HB250 Summary

• Increases the minimum population requirement for incorporated municipalities to establish a city board of education from 5,000 to 25,000 inhabitants.

• Requires the State Department of Education to determine whether a city is financially capable of sustaining a school system before establishing a city school system, based on local per pupil expenditures and potential impact on the county system.

• Exempts cities that met the previous 5,000 population threshold and executed a formal separation agreement with the county school system before this act's effective date from the new requirements.

• Requires financially capable city school systems to acquire or build their own school facilities, with the option to purchase existing county facilities at an agreed-upon price through the separation agreement.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.