Vermont § 827 - Designation of a public high school or an approved independent high school as the public high school of a school district

§ 827. Designation of a public high school or an approved independent high school as the public high school of a school district

• (a) A school district not maintaining an approved public high school may vote on such
  terms or conditions as it deems appropriate, to designate three or fewer approved
  independent or public high schools as the public high school or schools of the district. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, if the board of trustees or the school
  board of a designated school votes to accept this designation, the school shall be
  regarded as a public school for tuition purposes under subsection 824(b) of this title, and the sending school district shall pay tuition only to that school, and to any
  other school designated under this section, until such time as the sending school
  district or the designated school votes to rescind the designation. (c) A parent or legal guardian who is dissatisfied with the instruction provided at a
  designated school or who cannot obtain for his or her child the kind of course or
  instruction desired there, or whose child can be better accommodated in an approved
  independent or public high school nearer his or her home during the next academic
  year, may request on or before April 15 that the school board pay tuition to another
  approved independent or public high school selected by the parent or guardian. (d) The school board may pay tuition to another approved high school as requested by the
  parent or legal guardian if in its judgment that will best serve the interests of
  the student. Its decision shall be final in regard to the institution the student
  may attend. If the board approves the parent’s request, the board shall pay tuition
  for the student in an amount not to exceed the least of: (1) The statewide average announced tuition of Vermont union high schools. (2) The per-pupil tuition the district pays to the designated school in the year in which
  the student is enrolled in the nondesignated school. If the district has designated
  more than one school pursuant to this section, then it shall be the lowest per-pupil
  tuition paid to a designated school. (3) The tuition charged by the approved nondesignated school in the year in which the
  student is enrolled. (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary: (1) the school districts of Pawlet, Rupert, and Wells may designate a public high school
  located in New York as the public high school of the district pursuant to the provisions
  of this section; (2) unless otherwise directed by an affirmative vote of the school district, when the
  Wells Board approves parental requests to pay tuition to a nondesignated approved
  independent or public school, the Board shall pay tuition in an amount not to exceed
  the base education amount as determined under section 4011 of this title for the fiscal year in which tuition is being paid; and (3) unless otherwise directed by an affirmative vote of the school district, when the
  Strafford Board approves a parental request to pay tuition to a nondesignated approved
  independent or public school, the Board shall pay tuition to the nondesignated school
  pursuant to section 824 of this title for the year in which the student is enrolled; provided, however, that it shall not
  pay tuition in an amount that exceeds the tuition paid to the designated school for
  the same academic year. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 58; amended 1989, No. 271 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1991, No. 24, § 4; 2009, No. 44, § 13, eff. May 21, 2009; 2009, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.), § 21a; 2011, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 33, eff. May 16, 2012; 2015, No. 46, § 45.)