HB 1250 Summary

• Requires school corporations to sell surplus real property to educational institutions if they are the highest bidder, and prohibits covenants that restrict sales to educational institutions.

• Establishes a new "pending reorganization" performance category for schools that remain in the lowest performance category for three or more consecutive years.

• Allows parents representing at least 51% of students in a lowest-performing school to petition for reorganization through one of three methods: closing the school and transferring students to a higher-performing school in the same corporation, converting to a charter school, or providing tuition assistance for transfers to other public or nonpublic schools.

• Requires school corporation governing bodies to verify petitions through principals and implement the chosen reorganization option if the signature threshold is met.

• Prohibits new reorganization petitions for at least five years after a school has been reorganized; takes effect July 1, 2011.