Sec. 10-63b. Committee to study issues relating to withdrawal or dissolution.
Sec. 10-63b. Committee to study issues relating to withdrawal or dissolution.
Within thirty days of receipt of an application pursuant to section 10-63a the regional
board of education shall call for the appointment of a committee to study issues relating
to withdrawal or dissolution. The committee shall consist of the following: One member
of the board of education of each town within the district, to be selected by each such
board, if any, or if none, an elector to be elected by the legislative body in such town;
one member of the board of finance or comparable fiscal body of each town within the
district to be selected by each such board or body; two members of the regional board
of education, to be selected by such board, no more than one of whom may be a resident
of a town making the application for the appointment of the committee; one member
to be appointed by the Commissioner of Education, who shall not be a resident of any
town within the district; the State Treasurer or the Treasurer's designee, and one member
to be appointed by the regional board of education, who shall be an expert in municipal
bonding and financing and who shall not be a resident of any town within the district.
The members shall receive no compensation for their services, but their expenses and
those incurred by the regional board in connection with withdrawal or dissolution procedures shall be paid by the towns applying for withdrawal or dissolution. The appointee
of the Commissioner of Education shall call the first meeting of the committee, and the
committee shall organize and function in accordance with section 10-41.
(1963, P.A. 389, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 698, S. 19; P.A. 78-218, S. 39; P.A. 96-244, S. 6, 63; P.A. 98-56, S. 1, 5.)
History: 1969 act deleted reference to state board's role in determining if action proposed would be detrimental to
children of district, added provision for representation of town by elector if there is no board of education, made appointee
of state board responsible for calling meeting and provided for committee's organization and functioning and made other
technical changes to simplify language of provisions generally; P.A. 78-218 made technical changes; P.A. 96-244 substituted "Commissioner" for "State Board" of Education, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 98-56 changed duties of the committee
from determining whether and under what conditions withdrawal or dissolution shall take place to studying issues relating
to withdrawal or dissolution, effective January 1, 1999.