{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-35706","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 35706","heading":"","body":"(a) Within 120 days of the commencement of the first public hearing on the petition, the county committee shall recommend approval or disapproval of a petition to form one or more new districts or for the division of the entire territory of a school district into two or more new or acquiring districts, as the petition may be augmented, or shall approve or disapprove a petition for the transfer of territory, as the petition may be augmented. The county committee also shall approve or disapprove a petition to form one or more new districts if the conditions of subdivision (b) of Section 35710 are met.\n(b) The 120-day period for approving or disapproving a petition pursuant to Section 35709 or 35710 shall commence after certification of an environmental impact report, approval of a negative declaration, or a determination that the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","DIVISION 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION [35000. - 45500.]","PART 21. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES [35000. - 35787.]","CHAPTER 4. Reorganization of School Districts [35700. - 35787.]","ARTICLE 1. Reorganization of School Districts by the Electorate [35700. - 35712.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"f54b1e5212ddbfef6f6288b74cd557e6e4b1b720b8361e4fcb470f5cd9908311","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-35705.5","next":"us-ca/edc-35706.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}