Title VII, EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE (Ch. 256 - 305B)

1. The board of directors of the merged area shall organize at the first regular meeting following the regular school election or at a special meeting called by the secretary of the board to organize the board in advance of the first regular meeting after the canvass for the regu…

1. The board of a merged area may change the number of directors on the board and shall make corresponding changes in the boundaries of director districts. Changes shall be completed not later than August 1 of the year of the regular school election. As soon as possible after ado…

The board of directors of each community college shall: 1. Determine the curriculum to be offered in such school or college subject to approval of the director and ensure that all career and technical education offerings are competency-based, provide any minimum competencies requ…

The board of directors of a community college shall comply with the requirements of section 724.8A regarding policies and rules relating to the carrying, transportation, or possession of a dangerous weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a h…

1. Regular elections held by the merged area for the election of members of the board of directors as required by section 260C.11 or for any other matter authorized by law and designated for election by the board of directors of the merged area shall be held on the date of the sc…

1. A merged area formed under the provisions of this chapter shall be a body politic as a school corporation for the purpose of exercising powers granted under this chapter , and as such may sue and be sued, hold property, and exercise all the powers granted by law and such other…

1. The board of directors of each merged area shall prepare an annual budget designating the proposed expenditures for operation of the community college. The board shall further designate the amounts which are to be raised by local taxation and the amounts which are to be raised…

In addition to revenue derived by tax levy, a board of directors of a merged area shall be authorized to receive and expend: 1. Federal funds made available and administered by the director of the department, for purposes provided by federal laws, rules, and regulations. 2. Other…

1. a. A workforce training and economic development fund is created for each community college. Moneys shall be deposited and expended from a fund as provided under this section . b. Moneys in the funds shall consist of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any othe…

1. a. A community college budget review procedure is established for the school budget review committee created in section 257.30 . The school budget review committee, in addition to its duties under chapter 257 , shall meet and hold hearings each year under this chapter to revie…

1. Purpose. A distribution plan for general state financial aid to Iowa’s community colleges is established for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2025, and succeeding fiscal years. Funds appropriated by the general assembly to the department for general financial aid to communit…

1. Distribution formula. Moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the department for community college instructor salaries shall be distributed among each community college based on the proportion that the number of full-time equivalent instructors employed by a community c…

Boards of directors of merged areas may acquire sites and erect and equip buildings for use by community colleges and may contract indebtedness and issue bonds to raise funds for such purposes. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.19 ] 90 Acts, ch 1253, §30 C93, §260C.19 Referred …

1. A motor vehicle purchased by or used under the direction of the board of directors to provide services to a merged area shall not operate on gasoline other than ethanol blended gasoline as defined in section 214A.1 . The motor vehicle shall also be affixed with a brightly visi…

Hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants purchased by or used under the direction of the board of directors to provide services to a merged area shall be purchased in compliance with the preference requirements for purchasing biobased hydraulic fluids, greases, …

The board of directors providing services to a merged area shall give preference to purchasing designated biobased products in the same manner as provided in section 8A.317 . 2008 Acts, ch 1104, §4

When used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Bureau” means the community colleges bureau of the higher education division of the department established under section 260C.6 . 2. “Bureau chief” means the bureau chief of the community colleges bureau of th…

Taxes for the payment of bonds issued under section 260C.19 shall be levied in accordance with chapter 76 . The bonds shall be payable from a fund created from the proceeds of the taxes in not more than twenty years and bear interest at a rate not exceeding the rate permitted by …

No indebtedness shall be incurred under section 260C.19 until authorized by an election. A proposition to incur indebtedness and issue bonds for community college purposes shall be deemed carried in a merged area if approved by a sixty percent majority of all voters voting on the…

1. a. In addition to the tax authorized under section 260C.17 and upon resolution of the board of directors, the voters in a merged area may at the regular school election or at a special election held on the second Tuesday in September of the even-numbered year vote a tax not ex…

Payment of appropriations for distribution under this chapter , or of appropriations made in lieu of such appropriations, shall be made by the department of administrative services in monthly installments due on or about the fifteenth of each month of a budget year, and installme…

1. Annually, the board of directors may certify for levy a tax on taxable property in the merged area at a rate not exceeding three cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation for equipment replacement for the community college. 2. However, the board of directors may annuall…

1. The mission of the academic incentives for minorities program established in this section is to encourage collaborative efforts by community colleges, the institutions of higher learning under the control of the state board of regents, and business and industry to enhance educ…

1. The board of directors may expend profits from auxiliary enterprises of community colleges for services and equipment which includes but is not limited to tutoring services, scholarships, grants, furniture, fixtures and equipment for noninstructional student use, and support o…

The board of a merged area may accept and administer trusts and may authorize nonprofit foundations acting solely for the support of the community college to accept and administer trusts deemed by the board to be beneficial to the operation of the community college. Notwithstandi…

Funds obtained pursuant to section 260C.17 ; section 260C.18, subsections 3, 4, and 5 ; and sections 260C.18B , 260C.19 , and 260C.22 shall not be used for the construction or maintenance of athletic buildings or grounds but may be used for a project under section 260C.56 . [C71,…

1. A merged area shall not purchase land which will increase the aggregate of land owned by the merged area, excluding land acquired by donation or gift, to more than three hundred twenty acres without the approval of the director of the department of education. The limitation do…

1. The community college administration shall establish a committee consisting of instructors and administrators, equally representative of the arts and sciences faculty and the career and technical faculty. The faculty members shall be appointed by the certified employee organiz…

1. Boards of directors of community colleges may pay, out of funds available to them, reasonable annual dues to an Iowa association of school boards. 2. Membership in such an Iowa association of school boards shall be limited to those duly elected members of boards of directors o…

1. The board of directors may enter into lease agreements, with or without purchase options, not to exceed twenty years in duration, for the leasing or rental of buildings for use basically as classrooms, laboratories, shops, libraries, and study halls for community college purpo…

1. Any merged area may combine with any adjacent merged area after a favorable vote by the electors of each of the areas involved. If the boards of directors of two or more merged areas agree to a combination, the question shall be submitted to the electors of each area at an ele…

The state board shall: 1. Adopt and establish policies for programs and services of the department which relate to community colleges. 2. Prescribe standards and procedures for the approval of practitioner preparation programs and professional development programs under section 2…

Each community college shall adopt a policy that prohibits unlawful possession, use, or distribution of controlled substances by students and employees on property owned or leased by the community college or in conjunction with activities sponsored by a community college. Each co…

The board of directors of a merged area shall audit and allow all just claims against the community college and an order shall not be drawn upon the treasury until the claim has been audited and allowed. However, the board of directors, by resolution, may authorize the secretary …

The board of directors of each merged area shall audit claims against the merged area to ensure proper and just payment of all claims. Each payment shall be made payable to the vendor entitled to receive the payment with appropriate justification to ensure that the payment is in …

1. Each community college is authorized to establish or contract for the establishment of apprenticeship programs for apprenticeable occupations. Any apprenticeship program established under this section shall comply with requirements established by the United States department o…

The department shall establish guidelines and an approval process for program sharing agreements and for administrative sharing agreements entered into by two or more community colleges or by a community college and a higher education institution under the control of the board of…

1. The state board of education shall establish an accreditation process for community college programs. The process shall be jointly developed and agreed upon by the department of education and the community colleges. The state accreditation process shall be integrated with the …

1. The state board shall develop standards and rules for the accreditation of community college programs. Except as provided in this subsection and subsection 4 , standards developed shall be general in nature so as to apply to more than one specific program of instruction. With …

The department of education shall adopt rules and definitions of terms necessary for the administration of this chapter . The school budget review committee shall adopt rules under chapter 17A to carry out section 260C.18B . 96 Acts, ch 1215, §35

The director shall appoint the bureau chief, and the bureau chief shall direct the work of the personnel as necessary to carry out this chapter . The bureau chief shall do all of the following: 1. Designate a community college as an “area career and technical education school” wi…

1. For purposes of this section , “adult education” means integrated basic education and technical skills instruction. 2. The department and the community colleges shall jointly implement adult education to assist adults and youths sixteen years of age and older who are not in sc…

As used in this subchapter : 1. “Board” means a board of directors of a community college. 2. “Bonds or notes” means revenue bonds or revenue notes which are payable solely from net rents, profits, and other income derived from the operation of residence halls, dormitories, incid…

Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter , the board of directors of each community college is hereby authorized to undertake and carry out any project at a community college under the board’s control and to operate, control, maintain, and manage studen…

1. To pay all or any part of the cost of carrying out any project at any institution the board is authorized to borrow money and to issue and sell negotiable bonds or notes and to refund and refinance bonds or notes issued for any project or for refunding purposes at a lower rate…

The bonds or notes may bear a date or dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates, may mature at such time or times, may be in such form, carry such registration privileges, may be payable at such place or places, may be subject to such terms of redemption prior to maturity wi…