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IA Code § 276.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 276 - COMMUNITY EDUCATION|Section 276.3 - Definitions.

276.3 Definitions.   As used in sections 276.1 to 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 local school district.   3. “Community education” means a lifelong education process concerning itself with every facet that affects the well-being of all citizens within a given community and serves all of the following purposes:   a. To extend the role of the school from one of teaching children through an elementary and secondary program to one of providing for citizen participation in identifying the wants, needs, and concerns of the neighborhood community and coordinating all educational, recreational, and cultural opportunities within the community with community education being the catalyst for providing for citizen participation in the development and implementation of programs toward the goal of improving the entire community.   b. To energize people to strive for the achievement of determined goals and stimulate capable persons to assume leadership responsibilities.   c. To welcome and work with all groups without drawing any lines.   d. To serve as the one institution in the entire community that has the opportunity to reach all people and groups and to gain their cooperation.   4. “Community school” means any elementary or secondary school.   5. “Department” means the department of education.   6. “Director” means the local community school director who assumes responsibility for making the process function effectively.   7. “District-wide advisory council” means a broadly representative group of persons selected from the entire school district with at least one representative from each of the local advisory councils after they are formed. At least one member of the council shall be a representative from the local public recreation department or agency, if one exists.   8. “Local advisory council” means a broadly representative group of persons living within the attendance boundaries of an individual neighborhood school.   9. “State consultant” means the state community education consultant.  [C79, 81, §276.3]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1466; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §77  Referred to in §276.1
IA Code § 276.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 276 - COMMUNITY EDUCATION|Section 276.4 - State consultant.

276.4 State consultant.   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 §276.1, 276.3
IA Code § 276.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 276 - COMMUNITY EDUCATION|Section 276.5 - Local director.

276.5 Local director.   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 assessment.   4. Seek ideas, promote people involvement in the process, and open lines of communication and coordination.   5. Stimulate planning to meet needs.   6. Schedule community-use hours available in school-plant facilities and related equipment and coordinate such use with building principals or designated representatives.   7. Prepare the community education budget in concert and with approval of the district-wide advisory council, and administer the budget after final approval by the board of directors.  [C79, 81, §276.5]  Referred to in §276.1, 276.3
IA Code § 276.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 276 - COMMUNITY EDUCATION|Section 276.8 - Duties of district-wide advisory council.

276.8 Duties of district-wide advisory council.   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 thinking and action.   3. Promote meaningful involvement of total community in the identifying, prioritizing, and resolving of school-community concerns.   4. Serve as an advocate of community education and foster community cooperation.   5. Provide an annual budget recommendation and annual report to the local board of education.   6. Mobilize available human and financial resources of the community to meet needs, interests, and concerns of people in the total community.   7. Make school facilities and resources available to all age groups from the total community, day and night, year round.   8. Facilitate the assessment of community-wide needs with the understanding that local advisory councils will manage their own assessments of needs.   9. Provide support and act as a resource group for local advisory councils and the community education director.   10. Help plan and recommend a community education budget for approval by the local board of education.   11. Recommend to the board, regulations, guidelines, and fees, if any, for facility usage.   12. Define short and long-range community education goals and objectives.   13. Communicate through inquiring, informing, suggesting, recommending and evaluating community education for the community.   14. Cooperate with other agencies and organizations including the community colleges and institutions under the control of the state board of regents toward common goals.   15. Perform the functions of the local advisory council in the event that the board determines that the size of the district does not warrant the establishment of a local advisory council.  [C79, 81, §276.8]  Referred to in §276.1, 276.3
IA Code § 276.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 276 - COMMUNITY EDUCATION|Section 276.9 - Duties of local advisory council.

276.9 Duties of local advisory council.   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 meaningful involvement of the total neighborhood community in its identification and resolution of school and community concerns.   4. Mobilize available human and financial resources of the community to meet the wants and needs in that neighborhood community.   5. Use existing programs and community resources for delivery of services whenever feasible.   6. Use funds as allocated by district-wide advisory council after budget approval by board.   7. Evaluate the success of programs in meeting needs, interests, and concerns and in resolving responsible needs and concerns.  [C79, 81, §276.9]  Referred to in §276.1, 276.3
IA Code § 276.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 276 - COMMUNITY EDUCATION|Section 276.10 - Establishment of program.

276.10 Establishment of program.   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 from any private funds and any federal funds made available for the purpose of implementing this chapter. The program which recognizes that the schools belong to the people and which shall be centered in the schools may include but shall not be limited to the use of the school facilities day and night, year round including weekends and regular school vacation periods for educational, recreational, cultural, and other community services and programs for all age, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups residing in the community.   2. If a community education program is established, the board shall appoint a community education director who shall have professional training in the field of community education, recreation, or comparable experience.   3. Upon establishment of a community education program, the board shall provide for the selection of a district-wide advisory council which shall be responsible to the board and shall cooperate with and assist the board and the local community education director. The board shall also provide for the selection of local advisory councils.   4. The board shall receive an annual report and budget recommendation from the district-wide advisory council and may request supplementary reports as needed.   5. The school districts may cooperate with community colleges, institutions under the control of the state board of regents, and area education agencies in providing community education programs.   6. The board may use opportunities available under Pub. L. No. 93-380.   7. The board may approve cooperation and pooling of funds with other school districts.  [C79, 81, §276.10]  90 Acts, ch 1253, §121; 2006 Acts, ch 1010, §81  Referred to in §276.1, 276.3
IA Code § 276.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 276 - COMMUNITY EDUCATION|Section 276.11 - Funding of community education concept.

276.11 Funding of community education concept.   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
IA Code § 276.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 276 - COMMUNITY EDUCATION|Section 276.12 - Use of special tax levy.

276.12 Use of special tax levy.   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]
IA Code § 277.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.1 - Regular election.

277.1 Regular election.   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 authorized by law.  [C51, §1111, 1114; R60, §2027, 2030, 2031; C73, §1717 – 1719; C97, §2746, 2751; C24, §4194, 4211; C27, §4194, 4211, 4216-b1; C31, 35, §4216-c1; C39, §4216.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.1]  83 Acts, ch 101, §63; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §18, 21; 2017 Acts, ch 155, §8 – 10  Referred to in §39.3, 260C.15, 423F.3, 423F.4
IA Code § 277.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.2 - Elections on public measures.

277.2 Elections on public measures.   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, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.2]  89 Acts, ch 135, §70; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §45, 71
IA Code § 277.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.3 - Election laws applicable.

277.3 Election laws applicable.   The provisions of chapters 39 through 53 shall apply to the conduct of all school elections and the school elections shall be conducted by the county commissioner of elections, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.  [C97, §2754; S13, §2754; C24, 27, §4204; C31, 35, §4216-c33; C39, §4216.33; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §277.33; C77, 79, 81, §277.3]  2020 Acts, ch 1063, §126  Referred to in §275.25  Section amended
IA Code § 277.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.5 - Objections to nominations.

277.5 Objections to nominations.   1. Objections to the legal sufficiency of a nomination petition or to the eligibility of a candidate may be filed by any person who would have the right to vote for a candidate for the office in question. The objection must be filed with the secretary of the school board at least forty-two days before the day of the school election. When objections are filed notice shall forthwith be given to the candidate affected, addressed to the candidate’s place of residence as given on the candidate’s affidavit, stating that objections have been made to the legal sufficiency of the petition or to the eligibility of the candidate, and also stating the time and place the objections will be considered.   2. Objections shall be considered not later than two working days following the receipt of the objections by the president of the school board, the secretary of the school board, and one additional member of the school board chosen by ballot. If objections have been filed to the nominations of either of those school officials, that official shall not pass on the objection. The official’s place shall be filled by a member of the school board against whom no objection exists. The replacement shall be chosen by ballot.  88 Acts, ch 1119, §33; 94 Acts, ch 1180, §43; 2017 Acts, ch 155, §39, 44; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104  Referred to in §277.7
IA Code § 277.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.6 - Territory outside county.

277.6 Territory outside county. Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 155, §43, 44.
IA Code § 277.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.7 - Petitions for public measures.

277.7 Petitions for public measures.   1. A petition filed with the school board to request an election on a public measure shall be examined before it is accepted for filing. If the petition appears valid on its face it shall be accepted for filing. If it lacks the required number of signatures it shall be returned to the petitioners.   2. Petitions which have been accepted for filing are valid unless written objections are filed. Objections must be filed with the secretary of the school board within five working days after the petition was filed. The objection process in section 277.5 shall be followed for objections filed pursuant to this section.  94 Acts, ch 1180, §44; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
IA Code § 277.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.20 - Canvassing returns.

277.20 Canvassing returns.   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 members of boards of directors of school corporations nominated pursuant to section 277.4, and the commissioner of elections or controlling commissioner for the district shall at once issue a certificate of election to each person declared elected. The appropriate board shall also declare the results of the voting on any public question submitted to the voters of a single school district, and the commissioner or controlling commissioner shall certify the result as required by section 50.27.   2. The abstracts of the votes cast for members of the board of directors of any merged area, and of the votes cast on any public question submitted to the voters of any merged area, shall be promptly certified by the county commissioner of elections to the merged area’s controlling county commissioner under section 47.2.  [C97, §2756; S13, §2756; C24, §4210; C27, §4210, 4211-b6; C31, 35, §4216-c20; C39, §4216.20; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.20]  2017 Acts, ch 155, §40, 44; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §104  Referred to in §260C.15, 331.383
IA Code § 277.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.22 - Contested elections.

277.22 Contested elections.   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.
IA Code § 277.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.23 - Directors — number — change.

277.23 Directors — number — change.   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 the board shall consist of five members.   2. A change from five to seven directors shall be effected in a district at the first regular election after authorization by the voters or the board, or after a district first includes all of a city of fifteen thousand or more population, in the manner described in section 275.37.  [C51, §1112; R60, §2031, 2035, 2075; C73, §1720, 1721, 1808; C97, §2752, 2754; S13, §2752, 2754; C24, §4198, 4212; C27, §4198, 4211-b3, -b5; C31, 35, §4216-c23; C39, §4216.23; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.23]  2002 Acts, ch 1024, §2, 3; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §89, 115; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §57  Referred to in §275.23A, 275.25
IA Code § 277.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.25 - Directors in new districts.

277.25 Directors in new 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, and two for four years.   3. In districts having seven directors, four shall be elected for two years, and three for four years.  [C73, §1802; C97, §2754; S13, §2754; C24, 27, §4199; C31, 35, §4216-c25; C39, §4216.25; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.25]  2008 Acts, ch 1115, §19, 21
IA Code § 277.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.27 - Qualification.

277.27 Qualification.   A member of the board shall, at the time of election or appointment, be an eligible elector of the corporation or subdistrict. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Code, a member of the board of directors of a school district shall not receive compensation directly from the school board unless the compensation is for part-time or temporary employment and does not exceed the limitation set forth in section 279.7A.  [C97, §2748; C24, 27, §4213; C31, 35, §4216-c27; C39, §4216.27; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.27]  87 Acts, ch 224, §46; 88 Acts, ch 1038, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 53, §1
IA Code § 277.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.28 - Oath required.

277.28 Oath required.   1. Each director elected at a regular district or director district election shall qualify by taking the oath of office on or before the time set for the organization meeting of the board and the election and qualification entered of record by the secretary. The oath may be administered by any qualified member of the board or the secretary of the board and may be taken in substantially the following form:   Do you solemnly swear that you will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa and that you will faithfully and impartially to the best of your ability discharge the duties of the office of .................... (naming the office) in ........................ (naming the district) as now or hereafter required by law?   2. If the oath of office is taken elsewhere than in the presence of the board in session it may be administered by any officer listed in sections 63A.1 and 63A.2 and shall be subscribed to by the person taking it in substantially the following form:   I, ........................, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa and that I will faithfully and impartially to the best of my ability discharge the duties of the office of ........................ (naming the office) in ........................ (naming the district) as now or hereafter required by law.   3. Such oath shall be properly verified by the administering officer and filed with the secretary of the board.  [C51, §1113, 1120; R60, §2032, 2079; C73, §1752, 1790; C97, §2758; S13, §2758; C24, 27, §4214; C31, 35, §4216-c28; C39, §4216.28; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.28]  88 Acts, ch 1038, §3; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §98  Referred to in §260C.15, 273.8, 279.3, 279.6, 279.7
IA Code § 277.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.29 - Vacancies.

277.29 Vacancies.   Failure to elect at the proper election or to appoint within the time fixed by law or the failure of the officer elected or appointed to qualify within the time prescribed by law; the incumbent ceasing for any reason to be a resident of the district or removing residence from the subdistrict; the resignation or death of incumbent or of the officer-elect; the removal of the incumbent from, or forfeiture of, the office, or the decision of a competent tribunal declaring the office vacant; the conviction of incumbent of a felony, as defined in section 701.7, or of any public offense involving the violation of the incumbent’s oath of office, shall constitute a vacancy.  [C31, 35, §4216-c29; C39, §4216.29; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.29]  86 Acts, ch 1112, §10; 86 Acts, ch 1238, §12  Referred to in §260C.11, 273.8, 273.23
IA Code § 277.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.30 - Vacancies filled by election.

277.30 Vacancies filled by election.   When vacancies are to be filled by election, the provisions of sections 279.6 and 279.7 shall control.  [C73, §1802; C97, §2754; S13, §2754; C24, 27, §4199; C31, 35, §4216-c30; C39, §4216.30; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.30]  2015 Acts, ch 140, §55, 58, 59
IA Code § 277.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.31 - Surrendering office.

277.31 Surrendering office.   Each school officer or member of the board upon the termination of the officer or member’s term of office shall immediately surrender to the successor all books, papers, and moneys pertaining or belonging to the office, taking a receipt therefor.  [R60, §2080; C73, §1791; C97, §2770; C24, 27, §4215; C31, 35, §4216-c31; C39, §4216.31; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.31]
IA Code § 277.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 277 - SCHOOL ELECTIONS|Section 277.32 - Penalties.

277.32 Penalties.   Any school officer willfully violating any law relative to public or accredited nonpublic schools, or willfully failing or refusing to perform any duty imposed by law, shall forfeit and pay into the treasury of the particular school corporation in which the violation occurs the sum of twenty-five dollars, action to recover which shall be brought in the name of the proper school corporation, and be applied to the use of the schools therein.  [C51, §1137; R60, §2047, 2081; C73, §1746, 1786; C97, §2822; C24, 27, §4216; C31, 35, §4216-c32; C39, §4216.32; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.32]  2018 Acts, ch 1026, §95