Missouri HB 2569: Establishes new procedures for annexation of school districts to special school districts.

Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2569
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE DOGAN.
4980H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 162, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to school district
annexation procedures.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 162, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 162.877, to read as follows:
162.877. 1. (1) If any school district desires to be attached to an adjacent special
2 school district, the school board of the district desiring the attachment to the special school
3 district shall first establish a special school district in the school board's jurisdiction as
4 provided in this chapter. After a special school district is established in the school district
5 desiring to attach to an adjacent special school district, the special school district desiring
6 the attachment may follow the procedures for annexation provided in this section.
7 (2) If any special school district desires to be attached to an adjacent special school
8 district, the school board of the district proposing annexation shall submit the question to
9 the voters of the district.
10 (3) The school board of the special school district proposing annexation shall
11 submit a question under subdivision (2) of this subsection only after receiving a petition
12 requesting the annexation signed by the lesser of:
13 (a) A number of voters of the district proposing annexation equal to ten percent of
14 voters voting in the last school election at which school board members were elected; or
15 (b) A majority of the voters of the district.
16 2. A plat of the proposed changes to all affected special school districts shall be
17 published and posted with the notice of election.
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended
to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.

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18 3. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: "Shall the
19 (name of the special school district proposing annexation) be annexed to the (name of the
20 special school district) for special educational services purposes only?".
21 4. (1) If a majority of the votes cast in the special school district proposing
22 annexation favor annexation, the secretary of the board shall certify the fact, with a copy
23 of the record, to the board of the district proposing annexation, the board of the special
24 school district to which annexation is proposed, and the state board of education.
25 (2) For each newly created special school district with more than one hundred
26 thousand inhabitants, the membership of the governing council shall be expanded to
27 include each school district annexed to the special school district under this section. A
28 member representing an annexed school district on the governing council shall be elected
29 as provided in section 162.856. After the new governing council member is elected, a new
30 special school district board shall be elected as provided in sections 162.670 to 162.974 after
31 a redistricting under subdivision (4) of this subsection.
32 (3) For each newly created special school district with no more than one hundred
33 thousand inhabitants, new board members shall be elected as provided in sections 162.670
34 to 162.974 after a redistricting under subdivision (4) of this subsection.
35 (4) (a) The existing special school district board of education shall, upon formation
36 of a new special school district under this section and each decade within ninety days after
37 each decennial census has been reported to the President of the United States, adopt a
38 resolution calling for the formation of a redistricting committee. Upon adoption of such
39 resolution, the secretary of the board of education shall forward a certified copy thereof
40 to the state board of education. The redistricting committee shall consist of three residents
41 within the district, appointed by the board of education of the special school district, plus
42 three additional persons residing within the special school district, appointed by the state
43 board. Thereafter, the redistricting committee shall meet, organize itself with a chair and
44 secretary, and proceed with the adoption of a redistricting plan. Any plan proposed to be
45 adopted shall receive approval of a majority of the whole redistricting committee before
46 its adoption. Upon adoption, the redistricting committee shall forward a copy of the plan
47 certified by the secretary of the redistricting committee to the state board for its approval
48 or disapproval. The state board shall approve any redistricting plan that divides the
49 special school district into seven subdistricts of equal population, taking into account as
50 much as possible existing school district boundary lines. Upon