[Subsection (a) effective July 1, 2028 if contingency in 2025, No. 73, § 70(f) is met.]
(a) Tuition for students shall be paid by the district in which the student is a resident. The district shall pay to a receiving school for each resident student attending the receiving school an amount equal to the base amount contained in subdivision 4001(16) of this title multiplied by the sum of one and any weights applicable to the resident student under section 4010 of this title.
[Subsection (b) effective July 1, 2028 if contingency in 2025, No. 73, § 70(g) is met.]
(b)(1) In addition to the tuition amount calculated in subsection (a) of this section, a receiving school may charge, and a sending school shall be required to pay, an additional fee in the amount of the product of the base amount and up to 0.05 for each student attending the receiving school in grades nine through 12 only if the following conditions are met:
(A) the receiving school has received approval from the State Board of Education to charge the additional fee under this subsection (b), which approval shall be granted in accordance with rules adopted by the State Board; and
(B) the electorate of each school district with at least one student attending the receiving school has approved supplemental district spending, as defined in 32 V.S.A. § 5401, for the purpose of this subsection and in an amount sufficient to cover the additional fee authorized under this subsection (b).
(2) For the purposes of this subsection, a receiving school shall not include an approved independent school in Vermont functioning as an approved area career and technical center.
[Subsection (c) effective July 1, 2028 if contingency in 2025, No. 73, § 70(g) is met.]
(c) A receiving school that elects and is eligible to charge an additional fee pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall charge the same additional fee for each student attending on a publicly funded tuition basis pursuant to chapter 21 of this title. A receiving school is prohibited from charging different fees pursuant to this section to different school districts.
[Subsection (d) effective July 1, 2028 if contingency in 2025, No. 73, § 70(f) is met.]
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the district shall pay the full tuition charged its students attending an approved independent school in Vermont functioning as an approved area career and technical center.