North Dakota § 15.1-12-26 Dissolution of school district - Grounds

North Dakota Statutes

§ 15.1-12-26 — Dissolution of school district - Grounds

North Dakota § 15.1-12-26

Title 15.1Elementary and Secondary Education

Ch. 15.1-12Annexation, Reorganization, and Dissolution

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N.D. Cent. Code § 15.1-12-26 (2026).

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1.A county committee shall initiate proceedings to dissolve a school district and attach the property to other operating high school districts in the same county, or to a non-high school district in the same county if there are no high school districts in the same county adjacent to the district being dissolved, when it is notified in writing by the county superintendent of schools whose jurisdiction includes the administrative headquarters of the district that:

a.The district is financially unable to effectively and efficiently educate its students;

b.The district has not operated a school as required by section 15.1-12-24; or

c.A school board has determined that dissolution is in the best interest of its students.

2.Except as provided in subsection 3, a county committee shall initia

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1. A county committee shall initiate proceedings to dissolve a school district and attach
the property to other operating high school districts in the same county, or to a
non-high school district in the same county if there are no high school districts in the
same county adjacent to the district being dissolved, when it is notified in writing by the
county superintendent of schools whose jurisdiction includes the administrative
headquarters of the district that:
a. The district is financially unable to effectively and efficiently educate its students;
b. The district has not operated a school as required by section 15.1-12-24; or
c. A school board has determined that dissolution is in the best interest of its
students.
2. Except as provided in subsection 3, a county committee shall initiate proceedings
under section 15.1-12-27 to attach real property to an operating high school district in
the same county, or to a non-high school district in the same county if there is no high
school district in the same county adjacent to the district being dissolved, when it is
notified in writing by the county superintendent that:
a. Real property has been severed from its school district by the expansion of a city
and the severed portion is not contiguous with its district; or
b. There exists real property that does not belong to a school district.
3. If a school district reorganization plan which does not include all real property in a
district is approved by the electors, the county committee shall, within forty-five days
after the election, hold a hearing under section 15.1-12-27 to attach the remaining
property to one or more operating high school districts in the same county, or to
non-high school districts in the same county if there are no high school districts in the
same county adjacent to the district being dissolved.
4. Subject to state board approval under section 15.1-12-27, a county committee that has
initiated proceedings to dissolve a school district under this section may sell,
exchange, or donate property or assets of the dissolving district to another political
subdivision for less than fair market value provided the dissolving district has sufficient
property and assets remaining to satisfy the requirements of sections 15.1-12-28 and