Title EDC — California Educ. Code

Before initiating proceedings to consider any reorganization plan, the county committee on school district organization shall provide written notice of the proposed action to the local agency formation commission for the affected area.

(a) Following the public hearing, or the last public hearing, required by Section 35720.5 or subdivision (d) of Section 35721, the county committee may adopt a final recommendation for unification or other reorganization and shall take one of the following actions: (1) Transmit t…

When a county committee selects an area for study for possible recommendation for reorganization which includes territory of one or more school districts under the jurisdiction of the county superintendent of schools of another county, the county committee shall so notify the mem…

If plans and recommendations adopted by a county committee propose changes in the boundaries or status of school districts under the jurisdiction of the superintendent of any adjacent county, the county committee of each such adjacent county shall be requested in writing to concu…

The plans and recommendations, in connection with the proposed formation of a new unified school district to include within its boundaries a chartered city, may provide that the establishment and existence of the governing board of the district shall be governed by the charter of…

Any reorganization of a school district with more than 500,000 pupils in average daily attendance shall require that each new district created meets the following conditions: (a) Socioeconomic diversity. (b) Geographical compactness. (c) Equity of resource distribution. (d) Compl…

In any proposal for unification, plans and recommendations may include a provision for a governing board of seven members. In the absence of such a provision, any proposed new district shall have a governing board of five members.

Plans and recommendations may include a provision specifying the territory in which the election to reorganize the school districts will be held. In the absence of such a provision, the election shall be held only in the territory proposed for reorganization.

Whenever the recommendation is to divide the entire territory of an existing school district into two or more separate school districts, the recommendation may provide that the plans and recommendations be voted upon as a single proposition.

The plans and recommendations may include a provision for trustee areas that provide for representation in accordance with population and geographic factors of the entire area of the district. Any provision of that kind shall also specify the boundaries of the proposed trustee ar…

(a) Each proposal for the reorganization of school districts shall include a computation of the local control funding formula entitlement determined pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, for the districts. That computation shall be an integral part of …

For purposes of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238.02, reorganized districts shall have their percentages of unduplicated pupils calculated as follows: (a) (1) For a new district in the first fiscal year of operation, include only the current fiscal year unduplicat…

For the purpose of determining funding pursuant to subparagraph (D) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (e) of Section 42238.03, the following shall apply to districts affected by reorganization pursuant to Section 35511 or a lapse pursuant to Section 35780.1: (a) A new district shal…

For purposes of subdivisions (g) and (h) of Section 42238.02, paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03, and subdivision (e) of Section 42238.03, reorganized districts shall have categorical program funding determined as follows: (a) (1) A new district shall retain the…

(a) A new or acquiring district shall receive an economic recovery target payment pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.025 that is equal to the sum of the amounts determined for each former district that was eligible to receive an economic recovery target…

For purposes of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.03, a reorganized district shall be deemed to have a zero difference in the prior fiscal year if one of the following conditions is met: (a) For a new district resulting from an action to reorganize pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), …

(a) For a new or acquiring district that has reorganized pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35511 or subdivision (b) of Section 35511, the funding amount per unit of average daily attendance pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdiv…

(a) For a new or acquiring district that has reorganized pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35511 or subdivision (b) of Section 35511, the funding amount per unit of average daily attendance pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdiv…

For a new or acquiring district that has reorganized pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35511 or subdivision (b) of Section 35511, the funding amount per unit of average daily attendance pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 422…

(a) For a new or acquiring district that has reorganized pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35511 or subdivision (b) of Section 35511, the funding amount per unit of average daily attendance pursuant to Sections 42289 to 42289.5, inclusive, for p…

(a) For a new district or acquiring district that has reorganized pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35511 or subdivision (b) of Section 35511, the funding amount per unit of average daily attendance pursuant to Sections 42289 to 42289.5, inclusi…

Plans and recommendations may include a proposal for dividing the property, other than real property, and obligations of any school district proposed to be divided between two or more new or acquiring districts, or proposed to be partially included in one or more new or acquiring…

Sections 35735 to 35736, inclusive, shall only apply to actions to reorganize school districts for which the order to reorganize, pursuant to Section 35765, is appropriately filed after December 1, 2013, pursuant to Section 54902 of the Government Code. Actions to reorganize scho…

Plans and recommendations may include a provision specifying that the election for the first governing board will be held at the same time as the election on the reorganization of the school districts. If such a provision is included, it shall specify the method whereby the lengt…

Plans and recommendations may include a method of dividing the bonded indebtedness other than the method specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 35576 for the purpose of providing greater equity in the division. Consideration may be given to the assessed…

In addition to satisfying the requirements of subdivision (j) of Section 42127.6, upon the approval of a petition for reorganization and continuing after the certification of the election results for an action to reorganize a school district pursuant to Section 35763, or upon the…

The State Board of Education shall establish minimum standards which it shall apply in approving or disapproving petitions and proposals for the formation or reorganization of school districts.

When it is necessary for the State Board of Education to consider petitions submitted under this chapter and prepare a proposal relating to such a petition, each county superintendent of schools and every other county officer in the counties affected, and the district superintend…

(a) When a petition for the reorganization of a school district is received in the office of the secretary of the state board, the secretary shall set the petition for hearing at a regular or special meeting of the state board. At least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing, h…

(a) The state board may approve proposals for the reorganization of school districts, if the state board has determined, with respect to the proposal and the resulting school districts, that all of the following conditions are substantially met: (1) The reorganized districts will…

After affording interested persons an opportunity to present their views on the petition to reorganize school districts, and after hearing any findings and recommendations of the Superintendent, the state board shall approve or disapprove the petition. If the state board approves…

After the state board has approved the plans and recommendations for the unification or other reorganization of the school districts in any area, including approval through affirmation or reversal of the action of a county committee, the secretary of the state board shall give no…

The county superintendent of schools, within 35 days after receiving the notification provided by Section 35755, shall call an election, to be conducted at the next election of any kind in the territory of districts as determined by the state board, in accordance with either of t…

In the case of the transfer of territory from one district to another, if the transfer is opposed by the governing boards of one or more of the districts affected with an average daily attendance of 900 or less, the territory in which the election is held shall include the entire…

The county superintendent of schools shall prepare a statement of official information and statistics relating to the proposed reorganization that shall include, but is not limited to, the plans and recommendations, the local control funding formula allocation pursuant to Section…

The county superintendent of schools calling the election shall cause to be prepared and distributed a statement setting forth arguments for and against the recommendations. The argument shall not exceed 500 words. The argument in favor of the recommendation shall be prepared by …

The cost of preparation and distribution of the statement setting forth the arguments in favor of, and those opposed to, the recommendations of the county board, and the cost of any election held pursuant to this article shall be a charge against the general fund of the county. I…

(a) Any circular, pamphlet, letter, poster, or other campaign literature which is designed to promote either the passage or defeat of a ballot measure proposing the reorganization of school districts shall bear on its face, in a conspicuous place, either of the following: (1) The…

Every qualified elector residing within the territory in which the election is called shall be eligible to vote at such election.

(a) The words to appear upon the ballots used for voting upon the adoption or rejection of the proposals for the reorganization of school districts shall be “Shall the school districts be reorganized as proposed?”, or words of similar import. To the right of or below those words,…

Upon the completion of the canvass of the election returns and the vote by mail ballots, the county superintendent of schools shall tabulate the returns and the vote by mail ballots, and notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the board of supervisors and the governing b…

When a majority of all the votes cast are cast in favor of the reorganization or other proposal, the proposal carries.

After the board of supervisors receives a proper certificate of election or other proper evidence that an action to organize or reorganize school districts has been approved as provided by law, the board of supervisors shall make an order to create, change, or terminate school di…

After the expiration of one year from the date of the order, the order shall be conclusive evidence that the school district has been legally organized, or the boundaries legally changed, as the case may be, and no suit shall be maintained which questions the validity of the orga…

Except as otherwise provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 35100) of Chapter 2 of Part 21, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 35101, the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction may consolidate the election for the purpose of electing the governing …

The State Board of Education may adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this article, as it deems necessary.

(a) A school district that has been organized for more than three years shall be lapsed as provided in this article if the number of registered electors in the school district is less than six or if the average daily attendance of pupils in the school or schools maintained by the…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Lapse” means dissolving a school district and annexing the entire territory of that school district to one or more adjoining school districts. (b) “Lapsation” means an action to lapse as defined b…

The attendance of pupils residing in a unified district in high schools in an adjoining state pursuant to Section 44618 or Article 1 (commencing with Section 2000) of Chapter 7 of Part 2, shall be deemed for the purposes of this article to be in high schools established and maint…

Within 45 days before the close of each school year, the county committee shall conduct a public hearing on the issues specified in Section 35780. Notice of the public hearing shall be given at least 10 days in advance of the hearing to each member of the governing board of the l…