Article 2 - County Committee on School District Organization Plans and Recommendations for District Reorganization

California Education Code — §§ 35720-35724

Sections (3)

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 301, Sec. 6. (SB 1057) Effective January 1, 2023.

(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.

§ 35723

Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.

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.

§ 35724

Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 3.

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.