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PUBLIC LAW 91-21-JUNE 3, 1969

[83 STAT.

state school district in accordance with the standards set forth in paragraph A of Article I of this compact, its organization, operation and control, and the advisability of constructing, maintaining and operating a school or schools to serve the needs of such interstate district; to estimate the construction and operating costs thereof; to investigate the methods of financing such school or schools, and any other matters pertaining to the organization and operation of an interstate school district; and to submit a report or reports of its findings and recommendations to the several member districts. " D. RECOMMENDATIONS AND PREPARATION OF ARTICLES OF AGREE-

MENT.—An interstate school district planning committee may recommend that an interstate school district composed of all the member districts represented by its membership, or any specified combination of such member districts, be established. If the planning committee does recommend the establishment of an interstate school district, it shall include in its report such recommendation, and shall also prepare and include in its report proposed articles of agreement for the proposed interstate school district, which shall be signed by at least a majority of the membership of the planning committee, which set forth the following: "a. The name of the interstate school district. "b. The member districts which shall be combined to form the proposed interstate school district. "c. The number, composition, method of selection and terms of office of the interstate school board, provided that: " (1) The interstate school board shall consist of an odd number of members, not less than five nor more than fifteen; "(2) The terms of office shall not exceed three years; "(3) Each member district shall be entitled to elect at least one member of the interstate school board. Each member district shall either vote separately at the interstate school district meeting by the use of a distinctive ballot, or shall choose its member or members at any other election at which school officials may be chosen; " (4) The method of election shall provide for the filing of candidacies in advance of election and for the use of a printed nonpartisan ballot; "(5) Subject to the foregoing, provision may be made for the election of one or more members at large, "d. The grades for which the interstate school district shall be responsible. "e. The specific properties of member districts to be acquired initially by the interstate school district and the general location of any proposed new schools to be initially established or constructed by the interstate school district. "f. The method of apportioning the operating expenses of the interstate school district among the several member districts, and the time and manner of payments of such shares. "g. The indebtedness of any member district which the interstate district is to assume. "h. The method of apportioning the capital expenses of the interstate school district among the several member districts, which need not be the same as the method of apportioning operating expenses, and the time and manner of payment of such shares. Capital expenses shall include the cost of acquiring land and buildings for school purposes; the construction, furnishing and equipping of school buildings and facilities; and the payment of the principal and interest of any indebtedness which is incurred to pay for the same.

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