(a) (1) An isolated school may detach from an existing district if the isolated school submits a petition to the existing 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 existing district board of directors shall request the county clerk of the county in which the existing 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 existing district is located shall verify the signatures within five (5) days of receipt of a request from the existing district board of directors under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.(3) The existing district board of directors shall review a petition submitted under subdivision (a)(1) of this section and call a detachment election under this subdivision (a)(3) to be held for the voters who reside within the school district boundaries of the isolated school before it consolidated with the existing district on the issue of an isolated school detaching from an existing district at the next annual school election.
(1) An isolated school may detach from an existing district if the isolated school submits a petition to the existing 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 existing district board of directors shall request the county clerk of the county in which the existing 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 existing district is located shall verify the signatures within five (5) days of receipt of a request from the existing district board of directors under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.
(A) The existing district board of directors shall request the county clerk of the county in which the existing 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 existing district is located shall verify the signatures within five (5) days of receipt of a request from the existing district board of directors under subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section.
(3) The existing district board of directors shall review a petition submitted under subdivision (a)(1) of this section and call a detachment election under this subdivision (a)(3) to be held for the voters who reside within the school district boundaries of the isolated school before it consolidated with the existing district on the issue of an isolated school detaching from an existing district at the next annual school election.
(b) (1) An isolated school district may be formed from an isolated school within an existing 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 an existing 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 an existing 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 an existing 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.
(d) As used in this subchapter, “existing district” means a public school district that was formed as a result of the administrative consolidation or annexation of an isolated school under § 6-20-602.