Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7512 – Consolidation of school districts
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In the event that 2 or more existing school districts shall consolidate, the maximum total cost, the maximum state share and the maximum local share of a school construction program as authorized by any school construction bond authorization act for such consolidated district shall be the totals of said amounts appearing in the school construction bond authorization act for the school districts so consolidating, except that the construction funds shall be used only as originally authorized in the certificates of necessity issued to the original districts.
29 Del. C. 1953, § ?7511; 54 Del. Laws, c. 345.;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7512
- Local share: means the sum of money specified in any school construction bond authorization act to render permissible the use of the state share for school construction within the particular school district. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7501
- School construction: includes , but is not limited to, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling or enlargement of school buildings, the acquisition or installation of apparatus or equipment or educational supplies suitable for the use of such buildings, the acquisition of machinery necessary for the maintenance of such buildings or school grounds, the acquisition of land required as sites for such buildings, or for playgrounds, including land or rights in land needed to provide access to sites and to provide suitable playgrounds, and the grading or other improvements of such sites, land or rights in land, including the construction of sidewalks where authorized by law, the construction of any sewers or water mains needed to connect such buildings to any publicly owned sewer system or water system, the acquisition of temporary buildings or facilities for school purposes to be used until such time as permanent school buildings or facilities shall become available. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7501
- School construction bond authorization act: means an authorization act of the General Assembly concurred in by 3/4 of all the members of each House, authorizing, among other things, the issuance of bonds and the appropriation of the proceeds thereof to finance school construction. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7501
- State share: means that maximum sum of money which may be paid from state sources for school construction in a particular school district as provided in any school construction bond authorization act. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7501
- Total cost: means the maximum sum or sums of money which may be spent for school construction under a particular school construction bond authorization act in a particular school district, provided that nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent any school district from increasing said total cost by providing a larger amount from local sources than that stated as that district's local share, nor prevent the acceptance and use of any funds appropriated by the Congress of the United States for these purposes. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7501