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2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 258 - CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Section 258.12 - Custodian of funds.

258.12 Custodian of funds.
The treasurer of state shall be custodian of the funds paid to the state from the appropriations made under the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, 20 U.S.C. §2301 et seq., as amended, and shall disburse the same on vouchers audited as provided by law.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3848; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §258.12]
2013 Acts, ch 88, §8; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §59; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §45; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §72
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 258 - CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Section 258.15 - Career academy.

258.15 Career academy.
1. A career academy may be established under an agreement between a single school district and a community college, or by multiple school districts and a community college organized into a regional career and technical education planning partnership pursuant to section 258.14. A career academy established under this section shall be a career-oriented or occupation-oriented program of study that includes a minimum of two years of secondary education, which may fulfill the sequential unit requirement in one of the four service areas required under section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “h”, is articulated with a postsecondary education program, and is approved by the director under section 258.4. A career academy shall do all of the following:
a. Utilize regional career and technical education planning partnerships outlined in section 258.14 in an advisory capacity to inform the selection and design of the career academy and establishment of industry standards.
b. Establish a program of study that meets all of the following criteria:
(1) Is designed to meet industry standards and prepare students for success in postsecondary education and the workforce.
(2) Integrates academic coursework, includes work-based learning, and utilizes the individual career and academic planning process established under section 279.61.
(3) Allows students enrolled in the academy an opportunity to continue on to an associate degree and, if applicable, a postsecondary baccalaureate degree program.
2. The state board, in consultation with the division of community colleges of the department, shall adopt rules setting minimum standards for the development and implementation of career academies under this section and ensuring compliance with the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, 20 U.S.C. §2301 et seq., as amended.
2016 Acts, ch 1108, §47; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §76
Referred to in §257.51, 258.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 259.1 - Acceptance of federal Act.

259.1 Acceptance of federal Act.
The state of Iowa, through its legislative authority, accepts the provisions and benefits of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended and codified in 29 U.S.C. §701 et seq.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3850; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259.1]
85 Acts, ch 23, §1; 89 Acts, ch 1, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §4
Referred to in §259.3, 259.4
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 259.2 - Custodian of funds.

259.2 Custodian of funds.
1. The treasurer of state is custodian of moneys received by the state from appropriations made by the Congress of the United States for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities, and may receive and provide for the proper custody of the moneys and make disbursement of them upon the requisition of the director of the department of education.
2. The treasurer of state is appointed custodian of moneys paid by the federal government to the state for the purpose of carrying out the agreement relative to making determinations of disability under Tit. II and Tit. XVI of the federal Social Security Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. ch. 7, and may receive the moneys and make disbursements of them upon the requisition of the director of the department of education.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3851; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259.2]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1434; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §5; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
Referred to in §259.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 259.3 - Board and division.

259.3 Board and division.
The division of vocational rehabilitation services is established in the department of education. The director of the department of education shall cooperate with the United States secretary of education in carrying out the federal law cited in sections 259.1 and 259.2 providing for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. The state board of education shall adopt rules under chapter 17A for the administration of this chapter.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3852; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259.3]
86 Acts, ch 1237, §14; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1435; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §6; 96 Acts, ch 1127, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 259.4 - Duties of division.

259.4 Duties of division.
The division of vocational rehabilitation services shall:
1. Cooperate with the secretary of education in the administration of the federal law cited in section 259.1.
2. Administer legislation pursuant to the federal law cited in section 259.1, and direct the disbursement and administer the use of funds provided by the federal government and this state for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
3. Utilize in the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities existing educational and other facilities as are advisable and practicable, including public and private educational institutions, community rehabilitation programs, public or private establishments, plants, factories, and the services of individuals specially qualified for the instruction and vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
4. Promote the establishment and assist in the development of training agencies for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
5. Cooperate with an agency of the federal government or of the state, or of a county or other municipal authority within the state, or any other agency, public or private, in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
6. Do those things necessary to secure the rehabilitation of those individuals entitled to the benefits of this chapter, including those individuals with significant disabilities.
7. Provide rehabilitation services to individuals with significant disabilities who are homebound, and other individuals with significant disabilities, who can wholly or substantially achieve an ability to live independently.
8. Provide financial and other necessary assistance to public or private agencies in the development or expansion of community rehabilitation programs, or programs in other public agencies, needed for the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
9. Administer the entrepreneurs with disabilities program.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3853; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259.4]
83 Acts, ch 101, §59; 86 Acts, ch 1237, §15; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1436; 87 Acts, ch 115, §37; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1127, §4 – 7; 99 Acts, ch 28, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1007, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 259.5 - Report to governor.

259.5 Report to governor.
The division shall report biennially to the governor the condition of vocational rehabilitation within the state, designating the educational institutions, establishments, plants, factories, and other agencies in which training is being given, and include a detailed statement of expenditures of the state and federal funds in the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3854; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259.5]
86 Acts, ch 1237, §16; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1437; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §8; 96 Acts, ch 1127, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 259.6 - Gifts and donations.

259.6 Gifts and donations.
The division may receive gifts and donations from either public or private sources offered unconditionally or under conditions related to the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities that are consistent with this chapter.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3855; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259.6]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1438; 94 Acts, ch 1109, §9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 259.7 - Fund.

259.7 Fund.
All the moneys received as gifts or donations shall be deposited in the state treasury and shall constitute a permanent fund to be called the special fund for the vocational rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities, to be used by the director of the department of education in carrying out the provisions of this chapter or for related purposes.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3856; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259.7]
94 Acts, ch 1109, §10; 96 Acts, ch 1127, §9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 259.8 - Report of gifts.

259.8 Report of gifts.
A full report of gifts and donations offered and accepted, together with the names of the donors and the respective amounts contributed by each, and disbursements from the fund shall be submitted at call or biennially to the governor of the state by the division.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3857; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259.8]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1439
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259 - VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION › Section 259.9 - Agreement continued.

259.9 Agreement continued.
The agreement between the director of the department of education and the commissioner of the United States social security administration relating to making determinations of disability under Tit. II and Tit. XVI of the federal Social Security Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. ch. 7, completed prior to July 1, 1986, remains in effect.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1440; 96 Acts, ch 1127, §10; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259A - HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMAS › Section 259A.1 - Assessment of competency.

259A.1 Assessment of competency.
The department of education shall cause to be made available for qualified individuals a high school equivalency diploma. The diploma shall be issued on the basis of demonstrated competence in all of the following core areas: reading, language arts, literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259A.1]
2006 Acts, ch 1152, §29; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §9; 2017 Acts, ch 85, §1, 5
Referred to in §259A.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259A - HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMAS › Section 259A.2 - Application requirements.

259A.2 Application requirements.
1. Every applicant shall have attained the age of eighteen years, have not graduated from high school, and not be currently enrolled in a secondary school.
2. An applicant is not eligible for a high school equivalency diploma until after the class in which the applicant was enrolled has graduated from high school.
3. Application shall be made to a high school equivalency program or testing center approved by the department of education, accompanied by an application fee in an amount prescribed by the department.
4. Test scores shall be forwarded by the scorer of the test to the department of education.
5. Evidence that an applicant demonstrates competence as required under section 259A.1 shall be made available to the department of education by the high school equivalency program for verification purposes.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259A.2]
2013 Acts, ch 88, §10; 2017 Acts, ch 85, §2, 5
Referred to in §259A.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259A - HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMAS › Section 259A.3 - Notice and fee.

259A.3 Notice and fee.
Any applicant who has demonstrated competence in the core areas under standards adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section 259A.5 shall be issued a high school equivalency diploma by the department of education upon payment of an additional amount determined in rules adopted by the state board of education to cover the actual costs of the production and distribution of the diploma. The state board of education may also by rule establish a fee for the issuance or verification of a transcript which shall be based on the actual costs of the production or verification of a transcript.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259A.3]
2011 Acts, ch 20, §7; 2017 Acts, ch 85, §3, 5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259A - HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMAS › Section 259A.4 - Use of fees.

259A.4 Use of fees.
The fees collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be used for the expenses incurred in administering, providing test materials, scoring of examinations and issuance of high school equivalency diplomas, and shall be disbursed on the authorization of the director of the department of education. The treasurer of state shall be custodian of the funds paid to the department and shall disburse the same on vouchers audited as provided by law. The unobligated balance in such funds at the close of each biennium shall be placed in the general fund of the state.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259A.4]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259A - HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMAS › Section 259A.5 - Rules — duties.

259A.5 Rules — duties.
1. The director of the department of education shall prescribe assessments, definitions of terms, and forms and resources as necessary for the administration of this chapter.
2. The state board of education shall adopt rules under chapter 17A to carry out this chapter. Any rules adopted relating to demonstrations of competence for purposes of this chapter shall require such demonstrations to be equivalent to or of greater rigor than those required for high school graduation, and such demonstrations shall include but are not limited to a test battery, credit-based measures, and attainment of other academic credentials.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §259A.5]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1441; 2017 Acts, ch 85, §4, 5
Referred to in §259A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 259A - HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMAS › Section 259A.6 - Residents of juvenile institutions and juvenile probationers.

259A.6 Residents of juvenile institutions and juvenile probationers.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 259A.2 a minor who is a resident of a state training school or a minor who is placed under the supervision of a juvenile probation office may make application for a high school equivalency diploma and upon successful completion of the program receive a high school equivalency diploma.
[C77, 79, 81, §259A.6]
2019 Acts, ch 100, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.1 - Statement of policy.

260C.1 Statement of policy.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Iowa and the purpose of this chapter to provide for the establishment of not more than fifteen areas which shall include all of the area of the state and which may operate community colleges offering to the greatest extent possible, educational opportunities and services in each of the following, when applicable, but not necessarily limited to:
1. The first two years of college work including preprofessional education.
2. Career and technical training.
3. Programs for in-service training and retraining of workers.
4. Programs for high school completion for students of post-high school age.
5. Programs for all students of high school age who may best serve themselves by enrolling for career and technical training while also enrolled in a local high school, public or private.
6. Programs for students of high school age to provide advanced college placement courses not taught at a student’s high school while the student is also enrolled in the high school.
7. Student personnel services.
8. Community services.
9. Career and technical education for persons who have academic, socioeconomic, or other disabilities which prevent succeeding in regular career and technical education programs.
10. Training, retraining, and all necessary preparation for productive employment of all citizens.
11. Career and technical training for persons who are not enrolled in a high school and who have not completed high school.
12. Developmental education for persons who are academically or personally underprepared to succeed in their program of study.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.1]
85 Acts, ch 212, §11; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §26
C93, §260C.1
93 Acts, ch 101, §203; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §48
Referred to in §260C.18A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.2 - Definitions.

260C.2 Definitions.
When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Community college” means a publicly supported school which may offer programs of adult and continuing education, lifelong learning, community education, and up to two years of liberal arts, preprofessional, or occupational instruction partially fulfilling the requirements for a baccalaureate degree but confers no more than an associate degree; or which offers as the whole or as part of the curriculum up to two years of career and technical education, training, or retraining to persons who are preparing to enter the labor market.
2. “Department” means the department of education.
3. “Director” means the director of the department of education.
4. “Instructional cost center” means one of the following areas of course offerings of the community colleges:
a. Arts and sciences cost center.
b. Career and technical education preparatory cost center.
c. Career and technical education supplementary cost center.
d. Adult basic education and high school completion cost center.
e. Continuing and general education cost center.
5. “Merged area” means an area where two or more school systems or parts of school systems merge resources to operate a community college in the manner provided in this chapter.
6. “State board” means the state board of education.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.2]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21, 22; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §27
C93, §260C.2
96 Acts, ch 1215, §24; 2005 Acts, ch 169, §23; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §49, 50
Referred to in §84B.3, 85.61, 87.4, 261.86, 261.131, 261G.2, 261I.1, 307.24, 321J.22, 322.7A, 515A.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.4 - Duties of state board.

260C.4 Duties of state board.
The state board shall:
1. Adopt and establish policies for programs and services of the department which relate to community colleges.
2. Prescribe standards and procedures for the approval of practitioner preparation programs and professional development programs under section 256.7, subsection 3.
3. Review and make recommendations that relate to community colleges in the five-year plan for the achievement of educational goals.
90 Acts, ch 1253, §34
C91, §280A.22B
C93, §260C.22B
93 Acts, ch 82, §2
C95, §260C.4
96 Acts, ch 1215, §25; 2011 Acts, ch 20, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.5 - Duties of director.

260C.5 Duties of director.
The director shall:
1. Designate a community college as an “area career and technical education school” within the meaning of, and for the purpose of administering, the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006. A community college shall not be so designated by the director for the expenditure of funds under 20 U.S.C. §2301 et seq., as amended, which has not been designated and classified as a community college by the state board.
2. Change boundaries of director districts in a merged area when the board fails to change boundaries as required by law.
3. Make changes in boundaries of merged areas with the approval of the board of directors of each merged area affected by the change. When the boundaries of a merged area are changed, the director of the department of education may authorize the board of directors of the merged area to levy additional taxes upon the property within the merged area, or any part of the merged area, and distribute the taxes so that all parts of the merged area are paying their share toward the support of the college.
4. Administer, allocate, and disburse federal or state funds made available to pay a portion of the cost of acquiring sites for and constructing, acquiring, or remodeling facilities for community colleges, and establish priorities for the use of such funds.
5. Administer, allocate, and disburse federal or state funds available to pay a portion of the operating costs of community colleges.
6. Propose administrative rules to carry out this chapter subject to approval of the state board.
7. Enter into contracts with local school boards within the area that have and maintain a career and technical education program and with private schools or colleges in the cooperative or merged areas to provide courses or programs of study in addition to or as a part of the curriculum made available in the community college.
8. Make arrangements with boards of merged areas and local school districts to permit students attending high school to participate in career and technical education programs and advanced college placement courses and obtain credit for such participation for application toward the completion of a high school diploma. The granting of credit is subject to the approval of the director of the department of education.
9. Prescribe a uniform system of accounting for community colleges.
10. Ensure that community colleges that provide intercollegiate athletics as a part of their program comply with section 216.9.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.25; 82 Acts, ch 1136, §11]
85 Acts, ch 212, §12; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1470; 87 Acts, ch 115, §41; 87 Acts, ch 224, §57, 58; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §36
C93, §260C.25
93 Acts, ch 82, §4
C95, §260C.5
2002 Acts, ch 1140, §13; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §51; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §77
Referred to in §260C.43
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.6 - Community colleges division in department.

260C.6 Community colleges division in department.
A community colleges division shall be established within the department of education. The division shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred by law upon the department with respect to community colleges.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.27]
90 Acts, ch 1253, §37
C93, §260C.27
C95, §260C.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.11 - Governing board.

260C.11 Governing board.
1. The governing board of a merged area is a board of directors composed of one member elected from each director district in the area by the electors of the respective district. Members of the board shall be residents of the district from which elected. Successors shall be chosen at the regular school elections for members whose terms expire. The term of a member of the board of directors is four years and commences at the organizational meeting. Vacancies on the board shall be filled at the next regular meeting of the board by appointment by the remaining members of the board. A member so chosen shall be a resident of the district in which the vacancy occurred and shall serve until a member is elected at the next school election or intervening special election held for the merged area, in accordance with section 69.12. A vacancy is defined in section 277.29. A member shall not serve on the board of directors who is a member of a board of directors of a local school district or a member of an area education agency board.
2. Commencing with the regular school election in 1981, the governing board of a merged area shall consist of not less than five nor more than nine members.
3. Director districts shall be of approximately equal population within each merged area.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, §280A.12; C77, §280A.12, 280A.23(2); C79, 81, §280A.12, 280A.28; 82 Acts, ch 1136, §7]
C83, §280A.11
84 Acts, ch 1219, §15; 89 Acts, ch 136, §66
C93, §260C.11
2008 Acts, ch 1115, §2, 21; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §101; 2017 Acts, ch 120, §9, 11, 12
Referred to in §39.24, 260C.15
[ ()]For transition provisions changing the terms of office for a seat on a board of directors, see
2017 Acts, ch 155, §45
;
2019 Acts, ch 148, §61
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.12 - Directors of merged area.

260C.12 Directors of merged area.
1. The board of directors of the merged area shall organize at the first regular meeting following the regular school election or at a special meeting called by the secretary of the board to organize the board in advance of the first regular meeting after the canvass for the regular school election. Organization of the board shall be effected by the election of a president and other officers from the board membership as board members determine. The board of directors shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer who shall each give bond as prescribed in section 291.2 and who shall each receive the salary determined by the board. The secretary and treasurer shall perform duties under chapter 291 and additional duties the board of directors deems necessary. However, the board may appoint one person to serve as the secretary and treasurer. If one person serves as the secretary and treasurer, only one bond is necessary for that person. The frequency of meetings other than organizational meetings shall be as determined by the board of directors but the president or a majority of the members may call a special meeting at any time.
2. Members of the board, other than the secretary and the treasurer, shall be allowed their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties and may be eligible to receive per diem compensation.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.13; 82 Acts, ch 1039, §1, ch 1086, §1]
C83, §280A.12
90 Acts, ch 1253, §28
C93, §260C.12
2008 Acts, ch 1115, §3, 21; 2017 Acts, ch 155, §2, 9, 10; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §53
Referred to in §273.8, 291.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.13 - Director districts.

260C.13 Director districts.
1. The board of a merged area may change the number of directors on the board and shall make corresponding changes in the boundaries of director districts. Changes shall be completed not later than August 1 of the year of the regular school election. As soon as possible after adoption of the boundary changes, notice of changes in the director district boundaries shall be submitted by the merged area to the county commissioner of elections in all counties included in whole or in part in the merged area.
2. The board of the merged area shall redraw boundary lines of director districts in the merged area after each federal decennial census.
3. Boundary lines of director districts shall be drawn according to the following standards:
a. All boundaries shall follow precinct boundaries or school director district boundaries unless a merged area director district boundary follows the boundary of a school district which divides one or more election precincts.
b. To the extent possible in order to comply with paragraph “a”, all districts shall be as nearly equal as practicable to the ideal population for the districts as determined by dividing the number of districts to be established into the population of the merged area.
c. All districts shall be composed of contiguous territory as compact as practicable.
d. Consideration shall not be given to the addresses of incumbent officeholders, political affiliations of registered voters, previous election results, or demographic information other than population head counts, except as required by the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
e. A city shall not be divided into two or more director districts unless the population of that portion of the city that is within the merged area is greater than the ideal size of a director district. Cities shall be divided into the smallest number of director districts possible.
4. If more than one incumbent officeholder resides in a district redrawn during reprecincting, their terms of office expire after the next regular school election.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §280A.23(2); C79, §280A.28, 280A.30; C81, §280A.28, 280A.29; 82 Acts, ch 1136, §9]
C83, §280A.13
C93, §260C.13
94 Acts, ch 1179, §14, 15; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §4, 21; 2010 Acts, ch 1033, §33, 34; 2017 Acts, ch 155, §3, 9, 10
Referred to in §39.24
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.14A - Limitation on authority — nonprojectile high-voltage pulse weapons designed to immobilize.

260C.14A Limitation on authority — nonprojectile high-voltage pulse weapons designed to immobilize.
The board of directors of a community college shall comply with the requirements of section 724.8A regarding policies and rules relating to the carrying, transportation, or possession of a dangerous weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person in the buildings or on the grounds of the community college, as long as such a dangerous weapon does not generate a projectile that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a high-voltage pulse designed to immobilize a person, and such a dangerous weapon is not used in the commission of a public offense.
2019 Acts, ch 94, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.16 - Status of merged area.

260C.16 Status of merged area.
1. A merged area formed under the provisions of this chapter shall be a body politic as a school corporation for the purpose of exercising powers granted under this chapter, and as such may sue and be sued, hold property, and exercise all the powers granted by law and such other powers as are incident to public corporations of like character and are not inconsistent with the laws of the state.
2. The boundary lines of a merged area may divide a school district.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.4, 280A.16; 82 Acts, ch 1136, §8]
C93, §260C.16
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.17 - Preparation and approval of budget — tax.

260C.17 Preparation and approval of budget — tax.
1. The board of directors of each merged area shall prepare an annual budget designating the proposed expenditures for operation of the community college. The board shall further designate the amounts which are to be raised by local taxation and the amounts which are to be raised by other sources of revenue for the operation. The budget of each merged area shall be submitted to the state board no later than May 1 preceding the next fiscal year for approval. The state board shall review the proposed budget and shall, prior to June 1, either grant its approval or return the budget without approval with the comments of the state board attached to it. Any unapproved budget shall be resubmitted to the state board for final approval. Upon approval of the budget by the state board, the board of directors shall certify the amount to the respective county auditors and the boards of supervisors annually shall levy a tax of twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars of assessed value on taxable property in a merged area for the operation of a community college. Taxes collected pursuant to the levy shall be paid by the respective county treasurers to the treasurer of the merged area as provided in section 331.552, subsection 29.
2. It is the policy of this state that the property tax for the operation of community colleges shall not in any event exceed twenty and one-fourth cents per thousand dollars of assessed value, and that the present and future costs of such operation in excess of the funds raised by such levy shall be the responsibility of the state and shall not be paid from property tax.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.17]
84 Acts, ch 1003, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §29
C93, §260C.17
Referred to in §260C.22, 260C.34, 260C.38, 331.512
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.18 - Other funds received.

260C.18 Other funds received.
In addition to revenue derived by tax levy, a board of directors of a merged area shall be authorized to receive and expend:
1. Federal funds made available and administered by the director of the department of education, for purposes provided by federal laws, rules, and regulations.
2. Other federal funds for such purposes as provided by federal law, subject to the approval of the director.
3. Tuition in accordance with section 260C.14, subsection 2.
4. State aid and supplemental state aid to be paid in accordance with the statutes which provide such aid.
5. State funds for sites and facilities made available and administered by the director.
6. Donations and gifts which may be accepted by the governing board and expended in accordance with the terms of the gift without compliance with the local budget law, chapter 24.
7. Student fees collected from students for activities, laboratory breakage, instructional materials, and other objects and purposes for which student fees other than tuition are customarily charged by colleges and universities, as provided in a schedule of fees adopted by the area board of directors. The expenditure of funds collected from students for activities shall be determined by the student government unit with administrative and board approval. Any increases in student fees for activities shall be determined by the student government unit with administrative and board approval.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.18]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1469
C93, §260C.18
96 Acts, ch 1215, §27; 2004 Acts, ch 1086, §55
Referred to in §260C.34, 260C.38
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.18B - Community college budget review.

260C.18B Community college budget review.
1. a. A community college budget review procedure is established for the school budget review committee created in section 257.30. The school budget review committee, in addition to its duties under chapter 257, shall meet and hold hearings each year under this chapter to review unusual circumstances of community colleges, either upon the committee’s motion or upon the request of a community college. The committee may grant supplemental state aid to the community college from funds appropriated to the department of education for community college budget review purposes.
b. Unusual circumstances shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) An unusual increase or decrease in enrollment or contact hours.
(2) Natural disasters.
(3) Unusual staffing problems.
(4) Unusual necessity for additional funds to permit continuance of a course or program in an instructional cost center which provides substantial benefit to students.
(5) Unusual need for a new course or program in an instructional cost center which will provide substantial benefit to students, if the community college establishes the need and the amount of necessary increased cost.
(6) Unique problems of community colleges to include vandalism, civil disobedience, and other costs incurred by community colleges.
2. When the school budget review committee makes a decision under subsection 1, it shall provide written notice of its decision, including the amount of supplemental state aid approved, to the board of directors of the community college and to the department of education.
3. All decisions by the school budget review committee under this chapter shall be made in accordance with reasonable and uniform policies which shall be consistent with this chapter.
4. Failure by a community college to provide information or appear before the school budget review committee as requested for the accomplishment of review or hearing constitutes justification for the committee to instruct the department of administrative services to withhold supplemental state aid to that community college until the committee’s inquiries are satisfied completely.
96 Acts, ch 1215, §29; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
Referred to in §257.31, 260C.34, 260C.49
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.18D - Instructor salary distribution formula.

260C.18D Instructor salary distribution formula.
1. Distribution formula. Moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the department for community college instructor salaries shall be distributed among each community college based on the proportion that the number of full-time equivalent instructors employed by a community college bears to the sum of the number of full-time equivalent eligible instructors who are employed by all community colleges in the state for the base year. The state board shall define “eligible full-time equivalent instructor” by rule.
2. Base funding allocation. Moneys distributed to each community college under subsection 1 shall be included in the base funding allocation for all future years. The use of the funds shall remain as described in this section for all future years.
3. Purposes supplemental. Moneys appropriated and distributed to community colleges under this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant any approved faculty salary increases or negotiated agreements, excluding the distribution of the funds in this section.
4. Eligible instructors. Moneys distributed to a community college under this section shall be allocated to all full-time, nonadministrative instructors and part-time instructors covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The moneys shall be allocated by negotiated agreements according to chapter 20. If no language exists, the moneys shall be allocated equally to all full-time, nonadministrative instructors with part-time instructors covered by a collective bargaining agreement receiving a prorated share of the fund.
5. Evenly divided payments. A community college receiving funds distributed pursuant to this section shall determine the amount to be paid to instructors in accordance with subsection 4 and the amount determined to be paid to an individual instructor shall be divided evenly and paid in each pay period of the fiscal year.
6. Reductions. Moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the department for community college instructor salaries are not subject to a uniform reduction in accordance with section 8.31.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §26; 2009 Acts, ch 177, §23; 2010 Acts, ch 1183, §22, 43
Referred to in §260C.18C
Definitions applicable, see §260C.18C
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.19 - Acquisition of sites and buildings.

260C.19 Acquisition of sites and buildings.
Boards of directors of merged areas may acquire sites and erect and equip buildings for use by community colleges and may contract indebtedness and issue bonds to raise funds for such purposes.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.19]
90 Acts, ch 1253, §30
C93, §260C.19
Referred to in §260C.20, 260C.21, 260C.34, 260C.57
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.19A - Motor vehicles required to operate on alternative fuels.

260C.19A Motor vehicles required to operate on alternative fuels.
1. A motor vehicle purchased by or used under the direction of the board of directors to provide services to a merged area shall not operate on gasoline other than ethanol blended gasoline as defined in section 214A.1. The motor vehicle shall also be affixed with a brightly visible sticker which notifies the traveling public that the motor vehicle is being operated on ethanol blended gasoline. However, the sticker is not required to be affixed to an unmarked vehicle used for purposes of providing law enforcement or security.
2. a. Of all new passenger vehicles and light pickup trucks purchased by or under the direction of the board of directors to provide services to a merged area, a minimum of ten percent of all such vehicles and trucks purchased shall be equipped with engines which utilize alternative methods of propulsion, including but not limited to any of the following:
(1) A flexible fuel which is any of the following:
(a) E-85 gasoline as provided in section 214A.2.
(b) B-20 biodiesel blended fuel as provided in section 214A.2.
(c) A renewable fuel approved by the office of renewable fuels and coproducts pursuant to section 159A.3.
(2) Compressed or liquefied natural gas.
(3) Propane gas.
(4) Solar energy.
(5) Electricity.
b. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to vehicles and trucks purchased and directly used for law enforcement or off-road maintenance work.
91 Acts, ch 254, §17
CS91, §280A.19A
C93, §260C.19A
93 Acts, ch 26, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1119, §25; 2006 Acts, ch 1142, §61, 62; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §61
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.19B - Purchase of biobased hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants.

260C.19B Purchase of biobased hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants.
Hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants purchased by or used under the direction of the board of directors to provide services to a merged area shall be purchased in compliance with the preference requirements for purchasing biobased hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants as provided pursuant to section 8A.316.
98 Acts, ch 1082, §4; 2000 Acts, ch 1109, §4; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §227; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §21
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.19C - Purchase of designated biobased products.

260C.19C Purchase of designated biobased products.
The board of directors providing services to a merged area shall give preference to purchasing designated biobased products in the same manner as provided in section 8A.317.
2008 Acts, ch 1104, §4
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.20 - Payment of bonds.

260C.20 Payment of bonds.
Taxes for the payment of bonds issued under section 260C.19 shall be levied in accordance with chapter 76. The bonds shall be payable from a fund created from the proceeds of the taxes in not more than twenty years and bear interest at a rate not exceeding the rate permitted by chapter 74A, and shall be of the form as the board issuing the bonds shall by resolution provide. Any indebtedness incurred shall not be considered an indebtedness incurred for general and ordinary purposes.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.20]
83 Acts, ch 188, §2
C93, §260C.20
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.21 - Election to incur indebtedness.

260C.21 Election to incur indebtedness.
No indebtedness shall be incurred under section 260C.19 until authorized by an election. A proposition to incur indebtedness and issue bonds for community college purposes shall be deemed carried in a merged area if approved by a sixty percent majority of all voters voting on the proposition in the area. However, if the costs of utilities are paid by a community college with funds derived from the levy authorized under section 260C.22, the community college may use the general fund moneys that would have been used to pay the costs of utilities for capital expenditures, may invest the funds, or may incur indebtedness without an election, provided that the payments on the indebtedness incurred, and any interest on the indebtedness, can be made using general funds of the community college and the total payments on the principal and interest on the indebtedness do not exceed the amount of the costs of the utilities.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.21]
90 Acts, ch 1253, §31
C93, §260C.21
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.24 - Payment of appropriations.

260C.24 Payment of appropriations.
Payment of appropriations for distribution under this chapter, or of appropriations made in lieu of such appropriations, shall be made by the department of administrative services in monthly installments due on or about the fifteenth of each month of a budget year, and installments shall be as nearly equal as possible, as determined by the department of administrative services, taking into consideration the relative budget and cash position of the state resources.
95 Acts, ch 218, §18; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.31 - Auxiliary enterprises.

260C.31 Auxiliary enterprises.
1. The board of directors may expend profits from auxiliary enterprises of community colleges for services and equipment which includes but is not limited to tutoring services, scholarships, grants, furniture, fixtures and equipment for noninstructional student use, and support of intramural and intercollegiate athletics.
2. For the purpose of this section:
a. “Auxiliary enterprises” means self-supporting services provided at the community college for which fees or charges are paid, and includes but is not limited to food services, college stores, student unions, institutionally operated vending services, recreational activities, faculty clubs, laundries, parking facilities, and intercollegiate athletics.
b. “Profits from auxiliary enterprises” means the difference between the total fees or charges collected for auxiliary enterprises and the expenditures by the community college for the auxiliary enterprises.
[C81, §280A.31]
90 Acts, ch 1253, §39
C93, §260C.31
2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.32 - Trusts.

260C.32 Trusts.
The board of a merged area may accept and administer trusts and may authorize nonprofit foundations acting solely for the support of the community college to accept and administer trusts deemed by the board to be beneficial to the operation of the community college. Notwithstanding section 633.63, the board and the nonprofit foundations may act as trustees in these instances. The board shall require that moneys belonging to a nonprofit foundation are audited annually.
[82 Acts, ch 1121, §1]
C83, §280A.32
90 Acts, ch 1253, §40
C93, §260C.32
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 260C - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 260C.34 - Uses of funds.

260C.34 Uses of funds.
Funds obtained pursuant to section 260C.17; section 260C.18, subsections 3, 4, and 5; and sections 260C.18B, 260C.19, and 260C.22 shall not be used for the construction or maintenance of athletic buildings or grounds but may be used for a project under section 260C.56.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.34]
91 Acts, ch 267, §241
C93, §260C.34
96 Acts, ch 1215, §32; 96 Acts, ch 1215, §58