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 Senate Education (companion To Hf 174 By Committee on Education) Committee, Sen. Amy Sinclair (R)
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeJanuary 30, 2025
- Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 18, 202544–0
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 20, 202592–0
- Done: To the GovernorMarch 11, 2025
- Done: Signed into lawMarch 12, 2025
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What’s in it
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.
Read the full explanation
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.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
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