Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 2279 — school districts; lapsing

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This bill died with Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

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Plain-language change summary

The proposed amendments to Bill HB 2279 reduce the threshold for a school district's student count to avoid lapsing from 150 pupils to just 25. This change allows smaller school districts to remain operational even with significantly fewer students. It matters because it could help preserve educational services in rural or low-population areas, ensuring that communities maintain access to public schooling.

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Fifty-fifth Legislature Education Second Regular Session H.B.
school districts;
2279 PROPOSED HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B.
lapsing State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session HB 2279 Introduced by Representative Fillmore AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 15-469, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;
2279 (Reference to printed bill) Page 1, lines 7 and 23, strike "ONE HUNDRED FIFTY" insert "TWENTY-FIVE" Amend title to conform JOHN M.
RELATING TO SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
FILLMORE 2279FILLMORE 01/31/2022 10:46 AM H:
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) - i - HB 2279 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
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Section 1.
Section 15-469, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-469.
Lapsing of school district;
conditions;
procedure;
disposition of property and monies A.
If in a common school district there has been HAD a student count of less than eight ONE HUNDRED FIFTY pupils between the ages of six and twenty-one years for one school year, the county school superintendent may suspend RECOMMEND SUSPENSION OF the common school district and report the RECOMMENDATION OF suspension and reasons to the common school district and the COUNTY board of supervisors at its next meeting.
THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MAY DECLARE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LAPSED AND ATTACH THE TERRITORY OF THE LAPSED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ONE OR MORE ADJOINING SCHOOL DISTRICTS, DISPOSE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE LAPSED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND APPLY THE PROCEEDS TO THE CREDIT OF THE LAPSED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SHALL DETERMINE ALL UNBONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF THE LAPSED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DRAW A WARRANT, ON PROPER VOUCHERS, ON THE COUNTY TREASURER IN PAYMENT OF THE UNBONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
ANY BALANCE REMAINING AFTER SUCH A PAYMENT SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE COUNTY SCHOOL FUND.
B.
The county school superintendent may provide the common school district additional time to recruit more pupils.
If the common school district has a student count of less than eight ONE HUNDRED FIFTY pupils at the end of the additional time, the COUNTY board of supervisors may declare the common school district lapsed and attach the territory to one or more of the adjoining school districts, dispose of the property of the lapsed common school district and apply the proceeds to the credit of the lapsed common school district.
The county school superintendent shall determine all unbonded indebtedness of the lapsed common school district and draw his warrant, on proper vouchers, on the county treasurer in payment of the unbonded indebtedness.
Any balance remaining after such a payment shall be transferred to the county school fund IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION.
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Action History

  1. House Second Reading

  2. House First Reading.

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Who sponsors HB 2279?
HB 2279 is sponsored by John Fillmore.
What is the current status of HB 2279?
This bill died with Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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