16 V.S.A. § 608: CESA membership adjustment proposals

(a) The board of a member supervisory union may propose to the General Assembly to adjust the membership of the CESA it belongs to in accordance with the following procedure:

(1) The board of a supervisory union may vote to propose withdrawal from its current CESA in order to become a member of a different CESA.

(2) If a majority of the supervisory union board members vote in favor of withdrawing from one CESA in order to join a different CESA, the supervisory union board shall transmit the results of the membership adjustment proposal vote to the boards of both applicable CESAs.

(3) The board of a supervisory union’s current CESA and the board of the CESA the supervisory union has voted to join shall hold separate advisory votes to approve the membership adjustment proposal within 45 days after the results of the supervisory union board vote held pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(4) The supervisory union board requesting the membership adjustment shall submit the results of the advisory CESA board votes to the Secretary of Education with the following information:

(A) the minutes recorded by the supervisory union board that detail the origins and intent of the CESA membership adjustment proposal;

(B) copies of the warnings and published notices for any public hearings held to discuss the membership adjustment proposal;

(C) the minutes recorded by the supervisory union board that detail any public hearings held to discuss the membership adjustment proposal, including minutes from the meeting at which the board voted in favor of the CESA membership adjustment proposal; and

(D) the results of the advisory CESA board votes made pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection (a).

(b) The Secretary of Education shall deliver copies of the information required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the Clerk of the House, the Secretary of the Senate, and the chairs of the committees concerned with CESA membership of both houses of the General Assembly.

(c) The membership adjustment proposal shall become effective upon affirmative enactment of the proposal, either as proposed or as amended by the General Assembly.