§ 3203 — Selection of school for attendance of children when district line intersects a dwelling

§ 3203. Selection of school for attendance of children when district\nline intersects a dwelling. 1. The owner of taxable property that is so\nlocated that the boundary line between two school districts intersects\n(a) the dwelling on said property or (b), in the case of an\nowner-occupied single family dwelling unit, the property on which the\ndwelling unit is located may designate the school in either of such\ndistricts to which the children lawfully residing in said dwelling on\nsaid property shall attend by filing with the district clerk of each of\nsuch districts a notice of such designation on or before August first in\nany year and thereafter or, in the case of a single family unit, when\nsuch dwelling unit is built or when its owner-occupant's first child\ncommences attending school from such residence and thereafter whenever\nthe ownership of such taxable property changes hands in an arms length\ntransaction or, likewise, the first child of its new owner-occupant\nfirst commences attending school from such residence and, until a\nsubsequent designation shall be made and filed, such children shall be\ndeemed to be resident children of the district designated and shall be\nentitled to the school privileges of such district as resident pupils\nwithout the payment of tuition.\n 2. School taxes on such property shall continue to be levied and\ncollected without reference to the aforesaid designation, but the school\nauthorities of the district that levies and collects a tax upon such\nproperty and does not furnish instructional service to the children\nresiding on such property shall pay to the district designated, in which\nsuch children are received and instructed, the amount of the tax on such\nproperty so levied and collected. If any such district shall fail or\nrefuse on demand to pay the amount of any tax so collected, the school\nauthorities of the district designated and furnishing the instructional\nservice may recover the amount in an action therefor.\n 3. A designation made as provided in this section shall continue until\na new designation is made or until the district superintendent or\nsuperintendents having jurisdiction over the districts affected shall\notherwise order in a proceeding for the alteration of the boundaries of\nthe districts, but no subsequent designation may be made in any school\nyear after August first until the close of that school year.\n