SB 371 – This act provides the State Board of Education an additional option to address the lapse and lack of accreditation of a school district. The State Board of Education may divide the territory of the district and attach seventy-five percent of it to adjoining accredited school districts. If the district becomes accredited and remains accredited for five consecutive years, the State Board may return the attached portion back to the district. This act also removes the requirement that a portion of a lapsed school district with more than five thousand students cannot be attached to another district without the approval of the receiving district's school board.
MICHAEL RUFF