School district reorganization: fiscal actions affecting newly organized or reorganized school districts.

Under existing law, the process of school district reorganization begins with the submission of a petition that is reviewed by the county superintendent of schools and, if sufficient, forwarded to the county committee on school district organization and the State Board of Education for additional review and public hearings. The county committee on school district organization is authorized to formulate plans and recommendations for the reorganization of school districts. The reorganization, if approved by the county committee on school district organization or the state board, is required to be voted upon during the next available election. The reorganization plans are also required to meet specified requirements, and the reorganization plans for school districts with more than 500,000 pupils based on average daily attendance are required to satisfy additional conditions. This bill would, with respect to a school district involved in a reorganization, as specified, require the interim or governing board of the existing school district or districts, and, where applicable, the administrators of the existing school district or districts, to notify the county superintendent of schools in writing and provide relevant documents and information no less than 10 schooldays, as defined, before taking any action on any matter that could have a material fiscal impact on, or impose a debt or liability on, the existing, proposed, newly formed, or newly organized school district. The bill would authorize the county superintendent of schools to review any action taken or proposed to be taken by any interim or existing governing board of the school district or school district administrators to determine whether that action would have a material fiscal impact, debt, or liability on the existing, proposed, newly formed, or newly organized school district. The bill would further provide that if, based on the county superintendent of schools review, the county superintendent of schools determines that the action or proposed action would have a material fiscal impact on the existing, proposed, newly formed, or newly organized school district, and that action is unnecessary for the immediate functioning of the existing or newly formed school district, the county superintendent of schools would be authorized to stay or rescind that action.