Thinking About Running for School Board?
Becoming a school board member is a wonderful way to serve your community and support student success. Learn more about becoming a board member…
Watch our recorded Board Candidate Training Webinar.
Visit our Running for School Board webpage for additional information.
Member Resources About Act 73
As discussion and debate continue across the state about effective implementation of Act 73, including options for redistricting, VSBA has developed a set of resources for our members about the key issues.
VSBA also has released a position paper that includes a set of criteria for any statewide reform plan. READ MORE
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Final 2025-2026 Resolution Report
At the VSBA Annual Business Meeting on October 23rd, the membership voted on amendments to some existing resolutions and voted on all of the proposed resolutions submitted by our membership. Six of the eleven proposed resolutions passed.
View the 2025-2026 Resolutions.
District Quality Standards: Governance
The Vermont Agency of Education’s District Quality Standards, which include governance standards for school boards, went into effect on July 1, 2025. The standards are general principles of good governance and provide boards guidance on their essential work.
The first step in ensuring compliance with these standards is to find out where your board currently is. To help you with this, the VSBA has created a self-evaluation tool for boards to see where the gaps are between your current practices and the new governance standards. For more information see the webinar on this topic on our Webinar Archive page.
Joint Training for Chairs and Superintendents
In 2013, the legislature adopted 16 V.S.A. §561(b) requiring at least eight hours of joint training for the superintendent and board chair annually.
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Download this self-guided training opportunity, Leadership Expedition. Similar to a self-paced course, the chair and superintendent may select what, when, and how they learn together. In addition to providing more flexibility, this self-guided option offers differentiated learning to meet the needs of governance teams with varying degrees of knowledge and experience.
If you have any questions about this resource contact Debbie Singiser at dsingiser@vtvsba.org
Founded in 1963, the VSBA is a private, nonprofit membership association dedicated to serving Vermont’s elected school boards. We provide our members with services, support and counsel as they lead their districts, navigate relationships and promote public education across Vermont.