Creation or Expansion of City or Special School Districts

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  6. Creation or Expansion of City or Special School Districts

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  1. No city school system or special district school system shall be created or reactivated for the purpose of operating a system of schools, unless the school system is large enough to offer adequate educational opportunities for the pupils of grades one through twelve (1-12) in keeping with standards established by the state board of education.
  2. In establishing the standards, the state board is authorized and directed to take into consideration such factors as:
    1. The scholastic population of the city or special school district according to the most recent census;
    2. The financial ability per pupil of scholastic population; and
    3. The expressed willingness of the people of the city or special school district, as indicated by a majority of its legal voters in a referendum, to raise local funds, which, together with school funds received from the state and other sources, shall be sufficient to provide adequate educational opportunities for their children.


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