13-6-85.   A boundary change, affecting not more than two percent of the assessed valuation and not more than two percent of the tax-exempt acreage or other tax-exempt property to be determined at the discretion of the school district from which the area is to be taken, A minor change to a school district boundary may only be initiated within two years after the boundaries of the affected school districts were changed as the result of school district reorganization or as the result of a boundary change made pursuant to § 13-6-84.2 or other boundary change made pursuant to this title. The aggregate value of the lands taken from a school district through minor boundary changes during the two-year period may not exceed two percent of the assessed valuation of the school district, and the aggregate acreage of all tax exempt property taken from the school district during the two-year period may not exceed two percent of the tax exempt acreage in the school district.
    A minor boundary change may be made upon an application for a minor boundary change to the school board of the school district from which the area is to be taken and to the school board of the school district to which the area is to be annexed , in the form of a petition signed by all of the owners of land, excluding land owned by the state or any other political subdivision in the area to be transferred by the minor boundary change. If the school board of the school district from which the area is to be taken approves the petition, the petitioners shall forward it to the school board of the school district to which the area is to be annexed. If that school board approves, the minor boundary change is made. Copies of the petitions shall also be delivered by the petitioners to the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction over the school districts affected. Any petitioner who is aggrieved by a decision of the school board under this section may appeal that decision.

    In the first sentence of Section 1, delete "physical hurt" and insert "bodily harm".

    In the second sentence of Section 1, delete "that substantially disrupts the orderly operation of a school".

    In Section 3, subdivision (1), after "includes", insert "but is not limited to".

    In Section 3, subdivision (4), delete ", including a requirement that an investigation be conducted on any alleged incident of bullying or harassment committed against a child while the child is aboard a school bus or at a school sponsored event".

    In Section 4, after "remedy", insert "or report".

    Delete Section 5.

Jeanette Black