A. When all the common school districts comprising a union high school district unite, either by annexation or by consolidation, into one common school district, the union high school district shall, as of the first day of the next fiscal year, be deemed to be dissolved, and the terms of office of all governing board members elected to the union high school district shall expire and the union high school district shall thereupon become ipso facto a high school district and be administered as other high school districts are administered.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-467

  • Common school district: means a political subdivision of this state offering instruction to students in programs for preschool children with disabilities and kindergarten programs and either:

    (a) Grades one through eight. See Arizona Laws 15-901

  • Governing board: means a body organized for the government and management of the schools within a school district or a county school superintendent in the conduct of an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • High school district: means a political subdivision of this state offering instruction to students for grades nine through twelve or that portion of the budget of a common school district that is allocated to teaching high school subjects with permission of the state board of education. See Arizona Laws 15-901
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • School district: means a political subdivision of this state with geographic boundaries organized for the purpose of the administration, support and maintenance of the public schools or an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101

B. A high school district created as provided by subsection A is liable for all indebtedness, bonded or otherwise, outstanding against the dissolved union high school district, and all property, balances and deficits of the dissolved district become the property, balances and deficits of the high school district.