2005 Idaho Code - 33-303 — RECLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS

                                  TITLE  33
                                  EDUCATION
                                  CHAPTER 3
                               SCHOOL DISTRICTS
    33-303.  RECLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. a. Whenever the board of
trustees of an elementary school district shall propose to submit to the
qualified electors of the district the question of issuance of bonds for the
purpose of acquiring or building any secondary school building, or whenever
the board of trustees of an elementary school district shall propose to
otherwise establish, or to re-establish, a secondary school, said board of
trustees shall first petition the state board of education to reclassify the
district. Any such petition shall be in writing and shall contain such
information as will enable the state board of education to determine the
feasibility of maintaining an accredited secondary school by the petitioning
district.
    If the state board of education shall determine that the maintenance of an
accredited secondary school by the petitioning elementary school district is
feasible, it shall reclassify such district but such reclassification shall be
for a period of not more than three (3) years, at the end of which period the
state board of education shall review its action. If, at the time of review,
the district is maintaining an accredited secondary school, its
reclassification shall be made permanent, subject only to the provisions of
subsection (b) of this section. If, at the time of review, the district is not
maintaining an accredited secondary school, the state board of education shall
revoke the temporary reclassification and the district shall revert to the
classification of an elementary school district.
    b.  If any school district, other than an elementary school district,
shall have maintained no secondary school within its area for a period of five
(5) successive years, the state board of education may, at any time thereafter
and while such district continues to maintain no secondary school, reclassify
such district as an elementary school district.
    c.  Whenever the state board of education shall reclassify any district,
as in this section provided, written notice thereof shall be given to the
board of trustees of such district and to the board of county commissioners of
any county in which the district may lie.