California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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.
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(a) The county committee may add to the petition any of the appropriate provisions specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 35730) which were not included in the petition as filed and may amend any such provision which 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 revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance for each affected district and the effect of the petition, if approved, on such revenue limit.
(3) Whether the 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 districts in which the election, if any, will be held.
(6) Where the proposal is to create two or more 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 district.
(8) A description of how the property, obligations, and bonded indebtedness of existing 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.