Bill > HB1374

This bill modifies the procedures for a school district to withdraw from a cooperative school district by changing the voting requirements and process. Currently, withdrawal requires approval from both the withdrawing district and the entire cooperative district, but this bill simplifies the process by allowing the withdrawal to be determined solely by a vote within the withdrawing district. Specifically, the bill changes the voting threshold from a simple majority to a 3/5 (60%) supermajority of voters in the withdrawing district. If this supermajority votes in favor of withdrawal, the district clerk will send the meeting documentation to the state board of education, which will then issue a certificate confirming the withdrawal. The bill removes previous language requiring a vote from the entire cooperative district and streamlines the withdrawal process to focus only on the wishes of the district seeking to leave. This change makes it easier for individual districts to exit a cooperative school district arrangement, potentially giving more local control to individual school districts. The bill will take effect 60 days after its passage.

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