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

1. Within ten days after the petition is filed, the area education agency administrator shall fix a final date for filing objections to the petition which shall be not more than sixty days after the petition is filed and shall fix the date for a hearing on the objections to the p…

1. At the hearing, which shall be held within ten days of the final date set for filing objections, interested parties, both petitioners and objectors, may present evidence and arguments, and the area education agency board shall review the matter on its merits and within ten day…

1. If the territory described in the petition for the proposed corporation lies in more than one area education agency, the agency administrator with whom the petition is filed shall fix the time and place for a hearing and call a joint meeting of the members of all the agency bo…

If an area education agency board does not approve the change in boundaries of school districts in accordance with a petition, a petition describing the identical or similar boundaries shall not be filed for a period of six months following the date of the hearing or the vote of …

1. When the boundaries of the territory to be included in a proposed school corporation and the number and method of the election of the school directors of the proposed school corporation have been determined as provided in this chapter , the area education agency administrator …

1. The scope of the studies and surveys shall include all of the following matters in the various districts in the area education agency and all districts adjacent to the area education agency: a. The adequacy of the educational program. b. Pupil enrollment. c. Property valuation…

The voters shall vote separately in each existing school district affected and voters residing in the entire existing district are eligible to vote upon the proposition to create a new school corporation and on any additional provision authorized pursuant to section 275.12, subse…

The canvass shall be conducted pursuant to section 50.24 . The county commissioner of elections or controlling commissioner shall certify the results of the election to the area education agency administrator. If the majority of the votes cast by the registered voters is in favor…

A school district which is enlarged, reorganized, or changes its boundaries under sections 275.12 through 275.18 , 275.20 , and 275.22 , shall not file a petition under section 275.12 for the purpose of reducing the area served or changing the boundaries to exclude areas encompas…

1. School districts which have directors who represent director districts as provided in section 275.12, subsection 2 , paragraphs “b” , “c” , “d” , and “e” , shall be divided into director districts according to the following standards: a. All director district boundaries shall …

1. If a proposition to enlarge, reorganize, or change the boundary of a school district pursuant to sections 275.12 through 275.18 , 275.20 , and 275.22 , is approved by voters pursuant to section 275.18 prior to January 1, 2025, the change shall take effect on July 1 following t…

1. a. If the proposition to establish a new school district carries under the method provided in this chapter , the area education agency administrator with whom the petition was filed shall give written notice of a proposed date for a special election for directors of the newly …

1. If a district is established or changes its boundaries it shall pay all expenses incurred by the area education agency administrator and the area education agency board in connection with the proceedings. The county commissioner of elections shall assess the costs of the elect…

School districts created or enlarged under this chapter are community school districts and are part of the area education agency in which the greatest number of registered voters of the district reside at the time of the special election called for in section 275.18 , and section…

In addition to setting up the territory to comprise the reorganized districts, a reorganization petition shall provide for a division of assets and liabilities of the districts affected among the reorganized districts. However, if territory is excluded from the reorganized distri…

1. Between July 1 and July 20, or on a date determined by agreement of the initial board and the boards of districts receiving territory of the school districts affected, but not later than August 30, the initial board shall meet with the boards of districts receiving territory o…

No new school district shall be planned by an area education agency board nor shall any proposal for creation or enlargement of any school district be approved by an area education agency board or submitted to electors unless there reside within the proposed limits of such distri…

1. If the boards cannot agree on such division and distribution, the matters on which they differ shall be decided by disinterested arbitrators, one selected by the initial board of directors of the newly formed district, one selected jointly by the boards of directors of contigu…

1. If necessary to equalize the division and distribution, the board or boards may provide for the levy of additional taxes, which shall be sufficient to satisfy the mandatory levy required in section 76.2 or other liabilities of the districts, upon the property of a corporation …

1. The terms of employment of superintendents, principals, and teachers, for the school year following the effective date of the formation of the new district shall not be affected by the formation of the new district, except in accordance with the provisions of sections 279.15 t…

1. A school district may change the number of directors to either five or seven and may also change its method of election of school directors to any method authorized by section 275.12 by submission of a proposal, stating the proposed new method of election, by the school board …

1. If a petition for a change in the number of directors or in the method of election of school directors is filed with the school board of a school district pursuant to the requirements of section 278.2 , the school board shall submit such proposition to the voters at an electio…

At the next succeeding regular school election in a district where the number of directors has been increased from five to seven, and directors are elected at large, there shall be elected a director to succeed each incumbent director whose term is expiring in that year, and two …

1. A change from seven to five directors shall be effected in a district at the first regular school election after authorization by the voters in the following manner: a. If at the first election in the district there are four terms expiring, two directors shall be elected. At t…

If change in the method of election of school directors is approved at an election, the directors who were serving unexpired terms or were elected concurrently with approval of the change of method shall serve out the terms for which they were elected. If the plan adopted is that…

Territory described in the petition of a proposed reorganization which has been set out of the proposed reorganization by the area education agency board or the joint boards and in the event of an appeal, after the decision of the director of the department of education or the co…

1. a. In developing studies and surveys, the area education agency board shall consult with the officials of school districts in the area and other citizens, shall from time to time hold public hearings, and may employ such research and other assistance as it may determine reason…

1. As an alternative to the method specified in section 275.25 for electing directors in a newly formed community school district, the procedure specified in this section may be used and if used, the petition filed under section 275.12 shall state the number of directors on the i…

A proposal for merger, consolidation, or boundary change of local school districts shall first be submitted to the area education agency board following the procedure prescribed in this chapter . Following receipt of a petition pursuant to section 275.12 , the area education agen…

1. As an alternative to school district reorganization prescribed in this chapter , the board of directors of a school district may establish a school district dissolution commission to prepare a proposal of dissolution of the school district and attachment of all of the school d…

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. The commission shall send a copy of its dissolution proposal or shall inform the board that it cannot agree upon a dissolution proposal not later than one year following the date of the organizational meeting of the commission. If the dissolving school district has outstanding…

1. Within ten days following the filing of the dissolution proposal with the board, the 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 board. The board shall publish notice of the date…

1. After the final hearing on the dissolution proposal, the board of the school district shall submit the proposition to the voters at the next election held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4 , paragraph “c” . However, the date of the final hearing on the dissolut…

A student enrolled in ninth, tenth, or eleventh grade during the school year preceding the effective date of a dissolution proposal, who was a resident of the school district that dissolved, may enroll in a school district to which territory of the school district that dissolved …

If the enrollment of a school district increases or is expected to increase because an adjacent district has dissolved or is expected to dissolve, the board of directors of the school district shall determine whether there is a need to hire additional licensed or unlicensed emplo…

1. If a school district accepting attachments of a dissolved district is currently divided into director districts as provided in section 275.12, subsection 2 , paragraph “b” , “c” , “d” , or “e” , the board of directors of the district shall draft a proposal to incorporate the n…

It is the intent of this chapter that the area education agency board shall carry on the program of reorganization progressively and shall, insofar as is possible, authorize submission of proposals to the electors as they are developed and approved. [R60, §2097, 2105; C73, §1800,…

The area education agency board shall include in the budget submitted each year such sums as it deems necessary to carry on its reorganization work under this chapter . [SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4139, 4177; C46, 50, §274.21, 275.9, 276.24; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75…

1. For purposes of this chapter the planning of joint districts is defined to include all of the following acts: a. Preparation of a written joint plan in which contiguous territory in two or more area education agencies is considered as a part of a potential school district in t…

1. When any school district is enlarged, reorganized, or changes its boundaries pursuant to the plans provided for under sections 275.2 through 275.8 , such enlargement, reorganization, or boundary change shall be accomplished by the method provided in this subchapter . 2. The pr…