Step 1: Requesting a study and creating a specific proposal(6 months-2 years):

1. Financial Feasibility Study

2. Unification Feasibility Study

Step 2: Moving a specific Unification Petition to the ballot. This can be approved through three different voting pathways.

1. The Boards of the areas affected by the District Consolidation ALL must approve it

2. A governmental entity could pass a resolution as a petition.

   • Santa Rosa City Council

   • Sonoma County Board of Education

   • Sonoma County Board of Supervisers

   • Possibly the Sonoma County Board of School District Organization(SCSDO)

3. A voter initiative of 25% of the voters in the affected area

Step 3: Passing a Measure. The vote would be placed on the ballot in the entire affected area. A simple 50% +1 majority is needed to pass.

Step 4: Merging the districts. Generally, the merger happens by the start of following fiscal/school year. All of the affected Boards are dissolved, and a new Board is elected that picks a new Superintendent.