(a) Except as provided under subdivision (b)(3)(B) of this section and § 6-15-430(d), a public school or school district identified as in "academic distress" shall have no more than five (5) consecutive school years from the date of classification of academic distress status to be removed from academic distress status.
(b) (1) The State Board of Education may at any time take enforcement action on any school district in academic distress status, including without limitation annexation, consolidation, or reconstitution of a school district pursuant to § 6-13-1401 et seq. and the authority of this subchapter.
(2) The state board may take enforcement action at any time on a public school in academic distress under this subchapter.
(3) (A) Except as provided under subdivision (b)(3)(B) of this section and § 6-15-430(d), a public school or school district shall not be allowed to remain in academic distress status for a time period greater than five (5) consecutive school years from the date of classification of academic distress status.
(B) The state board may grant additional time for a public school or school district to remove itself from academic distress by issuing a written finding supported by a majority of the state board explaining in detail that the public school or school district could not remove itself from academic distress during the relevant time period due to impossibility caused by external forces beyond the control of the public school or school district.
(c) If a public school or school district classified as being in academic distress fails to be removed from academic distress status within the allowed five-year time period and has not been granted additional time under subdivision (b)(3)(B) of this section, the state board shall annex, consolidate, or reconstitute the public school or school district before July 1 of the next school year.
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