Any order of the state board of education affecting the organization, consolidation, division, annexation, excision, or change in boundaries of any school district, or districts, may be appealed to the district court of any county in which the district, or proposed district, lies or shall lie. Appeal may be taken by any school elector residing in the area affected by the order, or by any taxpayer on property situate in said area, and shall be tried de novo.
The pleadings and other papers shall be filed not more than sixty (60) days after notice of the order appealed, and service of two (2) copies thereof shall be made upon the state superintendent of public instruction.