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1 1 Section 1. Section 275.1, Code 2003, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. "State board" means the state board of
1 4 education.
1 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 275.71 REORGANIZATION BY STATE
1 6 BOARD.
1 7 1. As an alternative to school district reorganization and
1 8 dissolution prescribed in this chapter, the board of directors
1 9 of a school district and the electors of the district may vote
1 10 to dissolve the school district and transfer responsibility
1 11 for reorganizing the school district to the state board.
1 12 2. A board of directors that wishes to consider dissolving
1 13 the school district and transferring reorganization authority
1 14 to the state board shall hold a public hearing on the question
1 15 of dissolution and transferring reorganization authority. The
1 16 board shall set forth its proposal in a resolution and shall
1 17 publish the notice of the time and place of a public hearing
1 18 on the resolution. Notice of the time and place of the public
1 19 hearing shall be published not less than ten and not more than
1 20 twenty days before the public hearing in a newspaper of
1 21 general circulation in the school district. At the hearing,
1 22 or no later than thirty days after the date of the hearing,
1 23 the board of directors shall take action on the resolution.
1 24 If the board by at least a two-thirds vote adopts the
1 25 resolution, the board shall direct the county commissioner of
1 26 elections to submit the question at the next regular school
1 27 election or at a special election. If a majority of those
1 28 voting on the question at the election favors dissolution of
1 29 the district and transfer of reorganization authority to the
1 30 state board, the state board shall attach the territory of the
1 31 school district to one or more contiguous school districts.
1 32 Division of assets and liabilities of the dissolving school
1 33 district shall be as provided in sections 275.29 through
1 34 275.31.
1 35 3. The state board shall adopt rules establishing
2 1 standards and criteria for the attachment of all of the school
2 2 district to one or more contiguous school districts. Priority
2 3 shall be given to attaching all or the majority of the
2 4 dissolving school district to the contiguous school district
2 5 with the highest total assessed valuation of taxable property.
2 6 Standards and criteria developed shall include, but are not
2 7 limited to, consideration of such factors as pupil
2 8 transportation distances and costs, school district facilities
2 9 and maintenance, and population trends.
2 10 4. The attachment of territory by the state board pursuant
2 11 to this section is effective July 1 following the election
2 12 approving dissolution.
2 13 5. If the certified enrollment of the school district
2 14 dissolving pursuant to this section is fewer than six hundred,
2 15 the territory located in the school district that dissolved is
2 16 eligible, if approved by the director of the department of
2 17 education, for the reduced foundation property tax as provided
2 18 in section 257.3, subsection 2. If the director approves a
2 19 reduction in the foundation property tax as provided in this
2 20 subsection, the director shall notify the director of the
2 21 department of management of the reduction.
2 22 6. The provisions of section 275.57 relating to changing
2 23 director district boundaries shall apply to a school district
2 24 receiving attachments of a dissolving district pursuant to
2 25 this section.
2 26 EXPLANATION
2 27 This bill provides school districts with a third
2 28 reorganization option by allowing a school board's members and
2 29 the school district's electors to vote to dissolve the
2 30 district and to transfer authority over the district's
2 31 reorganization to the state board of education.
2 32 The board of directors of the school district contemplating
2 33 dissolution must publish notice of a public hearing, where it
2 34 will set forth its proposal in a resolution. If the board
2 35 adopts the resolution by a two-thirds vote, the question is
3 1 submitted at the next regular school election or at a special
3 2 election. If a majority of electors favors dissolution of the
3 3 district and the transfer of reorganization authority to the
3 4 state board, the state board shall attach the territory of the
3 5 school district to one or more contiguous school districts.
3 6 The state board is directed to adopt rules establishing
3 7 standards and criteria for the attachment of district
3 8 territory, with priority to be given to attaching all or the
3 9 majority of the dissolving school district to the contiguous
3 10 school district with the highest total assessed valuation of
3 11 taxable property. The bill provides for the division of
3 12 assets and liabilities and for the changing of director
3 13 district boundaries.
3 14 The bill makes territory within the dissolving district
3 15 eligible for a reduced foundation property tax with the
3 16 approval of the director of the department of education.
3 17 LSB 5095XS 80
3 18 kh/sh/8
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