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

No school attendance center fence shall be constructed of barbed wire, nor shall any barbed wire fence be placed within ten feet of any school attendance center. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. [C97, §2817; C24, 27, 31,…

1. Any real estate, owned by a school district, containing less than two acres, situated wholly outside of a city, and not adjacent thereto, and heretofore used as a schoolhouse site shall revert to the then owner of the tract from which the same was taken, provided that said own…

In case the school district and said owner of the tract from which such school site was taken, do not agree as to the value of such site, the chief judge of the judicial district of the county in which the greater part of such school district is situated, shall, on the written ap…

The county sheriff shall give notice to both parties of the time and place of making such appraisement, which notice shall be served in the same manner and for the same time as for the commencement of action in the district court. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4381; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62…

Such appraisers shall inspect the premises and, at the time and place designated in the notice, appraise said site in writing, which appraisement, after being duly verified, shall be filed with the county sheriff. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4382; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75,…

If the owner of the tract from which said site was taken fails to pay the amount of such appraisement to such school district within twenty days after the filing of same with the county sheriff, the school district may sell said site to any other person at the appraised value, or…

Except as hereinafter provided, any school district may take and hold so much real estate as may be required for such site, for the location or construction thereon of schoolhouses, and the convenient use thereof, but not to exceed ten acres exclusive of public highway. [C73, §18…

If there are improvements on said site, the improvements may, at the request of either party, be appraised and sold separately. [C97, §2816; S13, §2816; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4384; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.20 ] Referred to in §297.22

1. a. The board of directors of a school district may sell, lease, or dispose of, in whole or in part, a schoolhouse, school site, or other property belonging to the district. If the real property contains less than two acres, is located outside of a city, is not adjacent to a ci…

The board of directors of a school district shall publish information related to all of the following on the school district’s internet site: 1. The square footage of each school building owned by the school district. 2. The enrollment capacity of each attendance center owned by …

1. The board of directors of a school district shall not enter into any agreement that prohibits the sale of real property to an educational institution. 2. If the board of directors of a school district offers to sell real property that contains a building or structure, and an e…

Section 297.22 shall be construed as independent of the power vested in the electors by section 278.1 , and as additional to such power. If a board of directors has exercised its independent power under section 297.22 regarding the disposition of real or personal property of the …

Any school building or any school site, the title of which is vested in the state of Iowa by reason of it having been provided by state mining camp funds for schools in mining camps, shall be sold by the department when the director of the department of education determines it is…

When the buildings or sites are sold, the owners of the tract from which the same was originally taken shall have first option on the purchase of the same. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.27 ] 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1985

If the department and the owner of the tract from which the school site was taken do not agree as to the value of such site or building, the chief judge of the judicial district of the county in which the greater part of such school site is situated shall, on the written applicat…

Such appraisers shall inspect the premises and at the time and place designated in the notice, appraise such site or building in writing, which appraisement, after being duly verified, shall be filed with the sheriff. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.29 ]

Any school district, including a city or village, may take and hold an area equal to two blocks exclusive of the street or highway, for a schoolhouse site, and not exceeding thirty acres for school playground, stadium, or field house, or other purposes for each such site. [C97, §…

If the owner of the tract from which said site was taken fails to pay the amount of such appraisement to the department within thirty days after the filing of the same with the sheriff, the department may sell said site or building to any other person at the appraised value, or m…

If there are improvements on a school site, the improvements may at the request of either party be appraised and sold separately. [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.31 ] 2019 Acts, ch 59, §83

If there is any school equipment, supplies, or other usable school materials, such as desks, blackboards, playground equipment, or the like, in or on said buildings or grounds, the director of the department of education may remove the same and divert their use to other public sc…

1. a. In order to make immediately available proceeds of the voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy which has been approved by the voters as provided in section 298.2 , the board of directors may, with or without notice, borrow money and enter into loan agreements in an…

The board of directors shall notify the cities located within the school district, the counties in which the school district may be located, and the department of administrative services annually of the facilities and buildings owned by the public school corporation which are vac…

If the owner of real estate desired for any purpose for which any school may be authorized to take and hold real estate refuses to convey the same, or is dead or unknown or cannot be found, or if in the judgment of the board of directors of the corporation they cannot agree with …

1. Chapter 26 is applicable to the construction and repair of school buildings and other public improvements as defined in section 26.2 . 2. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the board of directors of a school district may acquire by purchase, lease, or other arrange…

When emergency repairs costing more than the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3 , or as established in section 314.1B , are necessary in order to ensure the continued use of any school or school facility, the provisions of the law with reference to advertising for bids sha…

The board of directors of any school district may authorize the use of any schoolhouse and its grounds within such district for the purpose of meetings of granges, lodges, agricultural societies, and similar societies, for parent-teacher associations, for community recreational a…