Scheduling of school district referendums to exceed revenue limits

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

With certain exceptions, this bill permits a school board to schedule a referendum for the purpose of increasing the school district's revenue limit only concurrent with a spring election or with the general election and only if the election falls no sooner than 70 days after the date on which the board adopts and files a resolution to that effect. With certain exceptions, this bill also permits a school board to submit to the electors of a school district a resolution seeking approval to borrow money through a bond issue only concurrent with a spring election or with the general election and only if the election falls no sooner than 70 days after the board adopts the resolution to issue a bond. A spring election is held annually on the first Tuesday in April. The general election occurs in even-numbered years on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November. Under the bill, if the school district experiences a natural disaster, including a fire, the school board may call a special election seeking approval to increase the school district's revenue limit or to issue a bond within the six months following the natural disaster but not sooner than 70 days after the date on which the board files the resolution.

Current law allows a school board to call a special referendum or to schedule a referendum for consideration by the electors concurrent with any primary or election that falls no sooner than 70 days after the date on which the board files the resolution.

Who's behind it

6 senators are its authors⁠. All 6 are Republicans.

14 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.