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Bill to rename consolidation 'reorganization' aims to give rural districts more local control
Summary
House Bill 606 would revise consolidation/annexation rules to permit broader reorganization options (including joint K–12 districts and joint boards) and to preserve bonded indebtedness with the district that incurred it. Sponsors said the measure is voluntary and intended to offer tools for rural districts to collaborate without forced consolidation.
Helena — Representative Brad Barker presented House Bill 606 to the House Education Committee, describing it as a code clean‑up and policy change that replaces the term ‘‘consolidation’’ with ‘‘reorganization’’ and expands the kinds of district combinations that can form a single K–12 district. Barker…
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