Idaho State Statutes - Idaho Attorney Directory

The boards of trustees of two
(2) or more contiguous school districts may submit to the state board of
education a plan for the consolidation of their districts into a single new
district.
The plan shall contain as a minimum the following, and in addition any
other information required by the state board of education:
1. A map or maps showing the boundaries of the proposed new district, the
boundaries of the component consolidating districts, the location of existing
schoolhouses or other facilities of the component districts, the proposed
trustee zones, and the proposed transportation routes if any;
2. A legal description of the boundaries of the proposed new school
district and of the trustee zones proposed, with estimates of the population
in each such zone;
3. The assessed value of taxable property of each component consolidating
district and of the entire proposed new district;
4. Outstanding general obligation bonds of any component consolidating
district, sinking funds accumulated, and estimated proceeds of sinking fund
levies in process of collection;
5. Whether any component district has established a plant facilities
reserve fund, and if so the amount on hand in such fund, the obligations
against the fund, and the levy being made for such fund together with estimate
of the proceeds of such levy in process of collection;
6. Whether any outstanding and unpaid bonds of any district included in
the proposal are to be and become the obligations of the proposed consolidated
district, or shall remain the obligations of the area of the district which
first incurred the same. If such bonds are proposed to become the obligations
of the proposed consolidated district, the plan shall show each participating
district's portion thereof which shall be that portion of the aggregate debt
as the assessed value of taxable property in each district bears to the
aggregate assessed value of taxable property in the area of the proposed
consolidated district;
7. If a joint district, the designation of the home county;
8. The official name and number of the proposed new district; and
9. How the property, real and personal, of former districts shall vest in
the new district.
Before submitting any proposal for consolidating school districts to the
state board of education, the board of trustees of each proposing district
shall first call and cause to be held, within said district, a hearing on the
proposal. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given, by each
such district, by two (2) publications in a newspaper of general circulation
in the district, the first and last publications being not less than six (6)
days apart.
At such hearings, any school district elector or taxpayer of the district
may appear and be heard, and may request any information from the board of
trustees, concerning the proposed consolidation. Records of the hearings shall
be entered in the minutes of each board of trustees and shall be included with
the plan of proposed consolidation if and when it is submitted to the state
board of education.
Following any hearing, it shall be within the discretion of the board of
trustees of any proposing district whether it shall further proceed in the
plan for consolidating the districts.

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