Deactivation at a glance
Publisher: Illinois State Board of Education
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Springfield, Ill
Language: eng
Subjects: Schools; Centralization; Education and state; School districts; Administration; Educational law and legislation; Government aid to education
Other titles: Making Illinois schools second to none; School district reorganization at a glance
Notes: Cover title.

"September 2005."--Colophon.

"Deactivation is one type of school district reorganization.  Other types of reorganization are: consolidation, conversion, cooperative high school, detachment/annexation, [and] dissolution/annexation."--p. [2]

A deactivation is beneficial to the districts involved as a result of increased opportunities for students without reorganizing the districts.  A student's education may be expanded to include class offerings otherwise not available.  Deactivation allows a school board to deactivate an elementary facility or a high school facility and send the students in grades Kindergarten through 8 or grades 9 through 12, on a tuition basis, to schools in another district or districts.  Any high school district, elementary district, or unit district may deactivate a school facility.  There is currently no limit on the number of years a district may have a deactivated school facility.