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Statutes› Title 16› Chapter 101› § 2961

Title 16 : Education

Chapter 101 : Special Education

Subchapter 002 : Aid for Special Education and Support Services

(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 2961)

  • § 2961. Census grant [Repealed July 1, 2029 if contingency met]

    (a) As used in this section:

    (1) “Average daily membership” has the same meaning as in subdivision 4001(1) of this title, except it excludes State-placed students.

    (2) “Average daily membership of a supervisory union” means the aggregate average daily membership of the school districts that are members of the supervisory union or, for a supervisory district, the average daily membership of the supervisory district.

    (3) “Long-term membership” of a supervisory union in any school year means the average of the supervisory union’s average daily membership over the most recent three school years for which data are available.

    (4) “Uniform base amount” means $2,350.00, as adjusted for inflation. The uniform base amount shall be adjusted for inflation each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2028 by adjusting the uniform base amount for the preceding fiscal year by the most recent three-year average annual percentage change in the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) implicit price deflator for state and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and rounding upward to the nearest whole dollar amount.

    (b) The State commits to satisfying its special education maintenance of fiscal support requirement under 34 C.F.R. § 300.163(a).

    (c) Each supervisory union shall receive a census grant each fiscal year to support the provision of special education services to students on an individualized education program. Supervisory unions shall use this funding and other available sources of funding to provide special education services to students in accordance with their individualized education programs as mandated under federal law. A supervisory union may use census grant funds to support the delivery of the supervisory union’s comprehensive system of educational services under sections 2901 and 2902 of this title but shall not use census grant funds in a manner that abrogates its responsibility to provide special education services to students in accordance with their individualized education programs as mandated under federal law.

    (d) The amount of the census grant for a supervisory union shall be the uniform base amount multiplied by the supervisory union’s long-term membership. (Added 1987, No. 235 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; amended 1989, No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. July 1, 1991; 1995, No. 157 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; 1997, No. 60, §§ 30, 30a, eff. July 1, 1998; 2003, No. 130 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2015, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; 2017, No. 173 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 2021; 2019, No. 112 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; 2021, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; 2025, No. 169 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 2026; contingently repealed on July 1, 2029 by 2025, No. 73, § 42(c).)