AB 3140: School districts: reorganization.

Existing law authorizes the State Board of Education to 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 specified conditions, including, among others, that the reorganized school districts will be adequate in terms of number of pupils enrolled and that the school districts are each organized on the basis of a substantial community identity, are substantially met, except as otherwise provided for exceptional situations.

This bill would authorize require the state board to approve a petition for the reorganization of school districts that has substantially met a majority of that specified criteria if the reorganization is based on a municipal boundary between 2 local governments and the governing bodies of the 2 local governments pass resolutions in support of the reorganization, as specified. The bill would authorize a county committee on school district reorganization to also approve a petition to form one or more new school districts that has substantially met a majority of that above-described specified criteria if the reorganization is based on a municipal boundary between 2 local governments and the governing bodies of the 2 local governments pass resolutions in support of the reorganization and, among other things, the governing board of each of the affected school districts consents to the petition, as specified. make its decision regarding a proposal for a reorganization pursuant to these provisions within 24 months of receiving the application.