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House Journal: Page 972: Thursday, March 26, 1998

 9   that provides additional funding for school districts
10   is established.  A board of directors that wishes to
11   consider participating in the smaller class size
12   infrastructure program shall hold a public hearing on
13   the question of participation.  The board shall set
14   forth its proposal, including the method that will be
15   used to fund the program, in a resolution and shall
16   publish the notice of the time and place of a public
17   hearing on the resolution.  Notice of the time and
18   place of the public hearing shall be published not
19   less than ten nor more than twenty days before the
20   public hearing in a newspaper which is a newspaper of
21   general circulation in the school district.  At the
22   hearing, or no later than thirty days after the date
23   of the hearing, the board shall take action to adopt a
24   resolution to participate in the smaller class size
25   infrastructure program for a period not exceeding five
26   years or to direct the county commissioner of
27   elections to submit the question of participation in
28   the program for a period not exceeding ten years to
29   the registered voters of the school district at the
30   next regular school election or at a special election.
31   If the board submits the question at an election and a
32   majority of those voting on the question favors
33   participation in the program, the board shall adopt a
34   resolution to participate and certify the results of
35   the election to the department of management.
36     2.  If the board does not provide for an election
37   and adopts a resolution to participate in the smaller
38   class size infrastructure program, the district shall
39   participate in the smaller class size infrastructure
40   program unless within twenty-eight days following the
41   action of the board, the secretary of the board
42   receives a petition containing the required number of
43   signatures, asking that an election be called to
44   approve or disapprove the action of the board in
45   adopting the smaller class size infrastructure
46   program.  The petition must be signed by eligible
47   electors equal in number to not less than one hundred
48   or thirty percent of the number of voters at the last
49   preceding regular school election, whichever is
50   greater.  The board shall either rescind its action or

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 1   direct the county commissioner of elections to submit
 2   the question to the registered voters of the school
 3   district at the next following regular school election
 4   or a special election.  If a majority of those voting
 5   on the question at the election favors disapproval of
 6   the action of the board, the district shall not
 7   participate in the smaller class size infrastructure
 8   program.  If a majority of those voting on the

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