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Representative Collins presents constitutional amendment to allow multi‑county school boards for small counties
Summary
Rep. Collins told the Education Policy committee HB380 would let contiguous small counties form a joint school board and administration after local approval and an impact study; senators raised questions about elected superintendents, board composition and budget consolidation. The committee gave the bill a favorable report.
Representative Collins told the Education Policy Committee that HB380 would let contiguous, smaller counties form a single, multi‑county board of education and share administration in order to achieve economies of scale.
Collins said the proposal would not abolish county systems but would allow counties with small enrollments to consolidate governance voluntarily, and that the state board would produce an impact study for counties that sought to combine. "We have about ten different counties that have less than a thousand students," Collins said,…
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