Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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Under current law, the county school superintendent can suspend a common school district if it had less than 8 students between the ages of 6 and 21 for three months during the school year. The board of supervisors can also declare the district lapsed immediately after its suspension and it is not specified that the district may be given additional time to recruit students. This bill requires that a district have less than 8 students between the ages of 6 and 21 for one school year before the county school superintendent can suspend the district and report the suspension and reasons for it to the district and its board of supervisors at its next meeting. The superintendent may provide the district with additional time to recruit more students. If the district fails to recruit more students, then the board of supervisors may declare that the district has lapsed.
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