The school is governed by a board that is composed of one member of each of its participating districts. These individuals are appointed from the respective District's school board. The Board does not levy taxes. Instead, each participating school district pays a tuition fee per pupil that attends from that public school district. The school also receives direct state and federal funding like special education funding and Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Grant funds from the federal government. Each year, Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School's budget must be approved by the school boards of the participating districts.