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

The administrative expenditures as a percent of an area education agency’s general fund for a base year shall not exceed five percent. Annually, the board of directors shall certify to the department of education the amounts of the area education agency’s expenditures and its gen…

When emergency repairs costing more than the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3 , or the adjusted competitive bid threshold established in section 314.1B, subsection 2 , are necessary in order to ensure the use of an area education agency facility, the provisions of law wi…

1. Subject to an appropriation of funds by the general assembly for this purpose, the area education agencies may offer, separately or in collaboration with other area education agencies, or in partnership with school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, to provide an onli…

1. There are established throughout the state nine area education agencies, each of which is under the general supervision of the director of the department of education, except as otherwise provided in this chapter . Each area education agency shall have an area education agency…

When used in this subchapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Affected area education agency” or “affected agency” means an area education agency whose board of directors is contemplating or engaged in reorganization efforts in accordance with this subchapter . 2. “Af…

1. Two or more area education agencies may voluntarily reorganize under this subchapter if the area education agencies are contiguous, a majority of the members of each of the affected boards approve the reorganization, and the reorganization plan submitted to the state board pur…

1. The terms of employment of the administrator and staff of affected area education agencies for the school year beginning with the effective date of the formation of the new area education agency shall not be affected by the formation of the new area education agency, except in…

1. A petition filed under section 273.21 shall state the number of directors on the initial board, which shall be either seven or nine directors. The petition shall specify the number of directors to be retained from each area, and those numbers shall be proportionate to the popu…

1. As an alternative to area education agency reorganization prescribed in this subchapter , the board of directors of an area education agency may establish an area education agency dissolution commission to prepare a proposal of dissolution of the area education agency and atta…

1. The commission shall hold an organizational meeting not more than fifteen days after its appointment and shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from its membership. Thereafter the commission may meet as often as deemed necessary upon the call of the chairperson or a ma…

1. Not later than one year following the date of the organizational meeting of the commission, the commission shall send a copy of its dissolution proposal to the affected area education agency board or shall inform the affected area education agency board that it cannot agree up…

1. a. Within ten days following the filing of the dissolution proposal with the affected area education agency board, the affected board shall fix a date for a hearing on the proposal, which shall not be more than sixty days after the dissolution petition was filed with the affec…

The board in carrying out the provisions of section 273.2 shall: 1. Advise and consult with the area education agency on policies and procedures for providing programs and services. 2. Be authorized to receive and expend money for providing programs and services as provided in se…

Under direction of the board of directors of the area education agency, the administrator of the area education agency shall, in addition to other duties: 1. Cooperate with boards of directors of local school districts of the area education agency in considering and developing pl…

There shall be established a division of special education of the area education agency which shall provide for special education programs and services to the local school districts. The division of special education shall be headed by a director of special education who meets ce…

1. The media centers required under section 273.2 shall contain: a. A materials lending library, consisting of print and nonprint materials. b. A professional library. c. A curriculum laboratory, including textbooks and correlated print and audiovisual materials. d. Capability fo…

If sixty percent of the number of local school boards located in an area education agency, or if local school boards representing sixty percent of the enrollment in the school districts located in the agency, request in writing to the area education agency board that an additiona…

1. The board of an area education agency may provide services to school districts located in the area education agency under contract with the school districts. These services may include, but are not limited to, superintendency services, personnel services, business management s…

1. Board of directors. a. The board of directors of an area education agency shall consist of nine members. Each director shall serve a four-year term, which commences at the organization meeting. b. Five members of the board of directors of an area education agency must be resid…

1. School districts shall pay for the programs and services provided through the area education agency and shall include expenditures for the programs and services in their budgets, in accordance with this section . 2. School districts shall pay the costs of special education ins…