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1 H.848
2 SHORT FORM
3 Introduced by Representatives Chase of Chester, Mulvaney-Stanak of
4 Burlington, Austin of Colchester, Bos-Lun of Westminster,
5 Carroll of Bennington, Casey of Montpelier, Chesnut-
6 Tangerman of Middletown Springs, Christie of Hartford, Cina
7 of Burlington, Dodge of Essex, Farlice-Rubio of Barnet,
8 Garofano of Essex, Goldman of Rockingham, Graning of
9 Jericho, Howard of Rutland City, Jerome of Brandon, LaMont
10 of Morristown, McGill of Bridport, Nicoll of Ludlow, Pajala of
11 Londonderry, Priestley of Bradford, Small of Winooski, Stone
12 of Burlington, Templeman of Brownington, Waters Evans of
13 Charlotte, White of Bethel, and Williams of Barre City
14 Referred to Committee on
15 Date:
16 Subject: Education; school boards; enforcement; mascots; school branding;
17 complaints
18 Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to make several
19 amendments to 16 V.S.A. § 568 (school branding). Specifically, the bill
20 proposes to:
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1 (1) address the power imbalance between a school district’s access to
2 legal counsel and a private individual’s or group’s access to legal counsel;
3 (2) require the Agency of Education to respond to a complaint related to
4 school branding within a specific time frame;
5 (3) allow the Agency of Education to withhold public education funding
6 if a school district fails to comply with the school branding requirements
7 contained in 16 V.S.A. § 568; and
8 (4) create a process for appeal from a decision of the Secretary of
9 Education.
10 An act relating to updating the school branding and mascot law
11 It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
12 (TEXT OMITTED IN SHORT-FORM BILLS)
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