Current law requires that the budgets of school administrative districts, regional school units and community schools are subject to a budget validation referendum process unless the voters in the school unit vote to suspend the referendum requirement. The voters can suspend the requirement for periods of 3 years. This bill replaces that process. Under the bill, a budget validation referendum is only required if a written petition, signed by at least 20% of the number of voters voting in the last gubernatorial election in the municipalities in the school administrative unit, is filed with the unit's school board within 30 days of the approval of the budget at a budget meeting.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1748, HP 1127: 20-A.1485, 20-A.1486, 20-A.1487