NO. 46.  AN ACT RELATING TO CONTINUATION OF TECHNICAL CENTER ALTERNATIVE GOVERNANCE PILOT PROJECTS.

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It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:

Sec. 1.  Sec. 4 of No. 33 of the Acts of 2001 is amended to read:

Sec. 4.  TECHNICAL CENTER PILOT PROJECTS

The following provisions apply to a technical center pilot project operating pursuant to Sec. 121a of Act No. 71 of the Acts of 1998 or Sec. 18 of Act No. 138 of the Acts of 1998:

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(2)  If a governing board of a pilot project or a planning committee endorsed by the governing board does not apply for and receive approval of a new governance structure pursuant to Sec. 3 of this act by July 1, 2004, the technical center service region shall be governed under the provisions of chapter 37, subchapter 3 of Title 16 after that date, except that the pilot project or planning committee may continue to operate under the waivers until June 30, 2005, provided that the current governing board and the school board of the host school district state in writing to the commissioner of education that they wish to do so. 

Approved:  May 29, 2003