ATHENS SCHOOL DIST v. VT STATE BD OF EDUC

Nos. 19-185 & 19-241.

237 A.3d 671 (2020)

2020 VT 52

ATHENS SCHOOL DISTRICT et al. v. VERMONT STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION et al.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Kelley , Craftsbury Common , Stephen F. Coteus and Nicholas A.E. Low of Tarrant, Gillies & Richardson, Montpelier, and Ines McGillion of Ines McGillion Law Offices, PLLC, Putney, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General, and David Boyd and Eleanor L.P. Spottswood , Assistant Attorneys General, Montpelier, for Defendants-Appellees.

PRESENT: Reiber, C.J., Robinson, Eaton, Carroll and Cohen, JJ.


¶ 1. Plaintiffs—a number of independent school districts, school boards, parents, students, and citizens—challenge the implementation of Act 46, as amended by Act 49, regarding the involuntary merger of school districts. The Legislature enacted those laws in 2015 and 2017, respectively, to improve educational outcomes...

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