planning committee shall consist of at least two voters from each of a group
  of two or more neighboring member districts. One of the representatives from each
  member district shall be a member of its school board, whose term on the planning
  committee shall be concurrent with his or her term as a school board member. The
  term of each member of a planning committee who is not also a school board member
  shall expire on June thirtieth of the third year following his or her appointment.
  The existence of any planning committee may be terminated either by vote of a majority
  of its members or by joint action of the commissioners. In forming and appointing
  members to an interstate school district planning board, the Commissioners shall consider
  and take into account recommendations and nominations made by school boards of member
  districts. No member of a planning committee shall be disqualified because he or
  she is at the same time a member of another planning board or committee created under
  the provisions of this compact or under any other provisions of law. Any existing
  informal interstate school planning committee may be reconstituted as a formal planning
  committee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and its previous deliberations
  adopted and ratified by the reorganized formal planning committee. Vacancies on a
  planning committee shall be filled by the commissioners acting jointly. B. Operating procedures of planning committee. Each interstate school district planning committee shall meet in the first instance
  at the call of any member, and shall organize by the election of a chairman and clerk-treasurer,
  each of whom shall be a resident of a different state. Subsequent meetings may be
  called by either officer of the committee. The members of the committee shall serve
  without pay. The member districts shall appropriate money on an equal basis at each
  annual meeting to meet the expenses of the committee, including the cost of publication
  and distribution of reports and advertising. From time to time the commissioners
  may add additional members and additional member districts to the committee, and may
  remove members and member districts from the committee. An interstate school district
  planning committee shall act by majority vote of its membership present and voting. C. Duties of interstate school district planning committee. It shall be the duty of an interstate school district planning committee, in consultation
  with the commissioners and the state departments of education: to study the advisability
  of establishing an interstate school district in accordance with the standards set
  forth in paragraph A of Article I of this compact, its organization, operation and
  control, and the advisability of constructing, maintaining and operating a school
  or schools to serve the needs of such interstate district; to estimate the construction
  and operating costs thereof; to investigate the methods of financing such school or
  schools, and any other matters pertaining to the organization and operation of an
  interstate school district; and to submit a report or reports of its findings and
  recommendations to the several member districts. D. Recommendations and preparation of articles of agreement. An interstate school district planning committee may recommend that an interstate
  school district composed of all the member districts represented by its membership,
  or any specified combination of such member districts, be established. If the planning
  committee does recommend the establishment of an interstate school district, it shall
  include in its report such recommendation, and shall also prepare and include in its
  report proposed articles of agreement for the proposed interstate school district,
  which shall be signed by at least a majority of the membership of the planning committee,
  which set forth the following: a. The name of the interstate school district. b. The member districts which shall be combined to form the proposed interstate school
  district. c. The number, composition, method of selection and terms of office of the interstate
  school board, provided that: