Descriptor Term:
SCHOOL PROPERTIES DISPOSAL
PROCEDURE
DO
ISSUE DATE:
REVISED DATE: 4/2/2015
TRANSFER
Whenever this school board shall find and determine, by resolution duly and lawfully
adopted and spread upon its minutes, (a) that it shall need lands adjoining the school
grounds for school purposes, (b) that the district owns lands of equal value to such needed
lands which could be exchanged for such needed lands, (c) that the value of the two (2)
tracts is equal according to qualified appraisals, and (d) that the owners of the adjacent
lands are agreeable to such exchange, the school board of such school district shall be
authorized and empowered, in its discretion, to negotiate a trade of lands upon such terms
and conditions as the school board may, in its discretion, deem proper in consideration of
the needs of the district and of the benefits which will inure to the said school district.
Any such trade of lands shall be subject to approval by the chancery court of the county in
which the school lands lie. Notice of the hearing before the chancery court shall be
published in a newspaper of general circulation in the school district for three (3)
consecutive weeks, the first notice to be at least thirty (30) days prior to the hearing.
S37-7-431
SALE - METHOD 1
When this school district shall own any land, buildings, or other property that is not used for
school or related school purposes and not needed in the operation of the schools of the
district, the school board of such school district may sell and convey such land, buildings or
other property in the manner provided in Sections 37-7-453 through 37-7-457. S37-7-451
SALE - METHOD 2
Whenever this school board shall find and determine, by resolution duly and lawfully
adopted and spread upon its minutes (a) that any school building, land, property or other
school facility is no longer needed for school or related purposes and is not to be used in the
operation of the schools of the district, (b) that the sale of the property in the manner
otherwise provided by law is not necessary or desirable for the financial welfare of the
school district, and (c) that the use of the school building, land, property or other school
facility for the purpose for which it is to be sold, conveyed or leased will promote and foster
the development and improvement of the community in which it is located and the civic,
social, educational, cultural, moral, economic or industrial welfare thereof, the school board
of such school district shall be authorized and empowered, in its discretion, and upon the
terms and conditions set forth in Section 37-7-477, to sell, convey, lease or otherwise
dispose of same for any of the purposes set forth herein. Such sale, conveyance, lease or
other disposition shall be made upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration,
nominal or otherwise, as the school board may, in its discretion, deem proper in
consideration of the benefits which will inure to the school district or the community in
which the school building, property or other facility is located by the use thereof for the
purpose for which it is to be sold, conveyed, leased or otherwise disposed of. The authority
conferred by Sections 37-7-431 through 37-7-483 may be exercised by a school board in
the sale, conveyance or lease of relocatable classrooms to the school board of another
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Descriptor Term:
SCHOOL PROPERTIES DISPOSAL
PROCEDURE
DO
ISSUE DATE:
REVISED DATE: 4/2/2015
school district. Said sections without reference to another statute shall be deemed full and
complete power for the exercised of the authority conferred hereby. S37-7-471 (2005)
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