AN ACT PROVIDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO VOTE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GREAT RIVER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 15 of chapter 71 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the towns of Bernardston, Gill, Leyden, Northfield, Warwick and Montague shall have placed on the ballot at the first annual or special town election following the effective date of this act a question to the voters of accepting the creation of a new regional school district to be known as the Great River regional school district.
If a majority of the voters present and voting on said question in each of the towns of Bernardston, Gill, Leyden, Northfield, Warwick and Montague shall vote in the affirmative, the proposed regional school district to include all said towns shall be deemed to be established, subject to approval of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education; provided, however, that if a majority of the voters of the town of Warwick present and voting does not vote in the affirmative to approve the proposed regional school district, said district shall be established to include and consist solely of the towns of Bernardston, Gill, Leyden, Northfield and Montague, subject to approval of the commissioner of elementary and secondary education.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, August 25, 2026.