Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 821 (2026)

School district to maintain public elementary schools or pay tuition

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(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 821)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2023–2024 · leading case: Sara Vitale v. Bellows Falls Union High Sch., 2023 VT 15 (Vt. 2023).
Sara Vitale v. Bellows Falls Union High Sch., 2023 VT 15 (Vt. 2023). · cites it 2× “16 V.S.A. §§ 821(a), 822(a). For elementary education, which covers kindergarten through sixth grade, a school district can operate a public school for its students or authorize the school board to pay tuition for students to attend a public school in another school district or…”
corriveau v. windham (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024). · cites it 9× “To support the allegation, the complaint cites 16 V.S.A. § 821 and the Vermont Supreme Court in Vitale for the proposition that “Vermont children have a fundamental constitutional right to an education under the Education Clause of the Vermont [C]onstitution.”
Corriveau v. State (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024). “In its decision, the court found that (1) Plaintiffs failed to state a claim of an as-applied challenge to 16 V.S.A. § 821; (2) that their claim of deprivation of the constitutional right to an education is moot vis-à-vis their request for an injunction; (3) that they failed to…”
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 821(a): 1 case
Sara Vitale v. Bellows Falls Union High Sch., 2023 VT 15 (Vt. 2023). “16 V.S.A. §§ 821(a), 822(a). For elementary education, which covers kindergarten through sixth grade, a school district can operate a public school for its students or authorize the school board to pay tuition for students to attend a public school in another school district or…”
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 821(a)(1): 2 cases
Sara Vitale v. Bellows Falls Union High Sch., 2023 VT 15 (Vt. 2023). “16 V.S.A. §§ 821(a), 822(a). For elementary education, which covers kindergarten through sixth grade, a school district can operate a public school for its students or authorize the school board to pay tuition for students to attend a public school in another school district or…”
corriveau v. windham (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024). “To support the allegation, the complaint cites 16 V.S.A. § 821 and the Vermont Supreme Court in Vitale for the proposition that “Vermont children have a fundamental constitutional right to an education under the Education Clause of the Vermont [C]onstitution.”
Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 16, § 821(c): 1 case
corriveau v. windham (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024). “To support the allegation, the complaint cites 16 V.S.A. § 821 and the Vermont Supreme Court in Vitale for the proposition that “Vermont children have a fundamental constitutional right to an education under the Education Clause of the Vermont [C]onstitution.”
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