BILL NUMBER: SB 977	CHAPTERED  09/24/00

	CHAPTER   599
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 24, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 22, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 7, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JULY 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 28, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Solis

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Section 35706.5 to the Education Code, relating to
school district reorganization.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 977, Solis.  School district reorganization.
   Existing law provides for the formation and reorganization of
school districts.  Existing law defines, for this purpose, an action
to reorganize a district to mean an action to form, dissolve, or
lapse a school district, to annex all or part of the territory of a
district to another district, to transfer all or part of a district
to another district, the unification or deunification of a school
district, or to otherwise alter the boundaries of a school district,
or any combination of such actions.
   This bill would prohibit an action to reorganize the boundaries of
a school district without the consent of a majority of all of the
members of the governing board of the school district if the school
district has obtained an emergency loan from the state, the
Superintendent of Public Instruction has determined that a state
administrator is no longer necessary and has restored, prior to the
effective date of this bill, the legal rights, duties, and powers of
the governing board of the district, and the school district has a
pupil population from a "low-income household" or a "very low income
household," as defined.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 35706.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   35706.5.  (a) No action to reorganize the boundaries of a school
district shall be initiated or completed without the consent of a
majority of all of the members of the governing board of the school
district if  both of the following conditions apply to the school
district:
   (1) It has obtained an emergency apportionment loan from the State
of California, but the Superintendent of Public Instruction has
determined that a state administrator is no longer necessary, and has
restored, prior to the effective date of this section, the legal
rights, duties, and powers of the governing board of the district
pursuant to Section 41326.
   (2) It has a student population 70 percent of which is from either
a "lower income household" or "very low income household" as those
terms are defined in Sections 50079.5 and 50105, respectively, of the
Health and Safety Code.
   (b) For purposes of this section, for any school district that
meets the description specified in paragraph (1), consent to an
action to reorganize the boundaries of the school district shall no
longer be required when 10 years have elapsed from the date of final
payment by the school district of the emergency loan to the State of
California.