Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 2004 (2026)

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Subchapter 003 : NEGOTIATIONS

(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 2004)

§ 2004. Agenda

(a) The school board, through its negotiations council, shall, upon request, negotiate with representatives of the teachers’ or administrators’ organization negotiations council on matters of salary, related economic conditions of employment, the manner in which it will enforce an employee’s obligation to pay the agency fee, procedures for processing complaints and grievances relating to employment, and any mutually agreed-upon matters not in conflict with the statutes and laws of the State of Vermont.

(b) As used in this section, the terms “salary” and “related economic conditions of employment” shall not include health care benefits or coverage other than stand-alone vision and dental benefits. Health care benefits and health coverage, excluding stand-alone vision and dental benefits but including health reimbursement arrangements and health savings accounts, shall not be subject to collective bargaining pursuant to this chapter, but shall be determined pursuant to chapter 61 of this title. (Added 1969, No. 127, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1969; amended 2005, No. 25, § 3; 2007, No. 82, § 33; 2013, No. 37, § 12; 2017, No. 74, § 23; 2018, No. 11 (Sp. Sess.), § H.19, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1974–2019 · leading case: Northfield Sch. Bd. v. Washington South Educ. Ass'n & Paul Clayton, 210 A.3d 460 (Vt. 2019).

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Northfield Sch. Bd. v. Washington South Educ. Ass'n & Paul Clayton, 210 A.3d 460 (Vt. 2019). “See 16 V.S.A. § 2004. Section 2004 is part of the Labor Relations for Teachers Act that requires school boards, upon request, to negotiate with teachers' representatives on terms of employment, including "procedures for processing complaints and grievances relating to…”

Morton v. Essex Town Sch. Dist., 443 A.2d 447 (Vt. 1981). · cites it 2× “In seeking the advantages of the protective provisions of the contract, he was required to process his claim according to its terms. The use of grievance procedures by teachers and their school boards, as a means of resolving disputes which arise between them in regard to the…”

Danville Bd. of Sch. Directors v. Fifield, 315 A.2d 473 (Vt. 1974). · cites it 2× “As we have already seen, 16 V.S.A. § 2004 states that the school board: shall negotiate with representatives of the recognized teacher organizations on matters of salary, related economic conditions of employment, procedures for processing complaints and grievances relating to…”

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