Legislators are considering changing the school district division process ahead of a potential split of the state's largest district.
Valley View Elementary in Pleasant Grove, one of two schools the Alpine School Board moved to close in June. Legislators are considering changing the school district division and school closure process.State lawmakers gave Utah parents a precautionary heads up Monday: brace for school district splits and boundary changes in the coming years.
Requiring local governing bodies that are seeking a new school district to request a feasibility study from the state auditor, which would evaluate the impact a new district would have on taxpayers.Shortening the time frame for a new school district to become operational — to July 1 of the first calendar year following a school board election, instead of two calendar years after an election.
However, the proposed bill does add or remove steps in the process depending on how a new district is initiated. For example, a request initiated by a citizens’ petition would require a 20-day public comment period on the feasibility study. Members of the Alpine School District Board of Education, from left, Sara Hacken, Superintendent Shane Farnsworth, Sarah Beeson and Stacey Bateman, vote to close Valley View and Sharon elementary schools on Friday, June 30, 2023.
Until this year, state law required 120 days’ notice before approving or implementing plans to close schools or change boundaries.If passed, Grover’s bill would change that requirement again to 180 days’ notice and would require districts to hold, at minimum, two public hearings to allow input.to create the Canyons School District, the state’s first new school district in nearly a century.
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