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IA Code § 279.38 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.38 - Membership in association of school boards — audit.

279.38 Membership in association of school boards — audit.   1. Boards of directors of school corporations may pay, out of funds available to them, reasonable annual dues to the Iowa association of school boards. Each board that pays membership dues to the Iowa association of school boards shall annually report to the local community and to the department of education the amount the board pays in annual dues to the Iowa association of school boards, the amount of any fees paid and revenue or dividend payments received for services the board receives from the association or from any of the association’s affiliated for-profit entities, and the products or services the school district received inclusive with membership in the association.   2. The financial condition and transactions of the Iowa association of school boards shall be audited as provided in section 11.6. In addition, annually the Iowa association of school boards shall publish a listing of the school districts and the annual dues paid by each, the total revenue the association receives from each school district resulting from the payment of membership fees and the sale of products and services to the school district by the association or its affiliated for-profit entities, and shall publish an accounting of all moneys expended for expenses incurred by and salaries paid to legislative representatives and lobbyists of the association. In addition, the association shall submit to the general assembly copies of all reports the association provides to the United States department of education relating to federal grants and grant amounts that the association or its affiliated for-profit entities administer or distribute to school districts. The Iowa association of school boards is subject to chapters 21 and 22 relating to open meetings and public records.   3. Membership in such an Iowa association of school boards shall be limited to those duly elected members of the boards of directors of local school corporations.  [C71, 73, 75, §279.37; C77, 79, 81, §279.38]  83 Acts, ch 185, §7, 62; 89 Acts, ch 264, §7; 2010 Acts, ch 1183, §30; 2011 Acts, ch 75, §38
IA Code § 279.38A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.38A - Membership in other organizations— reporting requirements.

279.38A Membership in other organizations — reporting requirements.   1. Duly elected members of boards of directors and designated administrators of school corporations may join, including the payment of dues, and participate in local, regional, and national organizations which directly relate to the functions of the board of directors.   2. Each board that pays membership dues to an organization in accordance with this section shall annually report to the local community and to the department of education the amount the board pays in annual dues to the organization, the amount of any fees paid and revenue or dividend payments received for services the board receives from the organization, and the products or services the school district received inclusive with membership in the organization. If the organization administers federal education grants on behalf of school districts or distributes federal education grant funds to school districts, the organization shall submit to the general assembly copies of all reports the organization provides to the United States department of education, on the date on which each such report is provided to the United States department of education, relating to federal grants and grant amounts that the organization administers for or distributes to school districts. The governing board of the organization is subject to chapters 21 and 22 relating to open meetings and public records.  93 Acts, ch 117, §3; 2010 Acts, ch 1183, §31
IA Code § 279.39 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.39 - School buildings.

279.39 School buildings.   The board of any school corporation shall establish attendance centers and provide suitable buildings for each school in the district and may at the regular or a special meeting resolve to submit to the registered voters of the district at an election held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “c”, the question of voting a tax or authorizing the board to issue bonds, or both.  93 Acts, ch 160, §15; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §47, 71  Extended time contracts for facilities, see §278.1
IA Code § 279.40 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.40 - Sick leave.

279.40 Sick leave.   1. a. Public school employees are granted leave of absence for medically related disability with full pay in the following minimum amounts:   (1) The first year of employment10 days.   (2) The second year of employment11 days.   (3) The third year of employment12 days.   (4) The fourth year of employment13 days.   (5) The fifth year of employment14 days.   (6) The sixth and subsequent years of employment15 days.   b. The above amounts shall apply only to consecutive years of employment in the same school district and unused portions shall be cumulative to at least a total of ninety days. The school board shall, in each instance, require such reasonable evidence as it may desire confirming the necessity for such leave of absence.   2. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the right of a school board to grant more time than the days herein specified.   3. Cumulation of sick leave under this section shall not be affected or terminated due to the organization or dissolution of a community school district or districts which include all or the portion of the district which employed the particular public school employee for the school year previous to the organization or dissolution, if the employee is employed by one of the community school districts for the first school year following its organization or dissolution.   4. Any amounts due an employee under this section shall be reduced by benefits payable under sections 85.33 and 85.34, subsection 1.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §279.40]  2010 Acts, ch 1061, §99
IA Code § 279.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.41 - Schoolhouses and sites sold — funds.

279.41 Schoolhouses and sites sold — funds.   Moneys received from the condemnation, sale, or other disposition for public purposes of schoolhouses, school sites, or both schoolhouses and school sites, shall be deposited in the physical plant and equipment levy fund and may without a vote of the electorate be used for purposes authorized under section 298.3, as ordered by the board of directors of the school district.  [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §279.41]  94 Acts, ch 1029, §18; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §36
IA Code § 279.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.42 - Gifts to schools.

279.42 Gifts to schools.   The board of directors of a school district that receives funds through a gift, devise, or bequest shall deposit the funds in a trust fund, permanent fund, or custodial fund and shall use the funds in accordance with the terms of the gift, devise, or bequest.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §279.42]  94 Acts, ch 1029, §19; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §17; 2020 Acts, ch 1022, §4  See also §565.6  Section amended
IA Code § 279.43 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.43 - Reporting inappropriate teaching assignments.

279.43 Reporting inappropriate teaching assignments.   An employee licensed by the board of educational examiners and holding a contract as described in section 279.13 shall disclose any occurrence of a teaching assignment for which that employee is not properly licensed to the school official responsible for determining teaching assignments. Failure of the employee to disclose this occurrence or failure of the school official responsible for determining teaching assignments to make appropriate adjustments to the employee’s teaching assignment once the employee discloses the occurrence shall constitute an incident of misconduct as provided in section 272.2, subsection 14, and is actionable by the board. If the school official fails to make appropriate adjustments to the teaching assignment once disclosure by the employee is made, the employee shall report this occurrence to the department or to the board for further action.  2007 Acts, ch 214, §35
IA Code § 279.44 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.44 - Energy audits.

279.44 Energy audits.   1. Between July 1, 1986, and June 30, 1991, and on a staggered annual basis each five years thereafter, the board of directors of each school district shall file with the economic development authority, on forms prescribed by the authority, the results of an energy audit of the buildings owned and leased by the school district. The energy audit shall be conducted under rules adopted by the authority pursuant to chapter 17A. The authority may waive the requirement for the initial and subsequent energy audits for school districts that submit evidence that energy audits were conducted prior to January 1, 1987, and energy consumption for the district is at an adjusted statewide average or below.   2. This section takes effect only if funds have been made available to a school district or community college to pay the costs of the energy audit.  86 Acts, ch 1167, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §120; 2009 Acts, ch 108, §14, 41; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §50, 87, 89
IA Code § 279.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.45 - Administrative expenditures.

279.45 Administrative expenditures.   The administrative expenditures as a percent of a school district’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 school district’s administrative expenditures and its general fund. For the purposes of this section, “base year” means the same as defined in section 257.2, and “administrative expenditures” means expenditures for executive administration.  86 Acts, ch 1226, §5; 88 Acts, ch 1158, §56; 89 Acts, ch 135, §74; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §18
IA Code § 279.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.46 - Retirement incentives — tax.

279.46 Retirement incentives — tax.   The board of directors of a school district may adopt a program for payment of a monetary bonus, continuation of health or medical insurance coverage, or other incentives for encouraging its employees to retire before the normal retirement date as defined in chapter 97B. The program is available only to employees who notify the board of directors prior to April 1 of the fiscal year that they intend to retire not later than the start of the next following school calendar. The age at which employees shall be designated eligible for the program shall be at the discretion of the board. An employee retiring under this section may apply for a retirement allowance under chapter 97B or chapter 294. The board may include in the district management levy an amount to pay the total estimated accumulated cost to the school district of the health or medical insurance coverage, bonus, or other incentives for employees fifty-five years of age or older who retire under this section.  87 Acts, ch 224, §51; 89 Acts, ch 135, §75; 92 Acts, ch 1220, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1216, §27, 43; 2002 Acts, ch 1152, §6; 2003 Acts, ch 180, §33; 2014 Acts, ch 1052, §1 – 3  Referred to in §298.4
IA Code § 279.47 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.47 - Telecommunications — participation by school districts in database development.

279.47 Telecommunications — participation by school districts in database development.   The board of directors of each school district utilizing telecommunications as an instructional tool shall participate in procedures adopted by the state board of education under section 256.7, subsection 9.  87 Acts, ch 207, §2
IA Code § 279.48 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.48 - Equipment purchase.

279.48 Equipment purchase.   1. The board of directors of a school corporation may purchase equipment, and may negotiate and enter into a loan agreement and issue a note to pay for the equipment subject to the following terms and procedures:   a. The note must mature within five years, or the useful life of the equipment, whichever is less.   b. The note may bear interest at a rate to be determined by the board of directors in the manner provided in section 74A.3, subsection 1, paragraph “a”. Chapter 75 is not applicable.   c. The board of directors shall provide for the form of the agreement and note.   d. Principal and interest on the note must be payable from budgeted receipts in the debt service fund for each year of a period of up to five years.   2. The total of scheduled annual payments of principal or interest due and payable from current budgeted receipts or future budgeted receipts with respect to all loan agreements authorized under this section or section 285.10, subsection 7, paragraph “b”, must not exceed ten percent of the last authorized budget of the school corporation.   3. Before entering into a loan agreement for an equipment purchase, the school corporation must publish a notice, including a statement of the amount and purpose of the agreement, at least once in a newspaper of general circulation within the school corporation at least ten days before the meeting at which the loan agreement is to be approved.  94 Acts, ch 1175, §7; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §198  Referred to in §273.3, 279.53
IA Code § 279.49 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.49 - Child care programs.

279.49 Child care programs.   1. The board of directors of a school corporation may operate or contract for the operation of a program to provide child care to children not enrolled in school or to students enrolled in kindergarten through grade six before and after school, or to both. Programs operated or contracted by a board shall be licensed by the department of human services under chapter 237A as a child care center unless the program is exempt from licensure under chapter 237A. Notwithstanding requirements of the department of human services regarding space allocated to child care centers licensed under chapter 237A, a program operated or contracted by a board which is located on school grounds may define alternative spaces, in policy and procedures, appropriate to meet the needs of children in the program if the primary space is required for another use.   2. a. The person employed to be responsible for a program operated or contracted by a board shall collaborate with that board in the operation of that program.   b. An employee of a program operated or contracted by a board shall be subject to a background investigation at least once every five years after the employee’s initial date of hire.   3. The facilities housing a program operated under this section shall comply with standards adopted by the state fire marshal for school buildings under chapter 100. In addition, if a program involves children who are younger than school age, the facilities housing those children shall meet the fire safety standards which would apply to that age of child in a child care facility licensed by the department of human services.   4. The board may establish a fee for the cost of participation in a child care program authorized under this section. The fee shall be established pursuant to a sliding fee schedule based upon staffing costs and other expenses and a family’s ability to pay. If a fee is established, the parent or guardian of a child participating in a program shall be responsible for payment of any agreed upon fee. The board may require the parent or guardian to furnish transportation of the child.   5. The board may utilize or make application for program subsidies from any existing child care funding streams.   6. The components of programs established under this section for child care shall include, but are not limited to, parental involvement in program design and direction, activities designed to further children’s physical, mental, and emotional development, and a parental education component to educate parents about the physical, mental, and emotional development of children.  85 Acts, ch 173, §26; 89 Acts, ch 206, §10; 89 Acts, ch 265, §40; 92 Acts, ch 1212, §27; 94 Acts, ch 1175, §8; 99 Acts, ch 192, §33; 2015 Acts, ch 88, §2, 3, 5  Referred to in §256.9, 256A.3, 280.3A, 298A.12
IA Code § 279.50A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.50A - Educational standards — agreements for mathematics and science units.

279.50A Educational standards — agreements for mathematics and science units.   1. If a school district’s total enrollment exceeds six hundred pupils, the school district may enter into an agreement with a community college under which the community college may offer, or provide a community college-employed instructor to teach, one of the units in accordance with section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “a”, or one of the units in accordance with section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “d” or “e”, and if the unit of coursework under the agreement meets the requirements specified in section 257.11, subsection 3, paragraph “b”, subparagraphs (2) through (7), the unit offered shall be deemed to meet the education program requirement for a unit of mathematics or science, as applicable, under section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “a”, “d”, or “e”. The provisions of this subsection are applicable only if all of the following conditions are met:   a. The school district has made every reasonable and good faith effort to employ a teacher licensed under chapter 272 for the unit of science or mathematics, as applicable, and is unable to employ such a teacher. For purposes of this subsection, “good faith effort” means the same as defined in section 279.19A, subsection 9.   b. Enrollment for the unit exceeds five pupils.   c. The unit is offered during the regular school day.   d. The unit is made accessible by the school district to all eligible pupils.   2. Pupils enrolled in a unit of coursework offered pursuant to subsection 1 are not eligible for supplementary weighting under section 257.11, subsection 3.  2019 Acts, ch 164, §4, 5; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §127  Code editor directive applied  Subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1 amended
IA Code § 279.52 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.52 - Optional funding of asbestos projects.

279.52 Optional funding of asbestos projects.   1. The board of directors may pay the actual cost of an asbestos project from any funds in the general fund of the district, funds received from the physical plant and equipment levy, or moneys obtained through a federal asbestos loan program, to be repaid from any of the funds specified in this section over a three-year period.   2. For the purpose of this section, “cost of an asbestos project” includes the costs of inspection and reinspection, sampling, analysis, assessment, response actions, operations and maintenance, training, periodic surveillance, developing of management plans and recordkeeping requirements relating to the presence of asbestos in school buildings of the district and its removal or encapsulation.  89 Acts, ch 135, §77; 2000 Acts, ch 1072, §1; 2000 Acts, ch 1232, §64  Referred to in §279.53
IA Code § 279.53 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.53 - Loan proceeds.

279.53 Loan proceeds.   The proceeds of loans issued to school districts pursuant to section 279.48, 279.52, or 473.20 shall be deposited into either the general fund of a school district or the physical plant and equipment levy fund. The board of directors shall expend the amount of the principal and interest due each year to maturity from the same fund into which the loan proceeds were deposited.  2008 Acts, ch 1041, §1
IA Code § 279.54 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.54 - School district income surtax.

279.54 School district income surtax. Repealed by  2000 Acts, ch 1072, §3  .
IA Code § 279.55 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.55 - Teacher exchange program.

279.55 Teacher exchange program. Repealed by  2016 Acts, ch 1036, §15  .
IA Code § 279.56 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.56 - Board participation.

279.56 Board participation. Repealed by  2016 Acts, ch 1036, §15  .
IA Code § 279.57 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.57 - Period of exchange.

279.57 Period of exchange. Repealed by  2016 Acts, ch 1036, §15  .
IA Code § 279.58 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.58 - School dress code policies.

279.58 School dress code policies.   1. The general assembly finds and declares that the students and the administrative and instructional staffs of Iowa’s public schools have the right to be safe and secure at school. Gang-related apparel worn at school draws attention away from the school’s learning environment and directs it toward thoughts or expressions of violence, bigotry, hate, and abuse.   2. The board of directors of a school district may adopt, for the district or for an individual school within the district, a dress code policy that prohibits students from wearing gang-related or other specific apparel if the board determines that the policy is necessary for the health, safety, or positive educational environment of students and staff in the school environment or for the appropriate discipline and operation of the school. Adoption and enforcement of a dress code policy is not a violation of section 280.22.  95 Acts, ch 191, §20
IA Code § 279.59 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES|Section 279.59 - Access by associations.

279.59 Access by associations.   The board of directors of a school district shall provide not-for-profit, professional education associations that offer membership to teachers or administrators equal access to teacher or administrator mailboxes for distribution of professional literature.  2001 Acts, ch 159, §11