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14 Del. C. § 1004 (2026)

Implementation; date of reorganization

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Whenever any school district is reorganized either by consolidation of whole or parts of whole districts into a new district or districts or by division of a district or by a combination of consolidation and division of districts, the State Board of Education shall set the date upon which the implementation of the reorganized district or districts shall occur, after which date the reorganized district or districts shall be organized and administered according to this title and the school board of the former school district shall be dissolved.

14 Del. C. 1953, §  1004;  56 Del. Laws, c. 292, §  6;  57 Del. Laws, c. 56, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 210, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 351, §  5; 
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1969–1976 · leading case: Evans v. Buchanan, 379 F. Supp. 1218 (D. Del. 1974).
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Evans v. Buchanan, 379 F. Supp. 1218 (D. Del. 1974). · cites it 2× “§ 1026(a), permanently fixing the boundaries of the Wilmington district, and in 14 Del.C. § 1004(c)(4) excluding Wilmington from the jurisdiction of the State Board in the one-year period during which that Board could act to change district lines.”
Evans v. Buchanan, 416 F. Supp. 328 (D. Del. 1976). “§ 1004(c)(2), (3) required that only “whole districts” which were contiguous could be joined, and then only if the resulting enrollment of the reorganized district was no greater than 12,000 pupils. According to D.DPI.Rem. #18, three of the five reorganized districts proposed…”
Opinion of the Justices, 252 A.2d 164 (Del. 1969). “The Plan thus proposed directed the consolidation of the Stanton and Marshallton Districts into the John Dickinson District.”
— 14 Del. C. § 1004(a) — 1 case
Opinion of the Justices, 252 A.2d 164 (Del. 1969). “The Plan thus proposed directed the consolidation of the Stanton and Marshallton Districts into the John Dickinson District.”
— 14 Del. C. § 1004(c)(2) — 1 case
Evans v. Buchanan, 416 F. Supp. 328 (D. Del. 1976). “§ 1004(c)(2), (3) required that only “whole districts” which were contiguous could be joined, and then only if the resulting enrollment of the reorganized district was no greater than 12,000 pupils. According to D.DPI.Rem. #18, three of the five reorganized districts proposed…”
— 14 Del. C. § 1004(c)(4) — 1 case
Evans v. Buchanan, 379 F. Supp. 1218 (D. Del. 1974). “§ 1026(a), permanently fixing the boundaries of the Wilmington district, and in 14 Del.C. § 1004(c)(4) excluding Wilmington from the jurisdiction of the State Board in the one-year period during which that Board could act to change district lines.”
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