Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 428 (2026)

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Subchapter 001A : GOVERNMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS

(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 428)

§ 428. Budget to be voted

(a) At each annual town school district meeting, the electorate shall vote such sums of money as it deems necessary for the support of schools. If such sums are not approved or acted upon at the annual meeting, the electorate shall vote such questions at a duly warned special school district meeting. A district may vote money necessary for the support of its schools to the end of the full school year next ensuing.

(b) If the electorate of a school district votes for its budget by Australian ballot, it shall do so using ballot language jointly developed by the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of State and adopted by the State Board, by rule. (Added 1969, No. 298 (Adj. Sess.), § 48; amended 1985, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 21; 1997, No. 60, § 26, eff. July 1, 1998; 1997, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 1, 83, eff. March 11, 1998, § 71, eff. Jan. 1, 1999; 1999, No. 1, § 60c, eff. March 31, 1999; 1999, No. 152 (Adj. Sess.), § 166b; 2003, No. 36, § 3; 2003, No. 68, § 1; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 48, eff. Feb. 14, 2014; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 60.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1973–2022 · leading case: Sadie Boyd, Madeline Klein & Town of Whitingham v. State, 2022 VT 12 (Vt. 2022).

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Sadie Boyd, Madeline Klein & Town of Whitingham v. State, 2022 VT 12 (Vt. 2022). “The budgets are then funded by the State, which collects property taxes at rates it sets to cover a portion of the cost. See id. § 4025 (establishing Education Fund, which is funded by education property tax as well as revenues from state lotteries and other taxes, and is to be…”

Anderson v. State, 723 A.2d 1147 (Vt. 1998). “See 16 VS.A. §§ 428, 511, 4025-4028. In order to equalize yields, there must be differences by district in the extent to which funds above the basic grant are derived from property taxes in the district.”

Stowe Citizens for Responsible Gov't v. State, 730 A.2d 573 (Vt. 1999). “See 16 V.S.A. §§ 428, 511, 4025-4028. Under this mechanism, a portion of the additional local funds raised by property-wealthy districts are redistributed to property-poor districts to equalize the yield.”

Lewis v. Town of Brandon, 313 A.2d 673 (Vt. 1973). “16 V.S.A. § 428 provides that: At each annual town school district meeting, the electorate shall vote such sums of money as it deems necessary for the support of schools and shall express in its vote the specific amounts voted for deficit, if any, for current expenses, capital…”

— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 428(a) — 1 case

Sadie Boyd, Madeline Klein & Town of Whitingham v. State, 2022 VT 12 (Vt. 2022). “The budgets are then funded by the State, which collects property taxes at rates it sets to cover a portion of the cost. See id. § 4025 (establishing Education Fund, which is funded by education property tax as well as revenues from state lotteries and other taxes, and is to be…”

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