§ 21-6-208 — Creation of new unified school districts from within boundaries of existing school districts

Whenever at least one hundred (100) qualified electors of any
area within an existing school district, which area includes
both a high school and one (1) or more elementary schools with a
total K-12 enrollment of more than five hundred (500) pupils,
petition the district boundary board for creation of the area
into a new unified school district, the district boundary board
may, after holding a hearing on the petition, submit a proposal
to form the area into a new unified school district to the state
committee.