Today at 10 am is the first meeting of the Joint Legislative Study Committee on School District Unification and Consolidation. Yavapai County School Superintendent Tim Carter has been appointed to the committee to represent local schools. 

According to the press release from Daniel Scarpinato, "HB2219, passed in the last legislative session, created the Committee to study issues related to unification and consolidation of existing school districts and develop legislation for the next legislative session that provides for a regionally or locally facilitated process that allows school district governing boards the opportunity to develop their own unification or consolidation plan."

Here are the other members of the Committee:

Legislative

Committee Co-Chairs:

Senator Rich Crandall (R-District 19)

Representative Doris Goodale (R-District 3)

Members at large:

Representative John Filmore (R-District 23)

Representative Ruben Gallego (D-District 16)

Senator Steve Smith (R-District 23)

School Representatives

Superintendent Toni Badone, Yuma Union

Superintendent Margo Seck, Tolleson Union

County School Superintendent Don Covey, Maricopa County

County School Superintendent Tim Carter, Yavapai County

School Governing Board Member, Jeffery Crandall, Tombstone Unified

School Governing Board Member, Venessa Whitener, Higley Unified

Teacher, Andy Smith, Yarnell Elementary

Business Official, David Snyder, Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary

Business Community

Bob Martin, C.P.A. and Patrick Sinnott

Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford (D-District 27)