§ 98400 District Dissolution Elections

• •The board can decide to have an election to ask voters if they want to close down the district.
• •If at least 25% of the voters who voted in the last big statewide election sign a petition asking for this vote, the board must hold the election.
• •The petition must be given to the district clerk to make the board act.

Imagine 100 people in your town voted in the last big election. If 25 of them sign a paper asking to vote on shutting down the town’s school district, the school board must hold an election to let everyone vote on it.

The law says that if enough people (25% of the last big election voters) ask for it, the board has to let everyone vote on whether to close the district.