From the ECS State Policy Database School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary AR Adopted 09/2012 pre-K-12 Repeals Rules Governing Administrative Consolidation or Annexation of Public School Districts AR ADC 005.01.4-1.0 to AR ADC 005.01.4-8.0; AR ADC 005.01.7-1.0 toAR ADC 005.01.7-5.0 Repeal of Rules Governing Administrative Consolidation or Annexation of Public School Districts; Repeal of ADE 236 - Rules Governing Consoli... More... AR Adopted 09/2012 pre-K-12 Rules Governing Consolidation and Annexation of School Districts AR ADC 005.01.4-1.00 to AR ADC 005.01.4-28.00 Establishes the requirements and procedures concerning the consolidation and annexation of school districts; the administrative consolidatio... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Annexation of School Districts A.B. 2662 - Annexation of School Districts From bill summary: Existing law defines a "lapse" as an action to dissolve a school district and annex the entire territory of that district... More... IL Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Local Tax Rates for Recently Consolidated Districts S.B. 3252 Allows greater flexibility for recently consolidated districts when setting their local tax rate in the four years after consolidation. htt... More... LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 School System Consolidation S.B. 745 Requires an election to be called before consolidating two or more school systems, pursuant to an act of the legislature or a resolution ado... More... MS Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Authorizes Consolidation of Low-Performing Schools and School Districts in Emergency Situations S.B. 2737 Relating to low-performing schools and school districts: Provides that if a local school district violates accreditation standards determine... More... VT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Incentives for Mergers of Supervisory Unions and District Mergers S.B. 113 - Mergers Section Provides fiscal incentives for supervisory unions that decide to merge and for regional districts and district mergers. http://www.leg.state... More... MS Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School District Consolidation; Requires in Certain Counties S.B. 2330 Provides that in any mississippi county having three school districts, all of which are under conservatorship by the mississippi department ... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Withdrawal from Joint School District S.B. 1253 Authorizes an elementary school district that is not within the boundaries of a union high school district to withdraw from a joint district... More... IN Signed into law 02/2012 P-12 Creation of Education Issues Study Committee H.B. 1047 Establishes the education issues interim study committee to study the feasibility of establishing a process by which residents of a part of ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 School District Reorganization S.B. 821 From bill summary: With respect to a school district involved in a reorganization, requires the interim or governing board of the existing s... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 School District Realignment and Consolidation Commission H.B. 1216 Establishes the School District Realignment and Consolidation Commission. Provides the purpose of the commission is to make recommendations ... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Consolidation H.B. 3298 Provides that the governing body of the county is district boundary board for purposes of boundary changes and mergers of school districts. ... More... ME Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Amends the School Administrative Unit Consolidation Laws H.P. 311 Amends the laws governing school administrative unit reorganization to eliminate the penalties set forth for nonconforming school administra... More... TN Passed 06/2011 P-12 Study of Statutes Related to Consolidation H.R. 30 Directs the comptroller, in conjunction with the department of education, to study present statutes relating to the consolidation or merger ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 School Consolidation Assistance Fund H.B. 2115 Allows expenditure from School Consolidation Assistance Fund to school districts that have entered into a mutual contract for a superintende... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Consolidation H.B. 2219 Creates 16-member Joint Legislative Study Committee on School District Unification and Consolidation. Specifies the appointment process and... More... UT Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Divided School District Assets and Liabilities H.B. 262 From bill summary: Specifies how the assets and liabilities of a divided school district shall be allocated between the new district and the... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Small Transportation School District Dissolution S.B. 1205 Outlines the process for an election to dissolve a small transporting school district. Specifies that upon the approval of the majority of a... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Districts with Fewer than 350 Students S.B. 383 Requires the Department of Education to annually publish a List of all school districts with fewer than three hundred 350 students according... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Consolidation S.B. 1263--School Closure Shortens the timeframe for a school governing board to provide written notice of a public meeting to discuss closing a school from 30 days t... More... TN Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Consolidation That Results in 100% or More Enrollment Increase S.B. 25 From the Fiscal Note: Requires any consolidation of school systems between a special school district and a county school district, resulting... More... IL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Eligibility for School Construction Grants H.B. 5633 Amends the School Construction Law. Requires the grant index to be calculated for each of the school districts forming a reorganized school ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Merging of Elementary and High School District A.B. 2081 From Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing Section 35542 provides that whenever the boundaries of an elementary school district and a high ... More... VT to governor 05/2010 P-12 Incentives for District Mergers, Study of Tuition Vouchers H.B. 66 - Two Sections The first part of this bill relates to incentives for voluntary school district merger, virtual merger, and supervisory union duties. The se... More... ME Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Mandatory School Consolidation Law Amendments H.B. 408 Amends law governing the mandatory school consolidation process, as originally enacted in 2007 to either achieve or allow the following: (1)... More... SD Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Consolidation H.B. 1181 Eliminates the consolidation financial incentives for any school districts that consolidate after July 1, 2010. http://legis.state.sd.us/ses... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 School District Organization A.B. 174 Revises and clarifies the definition of an action to reorganize a school district. Authorizes a county committee to approve a petition to fo... More... OR Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Consolidation S.B. 64 Clarifies the distribution and expenditure of certain amounts of local revenues, including property tax revenues, received by component scho... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School Consolidation Funding A.B. 75 Creates 121.91 (2m) (t) to provide exceptions to methods of determining the revenue limit of two or more districts that consolidate. Page 48... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Bonds H.B. 3646 - Sections 69-72 Section 69: Adds new section 45.0531. Authorizes the state board by rule to establish a percentage of the cost value of the permanent school... More... KS Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Consolidation and Disorganization S.B. 41 Relates to certain school districts involved in consolidation and disorganization. Concerns powers and duties. In situations where a school ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Consolidation S.B. 1169 Establishes a formula for awarding educational building grants to school districts that have struggled to maintain quality educational faci... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 School Districts Boundaries S.B. 1078 Revises provisions relating to the correction or alteration of school district boundaries; revises provisions relating to school districts a... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 1254 Revises the funding of elementary and secondary education and to increase the required minimum size of a school district. Excludes any feder... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Consolidation S.B. 174 Requires a school district to which a former contracting school district is annexed to assign certain resident students to a school district... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 consolidation S.B. 39 Makes an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives. http://legis.state... More... MT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Clarifies District Consolidations and Annexations H.B. 57 Clarifies District Consolidations and Annexations http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billpdf/HB0057.pdf... More... SD Vetoed 02/2009 P-12 Consolidation H.B. 1171 Exempts a school district from the minimum size requirement if it operates the only remaining public high school located within the boundari... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 School district structure A.B. 2243 Authorizes a county committee to approve a petition to form one or more new school districts, if specified conditions are met. Applies these... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Conversion and Formation of School Districts S.B. 2487 Makes modifications to district consolidations and the establishment of collaborative high schools. Makes adjustments to how revenues are es... More... HI Vetoed 07/2008 P-12 Facilities Alignment Commission H.B. 2972 Creates the facilities alignment commission to establish criteria for the selection of public schools to be consolidated or closed, and to r... More... KS Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 School Finance S.B. 531 Provides that a student enrolled in a district and attending both a non-virtual school and a virtual school must be counted as that proporti... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 school district finance S.B. 1443 Concerns the School District Redistricting Commission; relates to rules and procedures regarding an election to approve or reject the unific... More... ME Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 School District Reorganization Policies S.B. 931A Relates to school administrative unit reorganization; relates to school budgets, the election and terms of unit board members, the apportion... More... ME Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 School District Reorganization H.B. 1658A Corrects the laws governing the reorganization of school administrative units; corrects the laws pertaining to the authority of school admin... More... ME Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 School District Consolidation - Collective Bargaining S.B. 738 Removes language from the regional school unit authorization laws requiring the merger of bargaining units on a regional school unit-wide ba... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Creation of a New School District S.B. 71 Modifies provisions relating to the creation of a new school district. Lengthens the time in which transition teams must be appointed. Exten... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 District Dissolution S.B. 6183 Adds first-class school districts to the provisions of existing law that allow the dissolution of a directors' school district, which requir... More... MI Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 School District Consolidation S.B. 703 (sec. 605) Specifies requirements and procedures for district consolidation with respect to types of schools, finances, special education students, app... More... NJ To governor 12/2007 P-12 County Vocational and Special Services Districts S.B. 460 Permits the consolidation of a county vocational school district and a county special services school district into a single school district... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 School Library System Mergers S.B. 4476 Relates to state aid for school library systems; provides additional aid to school library systems affected by boards of cooperative educati... More... UT Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 New School District: Interlocal Agreements H.B. 1002 This bill modifies a provision relating to requirements imposed on interlocal agreement participants that enter into an interlocal agreement... More... UT Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Modifies Provisions for School District Creation H.B. 1004 Modifies 53A-2-118.1. This bill: lowers the population threshold for cities that are allowed to create a school district matching city bound... More... UT Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Creation of New School District H.B. 1001 Amends Section 53A-2-118. Relates to the creation of a new school district; adds an exception to the requirement that a proposed new school ... More... RI Passed 07/2007 P-12 Consolidation Study H.B. 5766 (Joint Resolution)Would create an eleven (11) member special legislative commission whose purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study ... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School District Consolidation H.B. 685 Allows a school administrative unit that is a municipality or school administrative district to combine with another school administrative d... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 redistricting S.B. 1164 Relates to the new school facilities fund; provides that a unified school district may be eligible under certain circumstances; provides tha... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School District Consolidation H.B. 685; LD 216 Allows a school administrative unit that is a municipality or school administrative district to combine with another school administrative d... More... NE Vetoed 05/2007 P-12 Creation of Class I School Districts L.B. 658 Provides for the creation of new Class I school districts. Class I districts may be created pursuant to a plan submitted by an individual or... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Budget H.B. 1001 From Center for Evaluation & Education Policy: Appropriates money for state agencies and makes other distributions. Specifies a school fundi... More... ME Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School District Reorganization H.B. 35 (Resolve) Provides for legislative review of portions of Chapter 28: Closing a School in the Unorganized Territory, a major substantive rule... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 District Consolidation S.B. 1067 Revises school district consolidation plan requirements; provides for payment of costs for feasibility studies and plans per school district... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Rural School Boards H.B. 1305 Relates to membership on rural school boards; for districts that have undergone reorganization, the reorganization plan may provide for scho... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Fiscal Incentives for District Reorganization H.B. 1178 Relates to the payment of school district reorganization bonuses; provides a formula for determining the amount of the bonus: (1) Fifty thou... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Funding Formula and Consolidation Incentives S.B. 157 Revises the state aid to education formula and sets funding amounts to reimburse districts that choose to consolidate. http://www.legis.stat... More... NE Legislation Repealed by Voters 11/2006 P-12 District Consolidation L.B. 126 Gives voters the option of retaining or repealing legislation pertaining to certain dissolved school districts. http://www.unicam.state.ne.u... More... LA Approved by voters 09/2006 P-12 Central Community School System Amendment 8 Proposes a Constitutional amendment to grant to the Central Community School System in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted pa... More... IL Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 School District Conversion and Formation S.B. 2795 Amends the School Code. Creates a new Article concerning the conversion and formation of school districts. Contains provisions concerning sc... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Additional State Aid for Cooperative High Schools H.B. 4365 Allows cooperative high schools to receive some of the same supplementary state aid that new districts receive; relates to multiple agreemen... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Central Community School System H.B. 815 Relates to deconsolidation. Creates Central Community School System and separate governing board as separate from East Baton Rouge Parish S... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Consolidation Incentives S.B. 481 Concerns school districts; relates to consolidation, state aid and the assessed valuation of districts and the levying of school taxes; prov... More... AR Rule Adoption 04/2006 P-12 Consolidation or Annexation of Public School Districts AAC 005.23.06 Sets rules governing consolidation or annexation of public school districts and boards of directors of local school districts. http://www.so... More... UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Creation of a New School District H.B. 77 Modifies the procedures relating to the creation of a new school district; allows the governing body of certain cities to establish a school... More... OK Died 02/2006 P-12 Constitutional Amendment -- to Ballot S.J.R. 35 Directs the Secretary of State to refer to the people for their approval or rejection a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution; req... More... SD Signed into law 02/2006 P-12 Incentives for Consolidation H.B. 1243 Makes an $552,209 appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse school districts for consolidation incentives. http://legis.stat... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 School District Reorganization and Consolidation Requirements H.B. 1642 This bill specifies requirements and procedures that follow from school district reorganization and consolidation, including school board el... More... CA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 County Committees on School District Organization A.B. 835 Existing law authorizes a county committee on school district organization, except as specified, to establish, rearrange the boundaries of, ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Establishment of School Districts in Unorganized Territory S.B. 1199 States that if more than 150 students from a single unorganized territory are attending an adjacent district through open enrollment, the re... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION; MT H.B. 681 AN ACT REVISING THE LAWS ON SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION; ESTABLISHING A SINGLE PROCEDURE FOR THE ANNEXATION AND CONSOLIDATI... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts S.B. 1068 Establishes the 13-member School District Redistricting Commission to design a proposal to unify school districts in Arizona based on certai... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts S.B. 1028 Ensures the continuation of efforts to close the achievement gaps in school districts subject to reorganization or reclassification. Require... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Consolidation Provisions S.B. 1044 (sections 21-27) Deletes definitions of "consolidated average daily membership," "consolidated national school lunch student total" and "national school lunc... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School District Debt Relief H.B. 2734 Assists resulting school districts with debt relief resulting from a consolidation required by law. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bi... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Arkansas Supreme Court Decision H.B. 2646 Conforms the Arkansas Code to comply with the Arkansas Supreme Court decision in the Lake View case. Requires any school district that was a... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Buildings in Consolidated School Districts H.B. 2936 Establishes procedures for the preservation, sale and/or disposal of school buildings in school districts that have been consolidated. Allow... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Closure of Isolated Schools H.B. 1289 Allows a school district to close an isolated school or part thereof following an annexation or consolidation. Specifies that the state boar... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities Program Act S.B. 593 Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Trans... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Academic Progress of Students H.B. 1888 Provides for monitoring of the academic progress of specified subgroups of students from schools that were consolidated or annexed under act... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Comprehensive Financial Review of School Districts Prior to Annexation or Consolidation H.B. 2560 Requires a comprehensive financial review of school districts prior to consolidation, annexation, or otherwise reorganization. Requires any ... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Boards Reorganization S.B. 66 Provides certain options to school boards in reorganization. Boards may decide by resolution to reorganize or may accept or decide based on ... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Continuity of School Boards Protection Act H.B. 1266 An act to protect the continuity of school boards by amending the procedure for election of school boards following annexation; allows certa... More... CA Vetoed--in Senate to unfinished business 10/2004 P-12 Grant Joint Union High School District S.B. 1271 The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for costs mandated by the state and incurred... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 School Districts: Reorganization A.B. 780 Establishes a program in the counties of Fresno, Humboldt, and Ventura to place the duties of approval and disapproval of petitions for the ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School Division Consolidation H.B. 978 Relates to School division consolidation; provides for a process whereby school divisions may submit proposals for the consolidation of scho... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Smaller School Divisions S.B. 518 Creates a mechanism whereby any school board of a school division in which fewer than 350 students (Highland County) were included in averag... More... NE Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Incentives for Districts to Consolidate L.B. 1091 One part of this bill creates the School District Reorganization Fund. From the fiscal note: AM 3480 provides that the state will fund ince... More... KS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Consolidation of School Districts S.B. 373 Authorizes districts to discuss issues relating to consolidation of such districts. Specifies that such meetings may be held within the boun... More... AR Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2004 P-12 Consolidation/Annexing/Public School Districts ADE 165 Establishes emergency rules regarding the administrative consolidation or annexation of public school districts. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/p... More... AR Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2004 P-12 Consolidation/Annexing/Public School Districts 005.01.04-001 Establishes emergency rules regarding the administrative consolidation or annexation of public school districts. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/p... More... SD Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Department of Education Consolidation Incentives S.B. 49 Makes an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Administratively Consolidated School Districts H.B. 1177 Allows students in administratively consolidated school districts to attend classes and programs in other schools in the district. http://ww... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 School District Administrative Consolidation H.B. 1161 Provides administrative consolidation assistance to school districts that administratively consolidate. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproo... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Reorganized School Districts H.B. 1157 Allows all consolidated, annexed, or otherwise reorganized school districts to enjoy the benefit of fund balances accrued by the affected sc... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Isolated School Districts H.B. 1018 Provides for the continued funding support of isolated school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1018.pd... More... AR Became law without governor's signature 01/2004 P-12 Public Education Reorganization H.B. 1109 Relates to the public education re-organization act; to ensure equal opportunities for an adequate education to all students; provides for a... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 School Districts Consolidation S.B. 35 Encourages larger school districts to voluntarily merge with smaller school districts; concerns the establishment of an interim board; provi... More... MO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Changing District Boundary Lines S.B. 686 (§ 162.431) Requires that, in determining whether it is necessary to change the boundary line between seven-director districts, the board of arbitration... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Voluntary Consolidation H.B. 1153 Renames and updates the Oklahoma Voluntary Consolidation and Annexation Act and Fund. Provides various financial incentives for district co... More... IA Adopted 05/2003 P-12 Attendance Center Closure and Grade Realignment 281 IAC 19.1, 19.2, 19.3 Promulgates administrative rules regarding attendance centers. Specifies that local board of a school district has discretion as to the numb... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 District Reorganization H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Changes from March to December 1 the date by which a petition to reorganize districts must be filed with the affected area education agency ... More... MT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School District Territory Transfer S.B. 16 Revises the laws related to school boundary transfers; establishes criteria, a standard of proof and procedures for territory transfer heari... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Creation of New School Districts H.B. 169 Provides a process for creating new school districts. The act provides for the transfer of school property to the new school district, a tax... More... SD Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 School Districts H.B. 1040 Defines the consolidation of school districts. (1) "Joint district," a school district having territory in two or more adjoining counties. ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 School Districts H.B. 1039 Makes an appropriation to fund consolidation incentive payments to certain school districts.... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School District Unification and Consolidation Commission S.B. 1180 Establishes state-level school district unification and consolidation commission; establishes required membership and duties. http://www.azl... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: Small Schools S.B. 20E To reduce the anonymity of students in large schools, encourages local boards to adopt policies to encourage any school that does not meet t... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 District Consolidation S.B. 65A Allows parish governing authorities to consolidate certain precincts; relates to the redistricting and reapportionment of a parish, city, or... More... NM Vetoed 02/2002 P-12 Redistricting District Boundaries H.B. 153 A school district with membership that is greater than thirty-five thousand students is required to redistrict. The state board must adopt a... More... ID Signed into law 01/2002 P-12 Elections on Proposed Closures of Secondary Schools S.B. 1485 Provides that in proposed closure of public secondary schools which are thirty miles or more distant from another public secondary attendanc... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School District Consolidation Agreements H.B. 488 Allows school districts that consolidate to each retain their basic entitlement for 6 years; retains 100% of the entitlement for the 1st 3 y... More... TN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Consolidation Authorization H.B. 465 Authorizes counties with metropolitan governments in which principal city is not county seat to adopt consolidation plan for school systems ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 S.B. 896 This bill completely revamps the way that school districts are consolidated in the state. The relevant sections of the legislation are belo... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Unification of Districts H.B. 2264 States that unification of a common school district and a high school district is not authorized if any of the high school district faciliti... More...