§ 17343 School District Pre-Annexation Construction

• •Schools can buy land and build schools in a new area before it officially becomes part of the school district.
• •This is only allowed if the area is already in the process of joining the school district.
• •They can’t do this for areas that aren’t planning to join the school district.

A neighborhood is voting to join a nearby school district. The school district wants to build a new school there.

The school district can start buying land and building the school even before the vote is final, as long as the neighborhood is already in the process of joining.