Northborough,
Massachusetts
REVISED PROPOSED AMENDMENT
Revised Proposed Amendment
Section VII. Dissolution of the Regional School District
(a) Either member town may petition to dissolve the District, or the two towns may jointly petition to dissolve the District, under terms stipulated in a Dissolution Plan.
(b) The Dissolution Plan shall be presented in the form of a warrant article at an annual or special town meeting a) by a member town's board of selectmen, or b) in a warrant signed by the required number of electors.
(c) Any Dissolution Plan shall include, but not be limited to, terms that address the following:
1) allocation between the towns of operating costs, both outstanding and to be incurred during the period between acceptance of the Dissolution Plan by the two towns and final dissolution of the District;
2) allocation between the towns of capital costs, both outstanding in the form of debt and to be incurred during the period between acceptance of the Dissolution Plan by the two towns and final dissolution of the District; and
3) a time line for the period between acceptance of the Dissolution Plan by the two towns and final dissolution of the District, including addressing the educational transition from a single regional District to two town-based k-12 districts.
(d) The Dissolution Plan shall be accepted, and both towns shall cease to be members of the regional District pursuant to the terms and time line of the proposed Dissolution Plan, upon affirmative votes by both towns a) at an annual or special town meeting, and b) at the ballot, all votes requiring majority votes.