CHAPTER 3. Reorganization of School Districts—General Provisions [35500. - 35586.]

Chapter 3 repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1192, Sec. 2.

§§ 35500–35586 · 55 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Legislative Intent and Purpose §§ 35500–35501 · 2 sections

   • § 35500 It is the intent of the Legislature to utilize the organization of districts as they existed on January 1, 1981, and local educational needs and concerns shall…
   • § 35501 On and after January 1, 1981, this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 35700) shall apply to an action to reorganize school districts.
2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 35510–35517 · 7 sections

   • § 35510 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing with Section…
   • § 35511 An “action to reorganize districts” means either of the following: (a) An action to form a new school district, which is accomplished through any of, or any…
   • § 35512 “County committee” means the county committee on school district organization, organized and acting as provided for in Article 1 (commencing with Section 4000)…
   • § 35513 For the purposes of any reference in this chapter to “districts of the same kind,” all elementary school districts are districts of the same kind, all high…
   • § 35514 As used in this chapter and in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 35700): (a) “Affected district” means a school district that has been, or is proposed to be,…
   • § 35515 “Component district” means an elementary school district that is included within a high school district or an elementary school district that is excluded from…
   • § 35517 “Uninhabited territory” means territory in which fewer than 12 persons are registered to vote at least 54 days before the time of filing of a petition or…
3. ARTICLE 3. Reorganization of Districts Under the Jurisdiction of Different Counties §§ 35520–35524 · 5 sections

   • § 35520 In any action to reorganize school districts, which are located in more than one county and are under the jurisdiction of different county superintendents of…
   • § 35521 Any petition to a county officer or agency in an action referred to in Section 35520 shall be presented in each county. The sufficiency of the petition shall…
   • § 35522 Any election in an action referred to in Section 35520 shall be called and conducted by each county superintendent in the districts which are under his or her…
   • § 35523 Any public hearing required, or allowed to be held, in an action referred to in Section 35520 may be conducted in each county, or jointly in either county, as…
   • § 35524 Any decision in an action referred to in Section 35520 to recommend reorganization or to recommend approval or disapproval of a petition for reorganization may…
4. ARTICLE 4. Completion and Effective Dates for Action §§ 35530–35537 · 7 sections

   • § 35530 An action to reorganize districts is complete when the board of supervisors makes the order required pursuant to Section 35765.
   • § 35531 An action to form a unified school district pursuant to Section 35542 is complete upon the date of completion of the action by which the boundaries of the…
   • § 35532 Except as otherwise provided in this article, in any school district which is created or whose boundaries or status is changed by an action to reorganize…
   • § 35533 Any district which is reorganized so as to be wholly absorbed into one or more other districts shall, after the date the action is complete and until the…
   • § 35534 Except as provided in Sections 35536 and 35786 and subject to compliance with Section 54900 of the Government Code, any action to reorganize a school district…
   • § 35536 At any time after the appointment or election of the governing board of a school district and the naming of the school district, the board may secure an option…
   • § 35537 Notwithstanding Section 35534, where a petition for reorganization and change of boundaries of one or more school districts involves a transfer of territory…
5. ARTICLE 5. Territory of School Districts §§ 35540–35545 · 6 sections

   • § 35540 The boundaries of each high school district and unified school district shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the component districts, as defined in…
   • § 35541 When the boundaries of a district which is a component of a high school district or a unified school district, as defined in Section 35515, are for any cause…
   • § 35542 (a) Whenever the boundaries of an elementary school district and a high school district become coterminous, the districts are merged into a new unified…
   • § 35543 On or after January 1, 1981, a school district shall not be formed or reorganized to include territory which is separated from other portions of the territory…
   • § 35544 Whenever territory is transferred or added by means of reorganization to another district in which trustee areas have been established, the territory being…
   • § 35545 (a) Before the date upon which a reorganized district becomes effective for all purposes, the county committee may include all, or part of, the territory in…
6. ARTICLE 6. Personnel in Reorganized Districts §§ 35555–35559 · 5 sections

   • § 35555 (a) The reorganization of any school district or school districts shall not affect the classification of certificated employees already employed by any school…
   • § 35556 (a) The reorganization of any school district, or school districts, shall not affect the rights of persons employed in positions not requiring certification…
   • § 35557 (a) Notwithstanding Section 5000, whenever, in a district that has been wholly absorbed into one or more other districts and continues in existence as a…
   • § 35558 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 35105 and 5000, in the case of a unified school district formed in an even-numbered year, where in connection with the formation…
   • § 35559 Notwithstanding Sections 5000 and 35105, when the first elected board of any new district is elected on the same date that the election is held for adopting…
7. ARTICLE 7. Disposition of Records, Funds, Property, and Obligations When Reorganized §§ 35560–35566 · 7 sections

   • § 35560 When a school district is reorganized, both of the following shall apply: (a) When the allocation of funds, property, and obligations is not fixed by terms,…
   • § 35561 Any funds derived from the sale of the school bonds issued by the original district shall be used for the acquisition, construction, or improvement of school…
   • § 35562 If all the territory of a school district becomes part of two or more school districts of any type, and the inclusion in the two or more new or acquiring…
   • § 35563 (a) If all of the territory of a school district becomes part of two or more school districts of any type, and the inclusion in the two or more new school…
   • § 35564 If the reorganization of a school district under this chapter results in the relocation of district boundaries so that a portion of the pupils will not be…
   • § 35565 If a dispute arises between the governing boards of the districts concerning the division of funds, property, or obligations, a board of arbitrators shall be…
   • § 35566 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, exchanges of property tax revenues between school districts as a result of an action to reorganize shall…
8. ARTICLE 8. Bonded Indebtedness of School Districts §§ 35570–35579 · 10 sections

   • § 35570 This article applies only to the reallocation of bonded indebtedness of a school district on general obligation bonds under one of the following conditions:…
   • § 35571 When a school district is created, annexed, or abolished, or the boundaries thereof changed, the liability to taxation for the outstanding bonded indebtedness…
   • § 35572 No territory shall be taken from any school district having any outstanding bonded indebtedness and made a part of another school district where the action, if…
   • § 35573 When any school district is in any manner merged with one or more school districts so as to form a single district by any procedure, the district so formed is…
   • § 35574 Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, for the purposes of applying the State School Building Aid Law of 1952 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section…
   • § 35575 When territory is taken from one school district and annexed to another school district and the area transferred contains no public school property or…
   • § 35576 (a) If territory is taken from one school district and annexed to, or included in, a new or acquiring district by any procedure, and the area transferred…
   • § 35577 Whenever a school district having authorized but unsold bonds is completely divided between two or more new or acquiring districts so that the original…
   • § 35578 Any unsold bonds of an elementary, high, or unified school district that is included as a whole in a new or acquiring district through any kind of…
   • § 35579 Any unsold bonds of an elementary, high, or unified school district that is included as a whole in a new or acquiring district through any kind of…
9. ARTICLE 9. Formation of the Wiseburn Unified School District, Bonded Indebtedness, and Revenue Limit §§ 35580–35586 · 6 sections

   • § 35580 Notwithstanding Article 8 (commencing with Section 35570), this article shall apply to the reorganization of the Wiseburn School District and the Centinela…
   • § 35581 (a) Any tax for repayment of bonds of the Wiseburn School District shall be levied on all taxable property of the Wiseburn Unified School District. (b) Any tax…
   • § 35582 (a) The bonding limit applicable to the Wiseburn Unified School District shall be equal to the sum of both of the following: (1) The limit specified in Section…
   • § 35584 A pupil residing in the Wiseburn Unified School District who is eligible to attend any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, may attend the Centinela Valley Union High…
   • § 35585 Notwithstanding any other law, the election to approve the reorganization plan for the Wiseburn Unified School District shall be conducted within the territory…
   • § 35586 The governing board of the Local Public Schools Funding Authority formed by the Wiseburn School District and the Centinela Valley Union High School District or…