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Bill would let county committees allocate up to $500,000 from dissolved school districts to local political subdivisions
Summary
Senate Bill 2158 would allow county committees to distribute up to $500,000 of the unobligated cash balance from a dissolved school district to another political subdivision located within the district’s geographic boundaries.
Senator Don Schaible, sponsor of Senate Bill 2158, told the House Political Subdivisions Committee the bill seeks to resolve a legal conflict that prevented a dissolution plan from moving forward for a multi-county school district. Schaible said the local school board’s dissolution plan proposed transferring the district’s building to the city and providing up to $500,000 “for the repurposing and deferred maintenance,” and current code prevented that transfer of funds.
Schaible said the bill is intended to give locally elected officials the flexibility to implement a community-driven dissolution plan. “Passing 2,158…
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