HF 3427 Summary

• Authorizes school districts to hold elections allowing voters to revoke or reduce operating referendum authority and local optional revenue authority by petition of 15% of registered voters, with petitions due by June 1 and elections held in November.

• Revoked or reduced local optional revenue is canceled starting the fiscal year after the election and remains canceled for ten fiscal years unless a successful referendum restores it.

• Establishes procedures for recall of school board members through petition of 25% of voters who participated in the preceding election, requiring proof of malfeasance or nonfeasance in official duties.

• Defines "filing official" as the school district clerk for school board member removal proceedings and specifies that removal elections for school board members are conducted under section 205A.05.

• Repeals section 128D.14, which previously exempted the Minneapolis school district from state board member removal laws, making removal procedures applicable to all school districts.