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What is the process required to create these new districts?
The School District Organization Act of 1992 (Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 22) specifically regulates the process. It is organized in the following
mandated sequential steps:
- A petition describing the proposal to modify the school
district is prepared by a Petition Committee and circulated
for signature endorsements by the eligible electorate.
- After a successful petition campaign, a School Organization
Planning Committee is created to formulate the details
of the new districts. This committee is comprised of seven
persons; four selected by the BVSD Board, three by the
BVSD District Accountability Committee (“DAC”),
and two by the Petition Committee. The statute mandates
that the committee meetings be public and provides for
extensive hearings and public input as part of the process.
- The process and details of this committee’s recommendations
are reviewed by the State Commissioner of Education.
- The proposal defining the two new districts that results
from this process is put to a public vote as a referendum.
- If the referendum passes, it is followed by elections
for new school boards and by the creation of management
groups for each district.
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