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

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…

This section , sections 276.2 through 276.5 , and sections 276.8 through 276.11 of this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Community Education Act” . [C79, 81, §276.1 ] 2021 Acts, ch 80, §148 Referred to in §276.3

1. The board of directors of a local school district may establish a community education program for schools in the district and provide for the general supervision of the program. Financial support for the program shall be provided from funds raised pursuant to chapter 300 and f…

Residents of the affected school district shall determine if community education will function in their community by providing for funding pursuant to chapter 300 . [C79, 81, §276.11 ] Referred to in §276.1 , 276.3

If the voters of a school district have approved the levying of a tax pursuant to section 300.2 prior to July 7, 1978, moneys collected pursuant to the voted tax levy after said date may be used for community education programs. [C79, 81, §276.12 ]

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide educational, recreational, cultural, and other community services and programs through the establishment of the concept of community education with the community school serving as the center for such activity. In cooperation with other…

As used in sections 276.1 , 276.2 , this section , sections 276.4 , 276.5 , and sections 276.8 through 276.11 , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the local board of directors of school districts. 2. “Community” means the area located within the boundaries of…

The state consultant of community education shall serve district and local advisory councils in accordance with rules promulgated by the director of the department of education and in compliance with Pub. L. No. 93-380. [C79, 81, §276.4 ] 85 Acts, ch 212, §21 Referred to in §276.…

The local community education director shall: 1. Serve as staff person to district-wide and local advisory councils. 2. Promote, publicize, and interpret the community education programs to the schools and community. 3. Facilitate community needs and resources after adequate asse…

The district-wide advisory council shall: 1. Provide guidance to local advisory councils, training and orientation for community persons, evaluation and assessment of needs and delivery systems for school districts. 2. Develop a “sense of total community” and promote democratic t…

The local advisory council shall: 1. Determine needs and priorities and provide programs to serve the needs of the community located within the attendance boundaries of an individual school. 2. Provide programming which is available to any community resident. 3. Promote meaningfu…

The regular election shall be held biennially on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year in each school district for the election of officers of the district and merged area and for the purpose of submitting to the voters any matter authoriz…

Unless otherwise stated, the date of an election on a public measure authorized to be held by a school district is limited to the dates specified in section 39.2, subsection 4 , paragraph “c” . [C97, §2750; S13, §2750; C24, 27, §4197; C31, 35, §4216-c2; C39, § 4216.02; C46, 50, 5…

1. The canvass of returns shall be conducted pursuant to section 50.24 . Special elections held in school districts shall be canvassed at the time and in the manner required by section 50.24 . The appropriate board of supervisors shall declare the results of the voting for member…

School elections may be contested as provided by law for the contesting of other elections. [C24, 27, §4209; C31, 35, §4216-c22; C39, § 4216.22; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.22 ] Contesting elections, chapter 57 et seq.

1. In any district including all of a city of fifteen thousand or more population and in any district in which the voters, or the board as provided in section 275.23A, subsection 2 , have authorized seven directors, the board shall consist of seven members; in all other districts…

At the first election in newly organized districts the directors shall be elected as follows: 1. In districts having three directors, two directors shall be elected for two years, and one for four years. 2. In districts having five directors, three shall be elected for two years,…