(a) (1) An isolated school may detach from a resulting or receiving district if the isolated school submits a petition to the resulting or receiving school district board of directors that states the intent to reestablish the original isolated school and that contains the signatures of:(A) No less than three hundred fifty (350) registered voters who reside within the boundaries of the isolated school; or(B) No less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the registered voters who reside within the boundaries of the isolated school.(2) (A) The resulting or receiving school district board of directors shall request the county clerk of the county in which the resulting or receiving school district is located to verify the signatures submitted in a petition under subdivision (a)(1) of this section within five (5) business days of receipt of a petition under subdivision (a)(1) of this section.(B) Upon request, a county clerk of the county in which the resulting or receiving school district is located shall verify the signatures within five (5) days of receipt of a request from the resulting or receiving school district board of directors under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.(3) The resulting or receiving school district board of directors shall review a petition submitted under subdivision (a)(1) of this section and call an election to be held for the voters who reside within theschool district boundaries of the isolated school before it consolidated with the resulting or receiving district on the issue of an isolated school detaching from a resulting or receiving district at the next annual school election.
(1) An isolated school may detach from a resulting or receiving district if the isolated school submits a petition to the resulting or receiving school district board of directors that states the intent to reestablish the original isolated school and that contains the signatures of:(A) No less than three hundred fifty (350) registered voters who reside within the boundaries of the isolated school; or(B) No less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the registered voters who reside within the boundaries of the isolated school.
(A) No less than three hundred fifty (350) registered voters who reside within the boundaries of the isolated school; or
(B) No less than fifty-one percent (51%) of the registered voters who reside within the boundaries of the isolated school.
(2) (A) The resulting or receiving school district board of directors shall request the county clerk of the county in which the resulting or receiving school district is located to verify the signatures submitted in a petition under subdivision (a)(1) of this section within five (5) business days of receipt of a petition under subdivision (a)(1) of this section.(B) Upon request, a county clerk of the county in which the resulting or receiving school district is located shall verify the signatures within five (5) days of receipt of a request from the resulting or receiving school district board of directors under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.
(A) The resulting or receiving school district board of directors shall request the county clerk of the county in which the resulting or receiving school district is located to verify the signatures submitted in a petition under subdivision (a)(1) of this section within five (5) business days of receipt of a petition under subdivision (a)(1) of this section.
(B) Upon request, a county clerk of the county in which the resulting or receiving school district is located shall verify the signatures within five (5) days of receipt of a request from the resulting or receiving school district board of directors under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.
(3) The resulting or receiving school district board of directors shall review a petition submitted under subdivision (a)(1) of this section and call an election to be held for the voters who reside within the
school district boundaries of the isolated school before it consolidated with the resulting or receiving district on the issue of an isolated school detaching from a resulting or receiving district at the next annual school election.
(b) (1) An isolated school district may be formed from an isolated school within a resulting or receiving district that was annexed or consolidated with another school district under the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq., following the submission and approval of a petition under subsection (a) of this section.(2) In order to qualify as an isolated school district, the isolated school within a resulting or receiving district that was annexed or consolidated with another school district under the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq., shall have been in operation for kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) within two (2) years of the date on which the isolated school applies under this subchapter.
(1) An isolated school district may be formed from an isolated school within a resulting or receiving district that was annexed or consolidated with another school district under the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq., following the submission and approval of a petition under subsection (a) of this section.
(2) In order to qualify as an isolated school district, the isolated school within a resulting or receiving district that was annexed or consolidated with another school district under the Public Education Reorganization Act, § 6-13-1601 et seq., shall have been in operation for kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) within two (2) years of the date on which the isolated school applies under this subchapter.
(c) The minimum school enrollment to establish a new public school district shall not apply when forming an isolated school district under this subchapter.