Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 421 (2026)

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Subchapter 001A : GOVERNMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS

(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 421)

§ 421. Town school districts

(a) A town shall constitute a school district, except that when a town contains an incorporated school district, the town school district shall consist of that part of the town not embraced within the incorporated school district.

(b) It is the policy of the State to support two or more school districts within a supervisory union in establishing a unified union district in accordance with section 722 of this title, if such unified union district would then be large enough to qualify for designation by the State Board as a supervisory district. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 41; amended 1987, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Clogston v. Burlington Sch. Dist. (Vt. Super. Ct. 2011).

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Clogston v. Burlington Sch. Dist. (Vt. Super. Ct. 2011). “In short, incorporation may be necessary to make an incorporated school district distinct from a town or city school district, 16 V.S.A. § 421(a), but the authorities cited above make clear that incorporation is not necessary to make a town or city school district distinct from…”

— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 421(a) — 1 case

Clogston v. Burlington Sch. Dist. (Vt. Super. Ct. 2011). “In short, incorporation may be necessary to make an incorporated school district distinct from a town or city school district, 16 V.S.A. § 421(a), but the authorities cited above make clear that incorporation is not necessary to make a town or city school district distinct from…”

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