The Vermont School Boards Association is a non-profit membership organization serving school board members around the state. VSBA's sole mission is to improve, on an ongoing basis, high quality learning opportunities for Vermont students by supporting those locally elected officials responsible for overseeing the public schools. VSBA serves as an education resource, a provider of education, training and a variety of other services, and an advocacy voice for local school officials.

Education Lawbook

Lawbook and Resource Directory Order Form (one time purchase) This order form should be used to place one time purchases of the lawbook or the 2008-2011 School Board Resource Directory.. 2009 Vermont Education Lawbook Standing Ordering Modification Form The VSBA offers a standing order service to interested parties. If you would like to sign up for the standing order (first time) please use the above form. If you have received your standing order notification and need to make an adjustment please use this form to complete your business name and any adjustment that needs to be made.

Resolution and Award Submital Forms

2009 Leadership AWARD NOMINATION FORM Nominations are invited for the 2009 VSBA Leadership Award. This honor may be presented by the Vermont School Boards Association to a school board member or an entire school board that has demonstrated extraordinary leadership. Nominations may come from individuals or organizations throughout Vermont including, but not limited to, school board members, school boards, school administrators, teachers, or community members. 2009 VSBA Resolutions Submission Form VSBA Resolutions are the Association’s official positions on important educational issues and are adopted by the membership for each biennium. These positions guide your Association Board of Directors and staff as they represent you in Montpelier and at the federal level. Resolutions adopted in October 2009 will remain in effect through the 2009-10 Legislative biennium but may be amended during the 2010 VSBA annual conference.

Economic Stimulus Resource Center

The U.S. Department of Education recently announced additional guidance to school districts and states regarding the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA), commonly referred to as the stimulus bill. The guidance helps address questions about implementation efforts, such as respective funding allocations, distribution guidelines, clarifications about maintenance of effort for state fiscal stabilization funding, additional consideration for existing programs (e.g. Title I, special education, education technology), supplement not supplant allowances or clarification, and time periods for obligation and use of funds. Please see NSBA's Economic Stimulus Resource Center for more details. You may also view this Stimulus Package Presentation for more information.

VSBA Governance Reform Proposals

The VSBA Board of Directors has approved for discussion a draft proposal for significant changes to the statutory assignment of duties to supervisory unions, school administrators, and school boards. Please read the following note from Executive Director John Nelson regarding the rationale for issuing governance proposals now, and a brief overview of the draft's proposals. To read the full proposal, click on the Draft Legislation Link. VSBA Board Seeks Comments on Governance Reform Proposals by John Nelson VSBA Draft Governance Reform Proposal Legislation

JUNE NEWSLETTER (FROM THE BOARD ROOM)

The June edition of From the Board Room has been released. We now have the newsletter available interactively. Please visit the printer friendly version of the June newsletter in Acrobat.

MEMBER TO MEMBER

The VSBA realizes the value of board members networking and asking and answering questions of one another. We have added a Member to Member page on our website. Does your board have a situation that other boards have probably faced in the past or may be currently working through? Why not place a question on the bulletin board for one of the other 1,487 board members statewide to respond. The questions and answers are anonymous. The answer can help your board and may help others with the same issue.

DRAFT DELIVERY REPORT

A sub-group of the Vermont School Boards Association Board of Directors has been meeting for several months to discuss how Vermont might deliver education to our students in ways that maximize student learning. This was a completely open-ended activity, with no givens or preconceptions - not K-12 structure, not curriculum, not standardized tests, not current regulations, not schools. The Draft Report of the VSBA Delivery Group

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Last Updated 4/27/09