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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35700.

35700. An action to reorganize one or more districts is initiated upon the filing, with the county superintendent of schools, of a petition to reorganize one or more school districts signed by any of the following:
(a) At least 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the territory proposed to be reorganized if the territory is inhabited. Where the petition is to reorganize territory in two or more school districts, the petition shall be signed by at least 25 percent of the registered voters in that territory in each of those districts.
(b) A number of registered voters residing in the territory proposed to be reorganized, equal to at least 8 percent of the votes cast for all candidates for Governor at the last gubernatorial election in the territory proposed to be reorganized, where the affected territory consists of a single school district with over 200,000 pupils in average daily attendance and the petition is to reorganize the district into two or more districts.
(c) The owner of the property, provided that territory is uninhabited and the owner thereof has filed either a tentative subdivision map with the appropriate county or city agency or an application for any project, as defined in Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code, with one or more local agencies.
(d) A majority of the members of the governing boards of each of the districts that would be affected by the proposed reorganization.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 267, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35700.1.

35700.1. (a) A county superintendent of schools may do any of the following, as necessary, with respect to the reorganization of school districts within the jurisdiction of a county superintendent of schools:
(1) Before the initiation of an action to reorganize, a county superintendent of schools may do any of the following:
(A) Provide information, coordination, and guidance to potential petitioners for reorganization and to other parties inquiring about the petition process.
(B) Provide procedural advice and counseling.
(C) Provide information and assistance for community meetings, information sessions, and briefing sessions.
(D) Provide for coordination of media and community relations.
(2) A county superintendent of schools may perform the following duties for the processing and evaluation of multiple petitions to reorganize one or more school districts:
(A) Ensure compliance with all requirements pertaining to the petitions.
(B) Ensure compliance with all required timelines or deadlines for petitions.
(C) Apply new and preexisting evaluation criteria to the petition.
(3) A county superintendent of schools may provide assistance to reorganized districts during the interim period, as follows:
(A) To ensure smooth transitions with minimum disruption to pupils and staff.
(B) To provide advisory and consulting expertise on any of the following:
(i) Board and administrative policies and regulations.
(ii) Personnel policies.
(iii) Curriculum.
(iv) Instructional programs and services.
(v) Financial and budgeting functions.
(vi) Distribution of assets and liabilities.
(b) No funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act or another statute and allocated to the Los Angeles County Office of Education shall be used to instigate, solicit, or promote the development of plans to reorganize a school district or school districts within the jurisdiction of the county office of education, except that the funds may be used to support the research necessary to review and make recommendations regarding reorganization plans that are submitted to the county office of education.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 20. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35700.3.

35700.3. A petition filed under Section 35700 shall be required to reasonably identify the territory to be reorganized, which identification may include references to streets or prominent geographic features. The inclusion of legal descriptions or plat maps, or both, however, shall not be a prerequisite for the filing of a valid petition.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 906, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35700.5.

35700.5. 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.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 761, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35701.

35701. In any petition to reorganize school districts there shall be designated no more than three of the petitioners as chief petitioners for the purpose of receiving notice of any public hearings to be held on the petition.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35702.

35702. The persons securing the signatures to a petition of electors to reorganize school districts shall attach thereto an affidavit that all persons who signed the petition did so in the presence of the affiant and that each signature is a genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35703.

35703. Any petition filed under this article may include any of the appropriate provisions specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 35730).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35704.

35704. The county superintendent of schools, within 30 days after any petition for reorganization is filed, shall examine the petition and, if he or she finds it to be sufficient and signed as required by law, transmit the petition simultaneously to the county committee and to the State Board of Education.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35705.

35705. Within 60 days after receipt of the petition, the county committee shall hold one or more public hearings thereon at a regular or special meeting in each of the districts affected by the petition. Notice of the public hearing shall be given at least 10 days in advance thereof to not more than three persons designated in the petition as the chief petitioners, to the governing board of all districts affected by the proposed reorganization, and to all other persons requesting notice of the hearing.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35705.5.

35705.5. (a) The county committee may add to the petition any of the appropriate provisions specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 35730) that were not included in the petition as filed and may amend any such provision that was so included.
(b) At least 10 days before the public hearing, or hearings, on the petition, the county committee shall make available to the public and to the governing boards affected by the petition a description of the petition, including all of the following:
(1) The rights of the employees in the affected districts to continued employment.
(2) The local control funding formula allocation pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, per pupil, for each affected district and the effect of the petition, if approved, on that allocation.
(3) Whether the school districts involved will be governed, in part, by provisions of a city charter and, if so, in what way.
(4) Whether the governing boards of any proposed new district will have five or seven members.
(5) A description of the territory or school districts in which the election, if any, will be held.
(6) Where the proposal is to create two or more new districts, whether the proposal will be voted on as a single proposition.
(7) Whether the governing board of any new district will have trustee areas and, if so, whether the trustees will be elected by only the voters of that trustee area or by the voters of the entire school district.
(8) A description of how the property, obligations, and bonded indebtedness of original districts will be divided.
(9) A description of when the first governing board of any new district will be elected and how the terms of office for each new trustee will be determined.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 21. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35706.

35706. (a) Within 120 days of the commencement of the first public hearing on the petition, the county committee shall recommend approval or disapproval of a petition to form one or more new districts or for the division of the entire territory of a school district into two or more new or acquiring districts, as the petition may be augmented, or shall approve or disapprove a petition for the transfer of territory, as the petition may be augmented. The county committee also shall approve or disapprove a petition to form one or more new districts if the conditions of subdivision (b) of Section 35710 are met.
(b) The 120-day period for approving or disapproving a petition pursuant to Section 35709 or 35710 shall commence after certification of an environmental impact report, approval of a negative declaration, or a determination that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 22. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35706.5.

35706.5. (a) No action to reorganize a school district shall be initiated or completed without the consent of a majority of all of the members of the governing board of the affected district if both of the following conditions apply to the school district:
(1) It has obtained an emergency apportionment loan from the State of California, but the Superintendent has determined that a state administrator is no longer necessary, and has restored, before the effective date of this section, the legal rights, duties, and powers of the governing board of the school district pursuant to Section 41326.
(2) It has a pupil population 70 percent of which is from either a “lower income household” or “very low income household” as those terms are defined in Sections 50079.5 and 50105, respectively, of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) For purposes of this section, for any school district that meets the description specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), consent to an action to reorganize the boundaries of the school district shall no longer be required when 10 years have elapsed from the date of final payment by the school district of the emergency loan to the State of California.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 23. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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35707. (a) Except for petitions for the transfer of territory, the county committee shall expeditiously transmit the petition to the State Board of Education together with its recommendations thereon. It shall also report whether any of the following, in the opinion of the committee, would be true regarding the proposed reorganization as described in the petition:
(1) It would adversely affect the school district organization of the county.
(2) It would comply with the provisions of Section 35753.
(b) Petitions for transfers of territory shall be transmitted pursuant to Section 35704.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35708.

35708. Except for a petition to form one or more new districts approved pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 35710, a petition transmitted pursuant to Section 35707, including the plans and recommendations included therein, if any, together with the recommended approval or disapproval and the plans and recommendations, if any, of the county committee shall be heard by the state board as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 35750).
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 24. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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35709. If the following conditions are met, the county committee may approve the petition and order that the petition be granted, and shall so notify the county board of supervisors:
(a) The county committee finds that the conditions enumerated in paragraphs (1) to (10), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 35753 are substantially met, and:
(b) Either:
(1) The petition is to transfer uninhabited territory from one school district to another and the owner of the territory, or a majority of the owners of the territory, and the governing board of each affected district consents to the transfer; or
(2) The petition is to transfer inhabited territory of less than 10 percent of the assessed valuation of the school district from which the territory is being transferred, and the governing board of each affected district consents to the transfer.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 25. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35710.

35710. (a) For all other petitions to transfer territory, if the county committee finds that the conditions enumerated in paragraphs (1) to (10), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 35753 substantially are met, the county committee may approve the petition. If the petition is approved, the county committee shall notify the county superintendent of schools, who shall call an election in the territory of the affected districts, as determined by the county committee, to be conducted at the next election of any kind, in accordance with one of the following:
(1) Section 1002 of the Elections Code and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 1 of Title 1 of this code.
(2) Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000) of the Elections Code.
(b) A county committee also may approve a petition to form one or more new districts if the requirements of subdivision (a), and the following conditions, are met:
(1) Each county superintendent of schools with jurisdiction over an affected district elects to grant approval authority to the county committee on school district organization for which he or she is secretary pursuant to Section 4012, and that county committee chooses to accept that authority.
(2) The governing board of each of the affected districts consents to the petition.
(3) The secretary of the county committee designated as the lead agency pursuant to Section 35710.3 enters into an agreement on behalf of the county committee for any or all affected districts to share among those districts the costs of complying with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).
(c) A petition to form one or more new districts that meets the conditions described in subdivision (b), but is not approved by the county committee, shall be transmitted to the state board pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 35707 and heard by the state board pursuant to Section 35708. The state board, rather than the county committee, shall be the lead agency, as defined in Section 21067 of the Public Resources Code, for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) for each petition transmitted pursuant to this subdivision, including a petition disapproved by the county committee after determining the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 21080 of the Public Resources Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 30. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35710.1.

35710.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an election may not be called to vote on a petition to transfer territory if the election area for that petition, as determined pursuant to Section 35732, is uninhabited territory as described in Section 35517. The county committee, if it approves that petition, shall order that the petition be granted and shall notify the county board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 344, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2006.)
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35710.3. A county committee shall be the lead agency, as defined in Section 21067 of the Public Resources Code, for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) for each petition it considers pursuant to Sections 35709 and 35710, unless the state board is the lead agency pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 35710.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 314, Sec. 6. (AB 174) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35710.5.

35710.5. (a) (1) An action by the county committee approving a petition pursuant to Section 35709, 35710, 35710.1, or paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35722 may be appealed to the state board by the chief petitioners or one or more affected school districts. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the appeal shall be limited to issues of noncompliance with Section 35705, 35706, or 35710, or subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 35709. If an appeal is made as to the issue of whether the proposed transfer will adversely affect the racial or ethnic integration of the schools of the districts affected, it shall be made pursuant to Section 35711.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), an appeal for which notice of the appeal, pursuant to subdivision (b), was filed before July 1, 2020, shall be considered pursuant to this section, as it read on December 31, 2019.
(b) Within five days after the final action of the county committee, the appellant shall file with the county committee a notice of appeal and shall provide a copy to the county superintendent of schools, except that if the appellant is one of the affected school districts it shall have 30 days to file the notice of appeal with the county committee and provide a copy to the county superintendent. Upon the filing of the notice of appeal, the action of the county committee shall be stayed, pending the outcome of the appeal. Within 15 days after the filing of the notice of appeal, the appellant shall file with the county committee a statement of reasons and factual evidence. The county committee shall then, within 15 days of receipt of the statement, send to the state board the statement and the complete administrative record of the county committee proceedings, including minutes of the oral proceedings.
(c) Upon receipt of the appeal, the state board may either review the appeal or ratify the county committee’s decision by summarily denying review of the appeal. The board may review the appeal either solely on the administrative record or in conjunction with a public hearing. Following the review, the board shall affirm or reverse the action of the county committee, and if the petition will be sent to election, shall determine the territory in which the election is to be held. The board may reverse or modify the action of the county committee in any manner consistent with law.
(d) The decision of the state board shall be sent to the county superintendent of schools pursuant to Section 35755.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 301, Sec. 4. (SB 1057) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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35710.51. (a) The county superintendent of schools, within 35 days after receiving the notification provided by Section 35710, shall call an election, in the manner prescribed in Part 4 (commencing with Section 5000), to be conducted at the next election of any kind in accordance with either of the following:
(1) Section 1002 of the Elections Code and Part 4 (commencing with Section 5000) of Division 1 of Title 1.
(2) Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000) of the Elections Code.
(b) The county superintendent of schools shall call the election in the territory of districts as determined by the county committee on school district organization, or, in the case of territory transfers appealed to the state board pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 35710.5, as determined by the state board. The county superintendent of schools shall not issue an order of election until after the time for an appeal pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 35710.5 has elapsed.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 327, Sec. 5. (AB 1599) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35711.

35711. (a) A person questioning the finding of the county committee pursuant to Section 35709, 35710, or paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 35722 that the action to transfer territory or form one or more new districts will not adversely affect the racial or ethnic integration of the schools of the districts affected, may appeal a decision based on that finding. The appeal shall be made to the state board within 30 days. The appeal shall be based upon factual and statistical evidence. The secretary of the state board shall expeditiously notify the county superintendent of schools upon the filing of the appeal. Upon the filing of the appeal, the action of the county committee shall be stayed, pending the outcome of the appeal.
(b) If the state board denies the appeal, the decision of the county committee shall stand. If the state board approves the appeal, it shall review the findings of the county committee at a regular meeting of the state board.
(c) The state board shall notify the county committee of its decision on the appeal. If the state board approves the appeal, the county committee shall transmit a copy of the proceedings to the state board within 30 days after receipt of notice. The state board shall review the transcript, considering all factors involved. The state board may reverse, or may affirm, the decision of the county committee, or if it appears that inadequate consideration was given to the effect of the transfer on integration of the schools of the school districts affected, it shall direct the county committee to reconsider its decision and for this purpose to hold another hearing.
(d) The secretary of the state board shall notify the county superintendent of schools of the state board’s final action regarding the appeal. If the action of the county committee to approve a territory transfer ultimately stands following the state board action, Section 35709 and subdivision (a) of Section 35710 shall apply, as appropriate.
(e) The county superintendent of schools shall not call an election pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 35710 until after the time for an appeal pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section has elapsed.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 301, Sec. 5. (SB 1057) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 1 - Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate › Section 35712.

35712. The State Board of Education may adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this article, as it deems necessary.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1658, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 2 - County Committee on School District Organization Plans and Recommendations for District Reorganization › Section 35720.

35720. Each county committee on school district organization shall, under the direction of the State Board of Education, formulate plans and recommendations for the organization of the districts in the county or any portion thereof including, if appropriate, a portion of one or more adjacent counties.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
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35720.5. (a) The county committee shall adopt a tentative recommendation following which action it shall hold one or more public hearings in the area proposed for reorganization at least 30 days before submission of a final recommendation for unification or other reorganization to the state board.
(b) The public hearing required by this section shall be called when both of the following conditions are met:
(1) Notice is sent to the governing board of each affected district at least 10 days before the hearing.
(2) Notice of the hearing is either published in a newspaper of general circulation or posted in every schoolhouse and at least three public places in the affected territory, school district, or school districts.
(c) The notice shall contain information as to the time, place, and purpose of the hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 186, Sec. 28. (AB 2659) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 2 - County Committee on School District Organization Plans and Recommendations for District Reorganization › Section 35721.

35721. (a) On receipt of a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the qualified electors residing in any district for a consideration of unification or other reorganization of any area, the county committee shall hold a public hearing on the petition at a regular or special meeting.
(b) On receipt of a petition signed by at least 5 percent of the qualified electors residing in a school district with over 200,000 pupils in average daily attendance in which the petition is to reorganize the district into two or more districts, the county committee shall hold a public hearing on the petition at a regular or special meeting.
(c) On receipt of a resolution approved by a majority of the members of a city council, county board of supervisors, governing body of a special district, or local agency formation commission that has jurisdiction over all or a portion of the school district for consideration of unification or other reorganization of any area, the county committee shall hold a public hearing on the proposal at a regular or special meeting.
(d) Following the hearing conducted pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (c), the county committee shall grant or deny the petition. If the county committee grants the petition, it shall adopt a tentative recommendation following which action it shall hold one or more public hearings in the area proposed for reorganization. The provisions of Sections 35705 and 35705.5 shall apply to any such public hearing.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 761, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 3 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › PART 21 - LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES › CHAPTER 4 - Reorganization of School Districts › ARTICLE 2 - County Committee on School District Organization Plans and Recommendations for District Reorganization › Section 35721.5.

35721.5. 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.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 761, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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35722. (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 that recommendation together with the petition filed under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 35721, or with the resolution filed under subdivision (c) of Section 35721, if any, to the state board for hearing as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 35750).
(2) Transmit the petition to the state board and order the reorganization granted if the requirements of Section 35709 are satisfied.
(3) Transmit the petition to the state board and order that an election be held if the requirements of Section 35710 are satisfied.
(b) An action of the county committee that results in a transmittal described in either paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) may be appealed to the state board pursuant to Section 35710.5 or 35711.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 301, Sec. 6. (SB 1057) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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35723. 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 members of the county committee of such other county. Thereafter, the members of the county committee of such other county shall be notified by mail of each public hearing or meeting of the county committee at which the proposed reorganization will be considered at least 10 days prior to the day of such hearing or meeting.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
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35724. 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 concur in the plans and recommendations.
If the county committee of an adjacent county concurs in the plans and recommendations, the concurrence shall accompany the recommendations transmitted to the State Board of Education.
If the county committee of an adjacent county fails to respond to the request for concurrence within 90 days of the date of the request, such failure shall be deemed to be a concurrence in the plans and recommendations.
If a county committee of an adjacent county does not concur in the plans and recommendations, it shall so notify the other county committee in writing and accompany the notification with plans and recommendations for the reorganization of school districts of its county including territory that would be affected by the plans and recommendations of the other county committee. After 60 days from the notification of nonconcurrence, if the county committees are still unable to agree upon plans and recommendations for reorganization of the territory, the county committees, or any of them, may submit plans and recommendations to the State Board of Education, and the board may approve or reject the plans, or any of them, in the same manner as other plans and recommendations.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
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35730. 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 the city and not exclusively by general law. Upon adoption of plans and recommendations containing such provision, the establishment and existence of the governing board of the district shall thenceforth be governed exclusively by the city charter and the board shall be a city board of education of a chartered city. In the absence of such a recommendation, the proposed new unified district shall be governed by general law.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
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35730.1. 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) Compliance with Crawford v. Board of Education, 17 Cal. 3d 280, and the terms of the consent decree in Rodriquez v. Los Angeles Unified School District, Consent Decree No. C-611358.
(e) Preservation of the policies used by magnet schools, charter schools, site-based management initiatives, and the LEARN program as those policies already exist in practice or pursuant to law.
(f) Compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.).
(g) Compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1971), as amended.
(h) The formation of the new school districts does not result in the diminution of minority protections.
(i) The maintenance of the conditions of all collective bargaining agreements until their expirations.
(j) Recognition of the existing retiree health, dental, and vision care benefits.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 412, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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35731. 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.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
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35732. 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.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
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35733. 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.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.)
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35734. 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 areas and shall specify whether members of the governing board shall be elected by the registered voters of the entire school district or by only the registered voters of that particular trustee area. A proposal for trustee areas shall be considered as an inherent part of the proposal and not as a separate proposition.
In the absence of a provision for trustee areas, the proposed new district shall have a governing board elected by the registered voters of the entire district.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1452, Sec. 214.)
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35735.1. 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 unduplicated pupil and enrollment counts used to establish the current fiscal year percentage.
(2) For a new district in the second fiscal year of operation, include only the current fiscal year and prior fiscal year unduplicated pupil and enrollment counts to establish the current fiscal year percentage.
(3) For a new district in the third and subsequent fiscal years of operation, include the current fiscal year, prior fiscal year, and second prior fiscal year unduplicated pupil and enrollment counts to establish the current fiscal year percentage.
(b) For an acquiring district in the first fiscal year of operation after the reorganization, retain the prior fiscal year and second prior fiscal year unduplicated pupil and enrollment counts from the fiscal years before the reorganization. For the current fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year after reorganization, include the unduplicated pupil and enrollment counts for all pupils who are being served by the acquiring district.
(c) For the remaining portion of a divided district, the percentage calculation shall include the prior and second prior fiscal year unduplicated pupil and enrollment counts from the fiscal years before the reorganization. For the current and each subsequent fiscal year after reorganization, include only the unduplicated pupil and enrollment counts for the pupils who are being served by the remaining portion of the divided district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 448, Sec. 7. (SB 148) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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35735.2. 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 same amount of categorical funding received by each former district before the reorganization. A new district shall not retain any categorical funding received by divided districts before the reorganization.
(2) If the new district is composed wholly of former districts, it shall receive a reduction pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03 only to the extent that the new district would have received a reduction in the 2012–13 fiscal year.
(3) If the new district is comprised of former districts and one or more divided districts, it shall receive a reduction pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03 only to the extent that the former districts received a reduction in the 2012–13 fiscal year.
(b) (1) An acquiring district shall retain the same amount of categorical funding it received before the reorganization, plus the amount of categorical funding received by each former district before the reorganization. An acquiring district shall not retain any categorical funding received by divided districts before the reorganization.
(2) If the acquiring district is composed wholly of former districts, it shall receive a reduction pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03 only to the extent that the acquiring district would have received a reduction in the 2012–13 fiscal year.
(3) If the acquiring district comprises a former district and one or more divided districts, it shall receive a reduction pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03 only to the extent that the former district received a reduction in the 2012–13 fiscal year.
(c) (1) The remaining portion of a divided district shall retain the same amount of categorical funding it received before the reorganization.
(2) If a divided district received a reduction pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42238.03, it shall continue to receive that reduction.
(d) If the reorganization includes a former district that has been wholly included in more than one new or acquiring districts, the categorical funding shall be determined pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 35735.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 448, Sec. 8. (SB 148) Effective January 1, 2016.)