North Dakota Code 15.1-12-09 – School district reorganization – Initiation of a reorganization plan
1. In order for two or more contiguous school districts or contiguous portions of two or more school districts to initiate a reorganization process, the board of each participating school district must:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 15.1-12-09
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
a. Vote to pursue the reorganization; b. Prepare a reorganization plan; c. Approve the reorganization plan; and
d. Submit the plan to the county superintendent having jurisdiction over the major portion of property in each participating school district.
2. Submission of a reorganization plan to the county superintendent after July 31, 2001:
a. Renders an annexation petition involving any real property that is included in the reorganization plan void, unless the annexation has already been approved by the state board; and
b. Prohibits the acceptance of a new annexation petition involving any real property that is included in the reorganization plan, until all reorganization proceedings have been completed.