(a)

1. (1) A school district may request the State Board of Education modify the boundary between two (2) school districts under the boundary change process established in Arkansas Code § 6-13-1414 by filing a petition with the state board.
2. (2) The boundary change process does not allow territory of a district to be added to the territory of another district if that territory includes real property on which a school facility in active use is located.

(b) Prior to filing a boundary change petition, the local school district seeking a boundary change shall:

1. (1) Notify the district or districts which would be affected by the proposed boundary change;
2. (2) Satisfy the boundary negotiation requirements of 6 CAR § 231-602; and

3. (3)

   1. (A) Publish notice in the local newspapers of general circulation in each affected district no less than one (1) time a week for two (2) consecutive weeks.
   2. (B) The notice shall contain the following information:

(i) The name of the school district asking the state board for the boundary change;

1. (ii) The name of all other school districts affected by the proposed boundary change;

   1. (iii) A map reflecting the proposed boundary change which clearly shows which district will lose territory and which district will gain that territory;

      1. (iv) The amount of tax revenue that was collected from the properties affected by the proposed boundary change expressed in dollars;
      2. (v) An estimate of the number of students whose district assignment would be modified by the proposed boundary change;
      3. (vi) A statement describing why the proposed boundary change is being requested; and
      4. (vii) A venue to submit written public comments regarding the proposed boundary change.
      5. (c) A petition for a boundary change shall:
2. (1) Be in writing;
3. (2) Be adopted by a majority vote of the petitioning board of directors; and

4. (3) Utilize the form provided by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.

   1. (d) Prior to the meeting in which the petition is considered, each district shall submit the following information to the state board:
5. (1) The number of students who currently attend that district and who would no longer attend the district if the boundary change requested by the petition was currently in effect;
6. (2) The total student population of the district;
7. (3) The amount of tax revenue derived in the prior tax year from property located within the district’s territory that would fall outside the district’s territory if the petition is granted;
8. (4) The total property tax revenue received by the district in the prior tax year; and
9. (5) The text of all written public comments submitted to the district regarding the proposal.