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IA Code § 292.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 292 - SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM|Section 292.1 - Definitions.

292.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Capacity per pupil” means the sum of a school district’s property tax infrastructure capacity per pupil and the sales tax capacity per pupil.   2. “Committee” means the school budget review committee established in section 257.30.   3. “Department” means the department of education established in section 256.1.   4. “Fund” means the school infrastructure fund created in section 12.82.   5. “Local match percentage” means a percentage equivalent to either of the following, whichever is less:   a. Fifty percent.   b. The quotient of a school district’s capacity per pupil divided by the capacity per pupil of the school district at the fortieth percentile, multiplied by fifty percent, except that the percentage in this paragraph shall not be less than twenty percent.   6. “Program” means the school infrastructure program established in section 292.2.   7. “Property tax infrastructure capacity per pupil” means the sum of a school district’s levies under sections 298.2 and 298.18 when the levies are imposed to the maximum extent allowable under law in the budget year divided by the school district’s basic enrollment for the budget year.   8. “Sales tax capacity per pupil” means the estimated amount of revenues that a school district receives or would receive from the secure an advanced vision for education fund pursuant to section 423F.2, divided by the school district’s basic enrollment for the budget year.   9. “School infrastructure” means activities initiated on or after July 1, 2000, as authorized in section 296.1 but does not include those activities related to stadiums, bus barns, a home or homes of a teacher or superintendent, procuring and improving a site for an athletic field, or improving a site already owned for an athletic field.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §26; 2008 Acts, ch 1134, §39
IA Code § 292.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 292 - SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM|Section 292.3 - Rules.

292.3 Rules.   The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to chapter 17A, necessary for administering the school infrastructure program and fund.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §28
IA Code § 292.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 292 - SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM|Section 292.4 - Appropriation.

292.4 Appropriation. Repealed by  2005 Acts, ch 179, §28, 29  .
IA Code § 294.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.1 - Qualifications — compensation prohibited.

294.1 Qualifications — compensation prohibited.   1. A person shall not be employed as a teacher in a public or accredited nonpublic school without having a certificate issued by some officer duly authorized by law.   2. Compensation shall not be recovered by a teacher for services rendered while without such certificate.  [R60, §2062; C73, §1758; C97, §2788; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4336; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.1]  2018 Acts, ch 1026, §105
IA Code § 294.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.3 - State aid and tuition.

294.3 State aid and tuition.   A school shall not be deprived of its right to be approved for state aid or approved for tuition by reason of the employment of any practitioner as authorized under section 272.9.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4338; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.3]  89 Acts, ch 265, §37
IA Code § 294.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.4 - Daily register.

294.4 Daily register.   Each teacher shall keep a daily register which shall correctly exhibit the name or number of the school, the district and county in which it is located, the day of the week, month, year, and the name, age, and attendance of each scholar, and the branches taught; and when scholars reside in different districts separate registers shall be kept for each district, and a certified copy of the register shall, immediately at the close of the school, be filed by the teacher in the office of the secretary of the board.  [R60, §2062; C73, §1759, 1760; C97, §2789; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4339; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.4]
IA Code § 294.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.5 - Reports.

294.5 Reports.   The teacher shall file with the school superintendent and the director of the department of education such reports and in such manner as may be required.  [C97, §2789; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4340; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.5]  85 Acts, ch 212, §21
IA Code § 294.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.8 - Pension system.

294.8 Pension system.   A school district located in whole or in part within a city having a population of twenty-five thousand one hundred or more may establish a pension and annuity retirement system for the public school teachers of such district. However, in cities having a population less than seventy-five thousand, establishment of the system shall be ratified by a vote of the people at a regular school election.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4345; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.8]  2009 Acts, ch 57, §79  Referred to in §294.11, 294.12
IA Code § 294.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.9 - Fund.

294.9 Fund.   The fund for such retirement system shall be created from the following sources:   1. From the proceeds of an assessment of teachers in the school district not exceeding one percent of their salaries in a given school year, or such greater percentage as the board of directors of such school district may authorize and a majority of such teachers shall, at the time of such authorization by the board, agree to pay.   2. From the proceeds of an annual tax levy.   3. From the interest on any permanent fund which may be created by gift, bequest, or otherwise.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4346; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.9]  Referred to in §294.10A, 294.11
IA Code § 294.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.10 - Management.

294.10 Management.   The board of directors of the school district shall constitute the board of trustees and shall formulate the plan of the retirement; and shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the operation of said retirement system.  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4347; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.10]  Referred to in §294.11
IA Code § 294.10A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.10A - Pickup of teacher assessments.

294.10A Pickup of teacher assessments.   1. Notwithstanding section 294.9 or other provisions of this chapter, for federal income tax purposes beginning January 1 following the submission by a board of trustees of an application to the federal internal revenue service requesting qualification of a plan in accordance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 422.3, and for state income tax purposes beginning January 1, 1999, or January 1 following an application for qualification, whichever is later, teacher assessments required under section 294.9 which are picked up by an employing school district shall be considered employer contributions for federal and state income tax purposes, and each employing school district establishing a pension and annuity retirement system pursuant to this chapter shall pick up the teacher assessments to be made under section 294.9 by its employees commencing on the applicable date on which the assessments shall be considered employer contributions for income tax purposes under this subsection. Each employing school district shall pick up these teacher assessments by reducing the salary of each of the teachers covered by this chapter by the amount which each teacher is required to contribute through assessments under section 294.9 and shall pay to the board of trustees the amount picked up in lieu of the teacher assessments for recording and deposit in the fund.   2. Teacher assessments picked up by each employing school district under subsection 1 shall be treated as employer contributions for federal and state income tax purposes only and for all other purposes of this chapter shall be treated as teacher assessments and deemed part of the teacher’s wages or salary.  94 Acts, ch 1183, §64; 95 Acts, ch 67, §22; 98 Acts, ch 1174, §3, 6
IA Code § 294.10B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.10B - Rights not transferable or subject to legal process — exceptions.

294.10B Rights not transferable or subject to legal process — exceptions.   The right of any person to any future payment under a pension and annuity retirement system established in this chapter shall not be transferable or assignable, at law or in equity, and shall not be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law, except for the purposes of enforcing child, spousal, or medical support obligations, or marital property orders. For the purposes of enforcing child, spousal, or medical support obligations, the garnishment or attachment of or the execution against benefits due a person under such a retirement system shall not exceed the amount specified in 15 U.S.C. §1673(b).  96 Acts, ch 1187, §79
IA Code § 294.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.11 - Termination resolution adopted.

294.11 Termination resolution adopted.   Any school district which has in operation the pension and annuity retirement system created pursuant to sections 294.8 to 294.10 may terminate such system by the adoption by the board of directors of such district, of a resolution declaring such system terminated as of a date specified therein.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.11]  Referred to in §294.12
IA Code § 294.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.13 - General fund replacements.

294.13 General fund replacements.   The board of directors of said district shall each year at the meeting at which it estimates the amount required for the general fund, in accordance with the provisions of section 298.1, estimate the additional amount, if any, necessary to provide the required annual payments to surviving beneficiaries, which amount shall be levied by the board of supervisors in accordance with the provisions of section 298.8. Upon the death of the last beneficiary to survive, any balance remaining in said fund, including any undisposed of accumulations, shall be transferred to the general fund of said school district.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.13]  Referred to in §294.12
IA Code § 294.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.14 - Estimate of funds needed — levy.

294.14 Estimate of funds needed — levy.   The board of directors of said district shall annually, for a period of five years after the effective date of the termination of its pension system, at the meeting at which it estimates the amount required for the general fund, in accordance with the provisions of section 298.1, estimate the additional amount if any necessary to pay to participants in the pension system who are not entitled to receive benefits under such system at the date of termination thereof, one-fifth of the amount paid into said pension fund by such participants therein, without interest, which amount shall be levied by the board of supervisors, in accordance with provisions of section 298.8 and, in addition thereto, the board of directors of said district shall each year at the meeting at which it estimates the amount required for the general fund, in accordance with the provisions of section 298.1, estimate the additional amount, if any, necessary to provide the required annual payments to surviving beneficiaries of said pension system, as provided in section 294.12, which amount shall be levied by the board of supervisors, in accordance with the provisions of section 298.8. Upon the death of the last beneficiary to survive, any balance remaining in said fund, including any undisposed of accumulations, shall be transferred to the general fund of said school district.  [C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.14]  2017 Acts, ch 29, §84
IA Code § 294.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.15 - Retirement allowance — teachers who retired before July 4, 1953.

294.15 Retirement allowance — teachers who retired before July 4, 1953. Repealed by 96 Acts, ch 1215, §59.
IA Code § 294.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 294 - TEACHERS|Section 294.16 - Investment contracts.

294.16 Investment contracts.   1. The school district may establish a plan, in accordance with section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 422.3, for employees, which plan shall consist of one or more investment contracts, on a group or individual basis, acquired from a company, or a salesperson for that company, that is authorized to do business in this state.   2. The selection of investment contracts to be included within the plan established by the school district shall be made either pursuant to a competitive bidding process conducted by the school district, in coordination with employee organizations representing employees eligible to participate in the plan, or pursuant to an agreement with the department of administrative services to make available investment contracts included in a deferred compensation or similar plan established by the department pursuant to section 8A.438, which plan meets the requirements of this section. The determination of whether to select investment contracts for the plan pursuant to a competitive bidding process or by agreement with the department of administrative services shall be made by agreement between the school district and the employee organizations representing employees eligible to participate in the plan.   3. The school district may make elective deferrals in accordance with the plan as authorized by an eligible employee for the purpose of making contributions to the investment contract on behalf of the employee. The deferrals shall be made in the manner which will qualify contributions to the investment contract for the benefits under section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 422.3. In addition, the school district may make nonelective employer contributions to the plan.   4. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “investment contract” shall mean a custodial account utilizing mutual funds or an annuity contract which meets the requirements of section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 422.3.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §294.16]  86 Acts, ch 1213, §7; 88 Acts, ch 1112, §701; 94 Acts, ch 1183, §65; 2008 Acts, ch 1171, §65, 68
IA Code § 296.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 296 - INDEBTEDNESS OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS|Section 296.1 - Indebtedness authorized.

296.1 Indebtedness authorized.   Subject to the approval of the voters thereof, school districts are hereby authorized to contract indebtedness and to issue general obligation bonds to provide funds to defray the cost of purchasing, building, furnishing, reconstructing, repairing, improving or remodeling a schoolhouse or schoolhouses and additions thereto, gymnasium, stadium, field house, school bus garage, teachers’ or superintendent’s home or homes, and procuring a site or sites therefor, or purchasing land to add to a site already owned, or procuring and improving a site for an athletic field, or improving a site already owned for an athletic field, and for any one or more of such purposes. Taxes for the payment of said bonds shall be levied in accordance with chapter 76, and said bonds shall mature within a period not exceeding twenty years from date of issue, shall bear interest at a rate or rates not exceeding that permitted by chapter 74A and shall be of such form as the board of directors of such school district shall by resolution provide, but the aggregate indebtedness of any school district shall not exceed five percent of the actual value of the taxable property within said school district, as ascertained by the last preceding state and county tax lists.  [S13, §2820-d1; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4353; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §296.1]  Referred to in §292.1, 423E.4
IA Code § 296.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 296 - INDEBTEDNESS OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS|Section 296.2 - Petition for election.

296.2 Petition for election.   Before indebtedness can be contracted in excess of one and one-quarter percent of the assessed value of the taxable property, a petition signed by eligible electors equal in number to twenty-five percent of those voting at the last election of school officials shall be filed with the president of the board of directors, asking that an election be called, stating the amount of bonds proposed to be issued and the purpose or purposes for which the indebtedness is to be created, and that the purpose or purposes cannot be accomplished within the limit of one and one-quarter percent of the valuation. The petition may request the calling of an election on one or more propositions and a proposition may include one or more purposes.  [S13, §2820-d2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4354; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §296.2]  83 Acts, ch 90, §18; 95 Acts, ch 189, §20  Referred to in §296.3
IA Code § 296.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 296 - INDEBTEDNESS OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS|Section 296.3 - Election called.

296.3 Election called.   Within ten days of receipt of a petition filed under section 296.2, the president of the board of directors shall call a meeting of the board. The meeting shall be held within thirty days after the petition was received. At the meeting, the board shall call the election, fixing the time of the election, which may be at the time and place of holding the regular school election. However, if the board determines by unanimous vote that the proposition or propositions requested by a petition to be submitted at an election are grossly unrealistic or contrary to the needs of the school district, no election shall be called. If more than one petition has been received by the time the board meets to consider the petition triggering the meeting, the board shall act upon the petitions in the order they were received at the meeting called to consider the initial petition. The decision of the board may be appealed to the state board of education as provided in chapter 290. The president shall notify the county commissioner of elections of the time of the election.  [S13, §2820-d3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4355; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §296.3; 81 Acts, ch 91, §1]  83 Acts, ch 90, §19; 85 Acts, ch 67, §33; 2002 Acts, ch 1134, §92, 115
IA Code § 296.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 296 - INDEBTEDNESS OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS|Section 296.4 - Notice — ballots.

296.4 Notice — ballots.   Notice of the election shall be given by the county commissioner of elections by publication in accordance with section 49.53. The county commissioner of elections shall conduct the election pursuant to the provisions of chapters 39 to 53 and certify the results to the board of directors.  [S13, §2820-d3; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4356; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §296.4]  Form of ballot, §49.43 et seq.
IA Code § 296.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 296 - INDEBTEDNESS OF SCHOOL CORPORATIONS|Section 296.6 - Bonds.

296.6 Bonds.   If the vote in favor of the issuance of such bonds is equal to at least sixty percent of the total vote cast for and against said proposition at said election, the board of directors shall issue the same and make provision for payment thereof.  [S13, §2820-d4; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4358; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §296.6]  Referred to in §275.12  Vote required to authorize bonds, §75.1
IA Code § 297.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 297 - SCHOOLHOUSES AND SCHOOLHOUSE SITES|Section 297.1 - Location.

297.1 Location.   1. The board of each school district may fix the site for each schoolhouse, which shall be upon some public highway already established or procured by such board and not in any public park, and except in cities and villages, not less than thirty rods from the residence of any landowner who objects thereto.   2. In fixing such site, the board shall take into consideration the number of scholars residing in the various portions of the school district and the geographical location and convenience of any proposed site.  [R60, §2037; C73, §1724, 1825, 1826; C97, §2773, 2814; S13, §2773, 2814; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4359; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.1]
IA Code § 297.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 297 - SCHOOLHOUSES AND SCHOOLHOUSE SITES|Section 297.2 - Ten-acre limitation.

297.2 Ten-acre limitation.   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, §1825; C97, §2814; S13, §2814; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4360; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.2]
IA Code § 297.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 297 - SCHOOLHOUSES AND SCHOOLHOUSE SITES|Section 297.3 - Thirty-acre limitation.

297.3 Thirty-acre limitation.   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, §2814; S13, §2814; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4361; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.3]
IA Code § 297.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 297 - SCHOOLHOUSES AND SCHOOLHOUSE SITES|Section 297.4 - Vacancy notification.

297.4 Vacancy notification.   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 vacant and available to be leased or purchased.  [82 Acts, ch 1148, §2]  2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
IA Code § 297.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 297 - SCHOOLHOUSES AND SCHOOLHOUSE SITES|Section 297.6 - Condemnation.

297.6 Condemnation.   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 such owner as to the price to be paid therefor, such real estate may be taken under condemnation proceedings in accordance with the provisions of chapter 6B.  [C73, §1827; C97, §2815; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4364; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.6]