Bills › 91st General Assembly
Modifying provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions, and including retroactive applicability provisions
Sponsored by the House Education (companion To Sf 16 By Sinclair) Committee, Rep. Ray Sorensen (R)
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2025
- Done: House committeeJanuary 28, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 20, 202592–0
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 18, 202544–0
- Done: To the GovernorMarch 11, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawMarch 12, 2025
SF 171 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 171, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 171 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This law changes when changes to school district boundaries or mergers take effect. If voters approve these changes on or after January 1, 2025, the new boundaries will start on the July following the year the vote happened. This affects school districts and the communities within them.1
Read the official explanation
This bill modifies provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions. Current law provides that when a school district is enlarged, reorganized, or changes its boundary, the change shall take effect on July following the date of the reorganization election. The bill modifies this provision to provide that, if the proposition was approved prior to January 1, 2025, the change shall take effect on July following the date of the reorganization election, and if the proposition was approved on or after January 1, 2025, the change shall take effect on July in the calendar year immediately subsequent to the calendar year in which the reorganization election was held. Current law provides that the attachment of territory of a school district that is subject to an approved dissolution proposal is effective July following such approval. The bill modifies this provision to provide that, if the proposition was approved prior to January 1, 2025, the attachment is effective July following such approval, and if the proposition was approved on or after January 1, 2025, the attachment is effective July in the calendar year immediately subsequent to the calendar year in which the attachment was approved. The bill is retroactively applicable to January 1, 2025.
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Lobbying
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