15-395. Enlarging joint district
A. To add school districts to a joint district, the joint board shall first publish
a copy of a proposed resolution accepting the school district into the joint district in
a newspaper of general circulation in the school district proposing to join the joint
district once a week for at least two weeks immediately before the date of the
consideration of the adoption of the proposed resolution by the joint board.
B. After adoption by the joint board of the resolution accepting the school
district into the joint district, the question shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the district seeking to become a part of the joint district at an election
held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The question that is
submitted to the qualified electors shall describe the tax rate that is associated with
joining the joint district and the estimated cost of that tax rate for the owner of a
single family home that is valued at one hundred thousand dollars. Authorization is
required through an intergovernmental agreement or other written contract between the
joint district and the district seeking to become part of the joint district in order to
enlarge the joint district.
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