HB2587 Summary

• Amends school district consolidation and unification laws, effective June 30, 2014, with changes to formation procedures for unified and subdivided districts.

• Modifies unification assistance provisions to allow eligible unified school districts to increase revenue control limits and district support levels for transitional costs, including voter-approved secondary property tax assessments.

• Provides additional unification assistance of 3 percent of revenue control limit for second and third years of operation, specifically for equalizing teacher salaries and reducing administrative costs.

• Allows existing joint technical education district governing boards to adopt alternative election systems at any time with U.S. Department of Justice approval, and clarifies the process when school districts participating in joint technical education districts consolidate or unify.

• Repeals section 15-912.01 (unification assistance provision) effective June 30, 2014, and clarifies that school districts cannot claim both consolidation and unification assistance simultaneously.