An act relating to high school student legal residency

This bill allows high school students to keep their legal residency in a school district if they completed ninth grade there, even if their parents move away. It directly affects students who might otherwise lose access to local schools due to their parents' change of residence. The key provision adds a new rule to Vermont's education code that lets students maintain residency through graduation based on their ninth-grade attendance rather than their parents' current location. This change takes effect on July 1, 2023, and applies to any student enrolled in the same district on October 1 of their tenth-grade year.