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 MI Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Dissoluation of a School District H.B. 4813 Puts in place the criteria and procedures for dissolution of a school district and the attachment of the dissolved district's territory to one or more school districts nearby (to be known as receiving districts). http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2013-2... More... MI Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Funding Associated with Dissolution of School District H.B. 4815 Provides for the implementation of school district dissolution, and provides $4.9 million in additional funding related to the dissolution and transfer of students to other districts. Determines the transfer of funds from the dissolved district to the intermed... More... TX Signed into law 06/2013 P-12 Petition for Detachment and Annexation After Consolidation H.B. 2016 Provides that if a resolution to consolidate has been adopted by the board of trustees of each district proposed to be consolidated into a particular single district, none of those boards of trustees may receive or consider a petition requesting detachment and... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2013 P-12 Unified School District Governing Boards H.B. 2427 Stipulates that unified school district governing boards are constituted and permitted to conduct meetings for the purpose of necessary unified district operations after the adoption of unification resolutions; allows a unified school district governing board ... More... ND Signed into law 04/2013 P-12 District Reorganization H.B. 1146 Amends provisions related to per diem payments for the state board of public school education. Amends details of school district annexation, reorganization, and dissolution proceedings. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-2013/documents/13-0404-02000.pdf?20130... More... AR Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 District Consolidation; Sale of Real Property H.B. 1310 Establishes procedures for use, sale of school buildings in consolidated districts. Provides that districts must provide space to publicly-supported postsecondary institutions, not-for-profit organization, local municipality, or county if real property not sol... More... 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 Consolidation or Annexation of Public School Districts; Repeal of ADE 231 - Rules Governing Distribution of Consolidation/Annex... 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 consolidation and annexation of school districts; and the distribution of consolidation/annexation incentive funding. http://170.94.... 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 to one or more adjoining school districts. Existing law makes an action to lapse a school district subject to specified... 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. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1022.pdf... 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 adopted by each of the affected school boards. Provides consolidation is subject to approval by a majority of voters in eac... 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 determined to be the basis for immediate withdrawal of accreditation, there shall be a show cause hearing conducted by the commis... 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.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT156.pdf... 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 of education, there shall be an administrative consolidation into one countywide school district. Provides for a new cou... 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 with a majority vote of its school board. Stipulates if the school board approves the withdrawal, the question for with... 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 an existing school corporation may elect to disannex from the existing school corporation and either annex to another ex... 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 school district or districts, and, where applicable, the administrators of the existing school district or districts, to ... 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 to the governor and general assembly on the number of school districts in the state, the optimal amount of enrollment fo... 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. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3200.dir/hb3298.en.pdf... 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 administrative units. Eliminates the authority of the Commissioner of Education to give final approval of a regional school unit, ... 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 of school districts. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HR0030.pdf... 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 superintendent; establishes amount of assistance, including maximum. Total assistance paid over three years from the School Consoli... 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 qualifications for each member. Specifices that the chairpersons of the House and Senate Education Committees will act ... 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 remaining district when a school district is created pursuant to a proposal made by a city or interlocal agreement part... 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 governing board of a small transporting school district the county school superintendent will call an election to disso... 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 to the school district average daily membership in the school year immediately preceding the current school year. Prohi... 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 to 10 days prior to the public meeting. Shortens the minimum timeframe required between conducting a public meeting on a ... 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 in an increased enrollment in the county local education agency (LEA) of 100 percent or more, to follow the plan establ... 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 district or cooperative high school if certain conditions are satisfied within the current or prior 2 fiscal years. Requ... 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 school district become coterminous, the districts are merged into a new unified district. Existing law also authorizes a... 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 second part directs the commissioner of education to request the Regional Education Laboratory Northeast and Islands (REL-... 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) An "Alternative Organizational Structure" (AOS) to meet the requirements of the school consolidation law. An AOS is a m... 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/sessions/2010/Bills/HB1181ENR.pdf... 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 form school districts if specified conditions are met, including the granting of approval authority by each county superin... 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 school districts of education service districts; allows certain elementary schools that merge to qualify as a remote small e... 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 481 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf... 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 fund to be reserved from use in guaranteeing bonds. Section 70: Requires districts seeking state guarantee of eligible ... 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 district disorganizes and the territory of the disorganized disrict is attached to more than one district, the state fin... 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 facilities. Allows building grants to be awarded to schools where local per pupil property values are less than the state a... 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 and the excision and annexation of territory; revises consolidation provisions; revises provisions relating to division o... 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 federal stimulus funds received under the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 when determining a... 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 in a bordering state; temporarily exempts certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize due to low enroll... 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.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB39ENR.pdf... 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 boundaries of any county. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bill.aspx?File=HB1171ENR.htm... 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 requirements to transfer territory, notification of the county superintendent, and calling an election to petitions to ... 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 established. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2487lv.pdf... 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 recommend to the board of education a list of schools for consolidation or closure. By June 30, 2009, requires the depart... 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 proportion of one pupil (to the nearest one-tenth) that the student's attendance at the non-virtual school bears to full-time at... 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 unification of a school district; provides a method for calculating financing and budget limitations for a unified district wh... 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 apportionment process, local school committees, regional planning committees, tuition where there is no elementary or secondary s... 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 administrative units to raise and appropriate funds for adult education programs; replaces provisions that were repealed purs... 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 basis and enacts new provisions preserving existing bargaining units, existing collective bargaining agents and existing c... 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. Extends the deadline for the existing school district to prepare an inventory of existing school district property. Defines a... 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 requires a signed petition of 20% of eligible voters to pose the question of dissolution to the voters. If approved, first-cla... 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, approval, etc. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0001.pdf... 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. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/PL07/222_.PDF... 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 education services (BOCES) mergers. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S04476&sh=t... 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 to create a new school district. http://le.utah.gov/~2007S1/bills/hbillenr/hb1002.pdf... 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 boundaries; and modifies a provision relating to the allocation of school buildings and associated property. http://le.utah.g... 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 district include the entire boundaries of each city or town that participates in an interlocal agreement for the creatio... 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 of the consolidation of Rhode Island's school districts, and who would report back to the General Assembly no later than... 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 district to create a larger school administrative district; permits public schools in the Lower Kennebec River area to ac... 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 that the commission shall review all school districts that transport all their pupils to another school district for instru... 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 district to create a larger school administrative district. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billpdfs/LD091001... 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 group of individuals. The plan is required to meet specified criteria and must be filed with the school board of the af... 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 funding formula. Requires a study of the efficiency and effectiveness of charter schools. Changes references from vocational ... 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 of the Department of Education.... 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 that proposes to consolidate; provides that the board of school districts newly formed through consolidation may make s... 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 school board membership requirements that are different from those specified for other rural boards. http://www.legis.nd.go... 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 thousand dollars per one hundred-square-mile [259-square-kilometer] block, or a major portion therof, included within the re... 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.state.sd.us/sessions/2007/bills/SB157CNF.pdf... 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.us/pdf/FINAL_LB126_1.pdf... 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 parishes, including funds for the minimum foundation fund, school books, instructional materials and the raising of local ... 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 school district conversions, combined school district formation, unit school district formation, partial elementary unit s... 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 agreements. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/HB/PDF/09400HB4365lv.pdf... 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 School System. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=398044... 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; provides for revenue transfers. Increases from two to three years the amount of time that school districts that consolidate ... 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.sos.arkansas.gov/ar_rules/rule_proposed/005.23.06-001P.pdf... 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 district with boundaries contiguous with city boundaries; imposes requirements for the filing and processing of a petit... 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; requires a majority vote of all affected school district electors prior to annexation or consolidation; prohibits subsequen... 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.state.sd.us/sessions/2006/bills/HB1243enr.pdf... 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 elections and tax revenue and state aid.... 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, and abolish trustee areas, and to make specified changes to the governing boards of school districts. Existing law autho... 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 residents of the unorganized territory must be notified that the residents' children no longer qualify for open enrollment... 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 CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS; PROVIDING FOR AN INTERIM BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF A CONSOLIDATION ELECTION; CLARIF... 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 certain criteria. Requires the commission to submit a preliminary report on the proposed school district unification plan to ... 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. Requires a receiving or resulting school district in a school consolidation to obtain and retain all student and historical rec... 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 lunch students" from consolidation/reorganization provisions. Deletes provision that no school facility in a school district... 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/bills/2005/public/HB2734.pdf... 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 administratively consolidated or administratively annexed under §§6-13-1601 32 through 6-13-1605 to file a written report... 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. Allows a district that determines any real estate it owns or controlls is not required for the district's present or anticipa... 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 board may approve a motion to close such a school if the closure is in the best interest of the students in the school distr... 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 Transportation to develop a comprehensive Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program that includes an academic facili... 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 60 of the second extraordinary session of the eighty-fourth general assembly. Also requires the receiving or resulting ... 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 district involved in consolidation or annexation to have an audit begun within 30 days of the closing of the district's ... 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 petitions. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/bills/SB66enr.pdf... 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 certain districts to return to at-large elections. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1266.pdf... 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 by a local agency or school district to implement a new program or higher level of service. Existing law creates certai... 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 unification of school districts on the county committee. Merges an elementary school district and a high school district... 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 school divisions to include holding public hearings regarding the proposal, consolidation of and the election of a board to ... 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 average daily membership (ADM) for the preceding school year, upon entering into certain cost-savings agreements with a contig... 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 incentive payments to encourage Class II and III school districts with less than 390 students to reorganize into Class II, I... 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 boundaries of any of the districts proposing to form the consolidated district. (Under previous statute, districts were auth... 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/pdf/condensed%20version.pdf... 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/pdf/condensed%20version.pdf... 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://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1177.pdf... 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/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1161.pdf... 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 school district prior to consolidation, annexation, or reorganization. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/... 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.pdf... 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 administrative annexation and administrative consolidation of school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bil... 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; provides for annexation and school elections. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB35.pdf... 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 must base its decision upon the following: (1) The presence of school aged children in the affected area; (2) The prese... 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 consolidation or annexation. Beginning July 1, 2003, any school district that participates in consolidation or annexation... 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 number of attendance centers to be operated within the district, and that any determination to close an attendance center mu... 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 board. Changes from November 1 to July 15 the date by which the affected boards must submit the completed reorganization... 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 hearings; provides for appeals in district court; authorizes an appeal of the county superintendent's decision to the distric... 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 on property within the new school district to pay for the new district's proportionate share of the existing district's... 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. Jurisdiction within a joint district is determined as provided in §   13-5-14; (2) "Party," any person or municipality i... 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.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/2r/laws/0316.htm ... 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 the definition of a small school to subdivide into schools-within-a-school. Beginnning July 1, 2003, all plans for new e... 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 other local public school board.... 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 and promulgate rules setting forth procedures for the redistricting of the school district. ... 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 attendance school, that only patrons resident in this attendance area shall be eligible to vote in an election regarding the clos... 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 years; reduces the entitlement over the next 3 years by 25% each year.... 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 with approval of governing body of metropolitan government and approval by all affected school boards. - Amends TCA Titl... 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 below: THERE SHALL NOT BE ANY CONSOLIDATION OR ANNEXATION OF ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN T... 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 facilities owned by the new unified school district are not located within its boundaries; stipulates that only unifying school ... More...