Vermont § 821 - School district to maintain public elementary schools or pay tuition

§ 821. School district to maintain public elementary schools or pay tuition

• (a) Each school district shall maintain one or more approved schools within the district
  in which elementary education for its resident students in kindergarten through grade
  six is provided unless: (1) the electorate authorizes the school board to provide for the elementary education
  of the students by paying tuition in accordance with law to one or more public elementary
  schools in one or more school districts; (2) the school district is organized to provide only high school education for its students;
  or (3) the General Assembly provides otherwise. (b) [Repealed.] (c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, without previous authorization by
  the electorate, a school board in a district that operates an elementary school may
  pay tuition for elementary students who reside near a public elementary school in
  an adjacent district upon request of the student’s parent or guardian, if in the board’s
  judgment the student’s education can be more conveniently furnished there due to geographic
  considerations. Within 30 days of the board’s decision, a parent or guardian who is
  dissatisfied with the decision of the board under this subsection may request a determination
  by the Secretary, who shall have authority to direct the school board to pay all,
  some, or none of the student’s tuition and whose decision shall be final. (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1) of this section, the electorate of a school district
  that does not maintain an elementary school may grant general authority to the school
  board to pay tuition for an elementary student at an approved independent elementary
  school or an independent school meeting education quality standards pursuant to sections
  823 and 828 of this chapter upon notice given by the student’s parent or legal guardian
  before April 15 for the next academic year. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 52; amended 1985, No. 71, § 4; 1987, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.); 1989, No. 271 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, 2; 1991, No. 24, § 11; 2009, No. 44, § 13, eff. May 21, 2009; 2011, No. 58, § 29, eff. May 31, 2011; 2011, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 11, 2012; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 95, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2015, No. 23, § 21.)