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The Vermont State Board of Education supervises and manages the Department of Education and the public school system. The board makes regulations governing attendance and records of attendance of all pupils; standards for student performance, adult basic education programs, approval of independent schools, disbursement of funds, and equal access to education for all Vermont students. [1]
According to the Vermont Secretary of State's Citizen's Guide to Town Meeting, Vermont gives state employees the day off on town meeting day. Vermont "law also gives a private employee the right to take unpaid leave from work to attend his or her annual town meeting, subject to the essential operation of the business or government.
Greenwood is situated on a 100-acre campus outside the village of Putney, Vermont in the southeastern part of the state. The Greenwood School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), approved by the state of Vermont, and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).
School budgets voted down. Milton Town School District residents voted no to a $37,172,203 budget, with 1,744 voting against and 1,121 voting for it.
Special districts possess some form of civil office, that is, the board has received a delegation of sovereign power from the state. [21] Some boards may be appointed by only landowners. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Private entities may appoint some or all of the members of a special district; [ 24 ] [ 25 ] [ 26 ] however, there must be evidence of civil office.
A representative town meeting, also called "limited town meeting", is a form of municipal legislature particularly common in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and permitted in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. Representative town meetings function largely the same as open town meetings, except that not all registered voters can participate or vote ...
The General Assembly is a bicameral legislature, consisting of the 150-member Vermont House of Representatives and the 30-member Vermont Senate. Members of the House are elected by single and two-member districts. 68 districts choose one member, and 41 choose two, with the term of service being two years.
Live results from the Associated Press from Vermont's primary elections on Super Tuesday.