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House approves task force to study school district consolidation and splits
Summary
House passed HB 209, creating/expanding a task force to study whether district consolidation or splitting could yield cost or governance benefits; amendment added three nonlegislative members and clarified the scope to study increases and decreases in costs. The bill passed 58–12.
Representative David N. Cox presented House Bill 209 as a study mechanism to examine whether district consolidation or splitting could yield administrative or cost benefits. Cox described historical consolidations and said the study would examine economies of scale and community involvement. "This study would be to look and see if that is…
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