Art. IX, § 3.2

Joint county boards and superintendents

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Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution to the contrary, any two or more chartered counties, or nonchartered counties, or any combination thereof, may, by a majority vote of the of each such county voting on the proposition at an election called for that purpose in each such county, establish one joint board of education and one joint county superintendent of schools for the counties so uniting. A joint county board of education and a joint county superintendent of schools shall be governed by the general statutes and shall not be governed by the provisions of any county charter.

History: Sec. 3.2 added Nov. 2, 1976, by Prop. 8. Res.Ch. 57, 1976.

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Any two or more chartered counties, or nonchartered counties, or any combination thereof, may establish one joint board of education and one joint county superintendent of schools for the counties so uniting power
Who holds it
- Any two or more chartered counties, or nonchartered counties, or any combination thereof
Conditions
- by a majority vote of the electors of each such county voting on the proposition at an election called for that purpose in each such county
- Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution to the contrary
A joint county board of education and a joint county superintendent of schools shall be governed by the general statutes and shall not be governed by the provisions of any county charter structure
Requires
- governed by the general statutes
Forbids
- governed by the provisions of any county charter

Simplified explanation

Two or more counties may, by a majority vote of each county's voters, establish one joint board of education and one joint county superintendent of schools. These are governed by the general statutes, not by any county charter.

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