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§ 1546. Comprehensive high schools
(a) In the sections referenced in this section, when applied to an independent comprehensive high school, "school board" or "school district" means "the school's board of trustees."
(b) A comprehensive high school shall charge and receive tuition pursuant to section 824 of this title. A comprehensive high school shall be a technical center for the purposes of receiving funding for grants per full-time equivalent student under 16 V.S.A. § 1561, for tryout classes under 16 V.S.A. § 1562, for equipment replacement under 16 V.S.A. § 1564, for incentive grants under 16 V.S.A. § 1566, and for reporting requirements under 16 V.S.A. § 1568. Funds received under this section shall be used for support of technical education programs within the comprehensive high school.
(c) In addition, two or more comprehensive high schools for which the state board has designated a service region shall be a technical center for the purposes of accountability to the state board of education under subchapter 2 of this chapter, responsibilities of the technical center under subchapter 3 of this chapter, and receiving state financial assistance under subchapter 5, excluding the per equalized pupil general state support grant under subsection 1561(b), of this chapter. The regional advisory board shall determine how funds received under subchapter 5 shall be distributed. A comprehensive high school aggrieved by a decision of the board may appeal to the commissioner who, after opportunity for hearing, may affirm or modify the decision. (Added 1999, No. 10, § 2; amended 2001, No. 63, § 164a, eff. July 1, 2002.)
