H.B. 386
         STABILIZING SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES

House Floor Amendments

AM10:22



Representative Ron Bigelow proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Line 31:    After line 31 insert:
        "(d) If a local board rejects realignment under Subsection (1)(a) or (b), the other board may initiate the following procedures by majority vote within 60 days of the vote rejecting realignment:
        (i) (A) Within 30 days after a vote to initiate these procedures, each local board shall appoint one member to a boundary review committee.
        (B) If the local board becomes deadlocked in selecting the appointee under Subsection (d)(i)(A), the board's chair shall make the appointment or serve as the appointee to the review committee.
        (ii) The two local board-appointed members of the committee shall meet and appoint a third member of the committee.
        (iii) If the two local board-appointed members are unable to agree on the appointment of a third member within 30 days after both are appointed, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall appoint the third member.
        (iv) The committee shall meet as necessary to prepare recommendations concerning resolution of the realignment issue, and shall submit the recommendations to the affected local boards within six months after the appointment of the third member of the committee.
        (v) If a majority of the members of each local board accepts the recommendation of the committee, or accepts the recommendation after amendment by the boards, then the accepted recommendation shall be implemented.
        (vi) If the committee fails to submit its recommendation within the time allotted, or if one local board rejects the recommendation, the affected boards may agree to extend the time for the committee to prepare an acceptable recommendation or either board may request the State Board of Education to resolve the question.
        (vii) If the committee has submitted a recommendation which the

state board finds to be reasonably supported by the evidence, the state board shall adopt the committee's recommendation.
        (viii) The decision of the state board is final."