Title 53G, Public Education System -- Local Administration

53G-3-203. Filing of notice and plat relating to school district boundary changes including creation, consolidation, division, or dissolution -- Recording requirements -- Effective date. (1) The county legislative body shall, within 30 days following the day on which the creation…

53G-3-204. Notice before preparing or amending a long-range plan or acquiring certain property. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Affected entity" means each county, municipality, special district under Title 17B, Limited Purpose Local Government Entities - Special Districts, spe…

53G-3-205. Rights of transferred employees -- Salary during first year -- Leave and tenure benefits -- Written offer of employment. (1) If a school or school district employee described in Subsection (4)(a) is transferred from one district to another because of district consolida…

53G-3-301. Creation of new school district -- Initiation of process -- Procedures to follow. (1) A new school district may be created from one or more existing school districts, as provided in this chapter. (2) The process to create a new school district may be initiated: (a) thr…

53G-3-301.1. Creation of a new school district -- Citizens' petition -- Procedures to follow -- Removal or reinstatement of signature. (1) Citizens may file a petition to create a new school district in accordance with this section and Section 53G-3-301. (2)(a) The county clerk s…

53G-3-301.3. Creation of a new school district -- Request by a municipality -- Procedures to follow. (1) A municipality located within the boundaries of a school district may file a request to create a new school district in accordance with this section and Section 53G-3-301. (2)…

53G-3-301.4. Creation of a new school district -- By interlocal agreement participants -- Procedures to follow. (1)(a) On or after April 30, 2024, interlocal agreement participants may file a request proposing the creation of a new school district in accordance with this section …

53G-3-302. Election of local school board members -- Allocation of assets and liabilities -- Startup costs -- Transfer of title. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Associated property" means furniture, equipment, or supplies located in or specifically associated with a physical as…

53G-3-303. New school district property tax -- Limitations. (1) A new school district, created under Section 53G-3-301.1, 53G-3-301.3, or 53G-3-301.4, and a reorganized new school district may not impose a property tax before the fiscal year in which the new school district and r…

53G-3-304. Property tax levies in new district and reorganized new district -- Distribution of property tax revenue. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Property tax levy" means a property tax levy that a school district is authorized to impose, except: (i) the minimum basic tax ra…

53G-3-305. Redistricting -- Local school board membership. (1) Upon the creation of a new school district or a reorganized new school district in accordance with Section 53G-3-301.1, 53G-3-301.3, or 53G-3-301.4, the applicable legislative body shall redistrict the affected school…

53G-3-306. Transfer of school property to new school district and reorganized new school district. (1) On July 1 of the second calendar year following the local school board elections for a new school district and a reorganized new school district under this part, the divided sch…

53G-3-307. Tax to pay for indebtedness of divided school district. (1) As used in this section, "outstanding bonded indebtedness" means, except for a lease revenue bond or a general obligation bond described in Subsection 53G-3-302(5), debt owed for a general obligation bond or l…

53G-3-308. Employees of a new district. (1) Upon the day a new school district commences educational services: (a) an employee of a divided school district who is employed at a school that is transferred to a new school district shall become an employee of the district in which t…

53G-3-401. Consolidation of school districts -- Resolution by local school board members -- Petition by electors -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Election. (1) Two or more school districts may unite and form a single school district in one of the…

53G-3-402. Transfer of property to new school district -- Rights and obligations of new local school board -- Outstanding indebtedness -- Special tax. (1) On July 1 following the approval of the creation of a new school district under Section 53G-3-401, the local school boards of…

53G-3-403. School district consolidation -- State funding of consolidated districts. When districts consolidate, payments made by the state under Title 53F, Public Education System -- Funding, shall continue for a period of five years from the date of consolidation on the same ba…

53G-3-404. Additional levies -- Local school board options to abolish or continue after consolidation. (1) If a school district that has approved an additional levy under Section 53F-8-301 is consolidated with a district which does not have such a levy, the local school board of …

53G-3-501. Transfer of a portion of a school district -- Required boundary adjustments -- Local school board petition -- Elector petition -- Certification of petition signatures -- Removal of signature -- Transfer election. (1)(a) Part of a school district may be transferred to a…

53G-3-502. Transfer of school district property -- Indebtedness on transferred property. (1) If a transfer of a portion of one school district to another school district is approved under Section 53G-3-501, the state superintendent and the superintendents and presidents of the lo…

53G-3-503. Additional levies in transferred territory -- Transferee local school board option to abolish or continue. If two or more districts undergo restructuring that results in a district receiving territory that increases the population of the district by at least 25%, and i…