OLR Bill Analysis

HB 6493

AN ACT CONCERNING REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SUMMARY:

By law, in order to dissolve a regional school district, legislative bodies of member towns must apply to the regional school board to institute withdrawal from, or dissolution of, the district. The board must form a committee which must report on the advisability of withdrawal or dissolution. Each member town, or in the case of a regional district without a high school, a member town, must vote by referendum to implement the plan for dissolution or withdrawal of a member town.

The bill specifies that a district composed of three or more towns with a combined population of 6,000 or less can be dissolved, or a member town can withdraw, if the majority of voters in that district vote to do so.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2009

COMMITTEE ACTION

Education Committee

Joint Favorable