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Committee proposes timeline to redraw school districts, debates timing for voting wards
Summary
Legislative working group drafted intent language to enact larger school district boundaries in 2026, begin creating voting wards, and hold first school board elections under new districts in November 2028; members debated whether those dates should be accelerated or left flexible.
The Committee on the Future of Public Education discussed draft intent language that would direct the General Assembly to enact new, larger school district boundaries in the 2026 session and begin work to create voting wards within each new district.
The language as drafted says the General Assembly should enact new district boundaries in 2026, create voting boards within each district in 2027 to ensure substantially equal weighting of voters when choosing school board members, provide staffing and…
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