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2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.13 - Administrative expenditures.

273.13 Administrative expenditures.
The administrative expenditures as a percent of an area education agency’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 area education agency’s 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, §19; 88 Acts, ch 1158, §55; 89 Acts, ch 135, §62; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §12
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.14 - Emergency repairs.

273.14 Emergency repairs.
When emergency repairs costing more than the competitive bid threshold in section 26.3, or the adjusted competitive bid threshold established in section 314.1B, subsection 2, are necessary in order to ensure the use of an area education agency facility, the provisions of law with reference to advertising for bids shall not apply within two years of a disaster as defined in section 29C.2, subsection 2, and the area education agency board may contract for such emergency repairs without advertising for bids. However, before such emergency repairs can be made to an area education agency facility, the state board of education or its designee must certify that such emergency repairs are necessary to ensure the use of the area education agency facility.
2009 Acts, ch 65, §7
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.15 - Advisory group.

273.15 Advisory group.
1. The board of directors of each area education agency shall appoint an advisory group to make recommendations on policy, programs, and services to the board. The advisory group shall provide input, feedback, and recommendations to the board regarding projected future needs, and shall provide a review and response to any state-directed study or task force report on area education agency efficiencies or reorganization.
2. The advisory group shall consist of the following:
a. A minimum of three superintendents employed by school districts served by the area education agency, at least one of whom shall represent a small school district, at least one of whom shall represent a medium-sized school district, and at least one of whom shall represent a large school district.
b. A minimum of three principals employed by school districts served by the area education agency, at least one of whom shall represent an elementary school, at least one of whom shall represent a middle school, and at least one of whom shall represent a high school.
c. A minimum of four teachers employed by school districts served by the area education agency, at least one of whom shall represent early childhood teachers, at least one of whom shall represent elementary school teachers, at least one of whom shall represent middle school teachers, and at least one of whom shall represent high school teachers. At least one of the teachers appointed shall also represent special education and at least one of the teachers appointed shall represent general education. At least one of the teachers appointed shall represent related personnel, including but not limited to media and technology specialists and counselors.
d. A minimum of three parents or guardians of school age children receiving services from the area education agency, at least one of whom shall be the parent or guardian of a child requiring special education.
e. One member who represents accredited nonpublic schools located within the boundaries of the area education agency.
3. In appointing members of the advisory group pursuant to subsection 2, the area education agency shall collaborate with the superintendents and school boards of the school districts served by the area education agency.
4. All member appointments made pursuant to subsection 2 shall comply with sections 69.16, 69.16A, and 69.16C. In addition, every reasonable effort shall be made to appoint members to provide balanced representation based on age, experience, ethnicity, district size, and geography.
5. The advisory group shall meet at least twice annually and shall submit its recommendations in a report to the board of directors of the area education agency at least once annually. The report shall be timely submitted to allow for consideration of the recommendations prior to program planning and budgeting for the following fiscal year.
2010 Acts, ch 1031, §273
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.16 - Online learning program.

273.16 Online learning program.
1. Subject to an appropriation of funds by the general assembly for this purpose, the area education agencies may offer, separately or in collaboration with other area education agencies, or in partnership with school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, to provide an online learning program to deliver distance education to Iowa’s secondary students, including students receiving competent private instruction under chapter 299A.
2. Coursework offered under this section must meet the requirements established by rule pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 32, paragraph “c”.
3. To participate in an online learning program offered by an area education agency, a student must be enrolled in a participating school district or accredited nonpublic school or be receiving private instruction under chapter 299A as described in subsection 1. The school district or accredited nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled is responsible for recording a student’s program coursework grades in the student’s permanent record, awarding high school credit for program coursework, and issuing a high school diploma to a student enrolled in the district or school who participates and completes coursework under the program. Each school that participates in the program shall identify a site coordinator to serve as a student advocate and as a liaison between the program staff and teachers and the school district or accredited nonpublic school. The individual providing instruction to a student under chapter 299A as described in subsection 1 shall receive the student’s score for completed program coursework.
4. School districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall pay to area education agencies the cost of providing coursework under an online learning program offered in accordance with this section.
2020 Acts, ch 1107, §8; 2021 Acts, ch 88, §2
Referred to in §256.11
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.20 - Definitions.

273.20 Definitions.
When used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Affected area education agency” or “affected agency” means an area education agency whose board of directors is contemplating or engaged in reorganization efforts in accordance with this subchapter.
2. “Affected board” means the board of directors of an area education agency that is contemplating or engaged in reorganization efforts in accordance with this subchapter.
3. “Department” means the department of education.
4. “State board” means the state board of education.
2001 Acts, ch 114, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.24 - Commission to dissolve area education agency.

273.24 Commission to dissolve area education agency.
1. As an alternative to area education agency reorganization prescribed in this subchapter, the board of directors of an area education agency may establish an area education agency dissolution commission to prepare a proposal of dissolution of the area education agency and attachment of all of the area education agency to one or more contiguous area education agencies and to include in the proposal a division of the assets and liabilities of the dissolving area education agency. If twenty percent or more of the school districts within an area education agency file a petition by March 1 with the area education agency board to consider dissolving, the area education agency board shall consider the request and vote on the petition. If a majority of the board members vote to study dissolving the area education agency, the agency board shall immediately begin a study to consider such action effective by July 1 of the next calendar year, or the area education agency board may establish a dissolution commission.
2. An area education agency dissolution commission established by the board of directors of an area education agency shall consist of a minimum of seven members appointed by the board of directors of the area education agency for a term of office ending either with a report to the board that no proposal can be approved or on the date of the vote on the proposal. Members of the dissolution commission must be board members of school districts within the area served, not more than three of whom may be members of the board of directors of the area education agency. Members shall be appointed from throughout the area served and should represent the various school districts present in the area served.
3. Members of the dissolution commission shall serve without compensation and may be appointed to a subsequent commission. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.
4. The board of the area education agency shall certify to the department of education that a commission has been formed, the names and addresses of commission members, and that the commission members represent the various geographic areas and socioeconomic elements present in the school districts that the area serves.
2001 Acts, ch 114, §6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.25 - Dissolution commission meetings.

273.25 Dissolution commission meetings.
1. The commission shall hold an organizational meeting not more than fifteen days after its appointment and shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from its membership. Thereafter the commission may meet as often as deemed necessary upon the call of the chairperson or a majority of the commission members.
2. The commission shall request statements from contiguous area education agencies outlining each agency’s willingness to accept attachments of the affected area education agency to the contiguous agencies and what conditions, if any, the contiguous agency recommends. The commission shall meet with boards of contiguous area education agencies and with boards of directors of the affected school districts to the extent possible in drawing up the dissolution proposal.
3. The commission may seek assistance from the department of education.
2001 Acts, ch 114, §7; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §72
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.26 - Dissolution proposal.

273.26 Dissolution proposal.
1. Not later than one year following the date of the organizational meeting of the commission, the commission shall send a copy of its dissolution proposal to the affected area education agency board or shall inform the affected area education agency board that it cannot agree upon a dissolution proposal. The commission shall also send a copy of the dissolution proposal by certified mail to the boards of directors of all school districts and other area education agencies affected. If the board of a school district or the board of an area education agency affected by the dissolution proposal objects to the proposal, either board shall send its objections in writing to the commission within ten days following receipt of the dissolution proposal. The commission may consider the objections and may modify the dissolution proposal. If the dissolution proposal is modified, the commission shall notify by certified mail the boards of directors of all area education agencies to which an area of the affected area education agency will be attached and shall notify by certified mail the board of directors of all school districts in the affected area education agencies.
2. If the commission cannot agree upon a dissolution proposal prior to the expiration of its term, the affected area education agency board may appoint a new commission.
2001 Acts, ch 114, §8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 273 - AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES › Section 273.27 - Hearing — vote — state board approval.

273.27 Hearing — vote — state board approval.
1. a. Within ten days following the filing of the dissolution proposal with the affected area education agency board, the affected board shall fix a date for a hearing on the proposal which shall not be more than sixty days after the dissolution petition was filed with the affected board. The affected board shall publish notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing at least ten days prior to the date of the hearing by one publication in a newspaper in general circulation in the area. The notice shall include the contents of the dissolution proposal.
b. Representatives of school districts in the area served may present evidence and arguments at the hearing. The president of the affected board shall preside at the hearing. The affected board shall review testimony from the hearing and shall adopt or amend and adopt the dissolution proposal.
c. The affected board shall notify by certified mail the boards of directors of all school districts in the affected area education agency and the contiguous area education agencies to which the districts of the affected area education agency will be attached and the director of the department of education of the contents of the dissolution proposal adopted by the affected board.
2. Within thirty days of the hearing, the affected board shall call a director district convention in accordance with section 273.8, subsection 3, which shall include the boards of directors in the area served by the area education agencies to which an area of the affected area education agency will be attached under the dissolution proposal, for the purpose of voting on the dissolution proposal.
3. If the dissolution proposal is approved by a majority of all directors voting on the proposal, the proposal shall be forwarded to the state board by November 1. The state board shall review the dissolution plan proposal and shall, prior to January 1, either grant approval for the proposal or return the proposal with recommendations. An unapproved proposal may be resubmitted with modifications to the state board not later than February 1. A proposal shall take effect on July 1 of the fiscal year following the date of approval by the state board.
2001 Acts, ch 114, §9; 2003 Acts, ch 180, §29; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.1 - Powers and jurisdiction.

274.1 Powers and jurisdiction.
Each school district shall continue a body politic as a school corporation, unless changed as provided by law, and as such may sue and be sued, hold property, and exercise all the powers granted by law, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all school matters over the territory therein contained.
[C51, §1108; R60, §2022, 2026; C73, §1713, 1716; C97, §2743; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4123; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.1]
Right to bid under execution sale, §569.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.2 - General applicability.

274.2 General applicability.
The provisions of law relative to public or accredited nonpublic schools shall apply alike to all districts, except when otherwise clearly stated, and the powers given to one form of corporation, or to a board in one kind of corporation, shall be exercised by the other in the same manner, as nearly as practicable. But school boards shall not incur original indebtedness by the issuance of bonds until authorized by the voters of the school corporation.
[C97, §2823; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4190; C39, §4123.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.2]
2018 Acts, ch 1026, §88
Vote required to authorize bonds, §75.1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.3 - Exercise of powers — construction.

274.3 Exercise of powers — construction.
1. The board of directors of a school district shall operate, control, and supervise all public schools located within its district boundaries and may exercise any broad and implied power, not inconsistent with the laws of the general assembly and administrative rules adopted by state agencies pursuant thereto, related to the operation, control, and supervision of those public schools.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the board of directors of a school district shall not have power to do any of the following:
a. Levy any tax unless expressly authorized by the general assembly.
b. Charge elementary and secondary school students or the students’ families a mandatory fee except as expressly authorized by the general assembly.
c. Adopt or enforce a policy that would unreasonably interfere with the duties and responsibilities of a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency.
3. This chapter, chapter 257, chapter 257B, and chapters 275 through 301, and other statutes relating to the boards of directors of school districts and to school districts shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes of subsection 1.
4. If the power or authority of a school district conflicts with the power and authority of a municipal corporation, county, or joint county-municipal corporation government, the power and authority exercised by a municipal corporation, county, or joint county-municipal corporation government shall prevail within its jurisdiction.
2017 Acts, ch 125, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.4 - Record of reorganization filed.

274.4 Record of reorganization filed.
When an election on the proposition of organizing, reorganizing, enlarging, or changing the boundaries of any school corporation, or on the proposition of dissolving a school district, carries by the required statutory margin, or the boundary lines of contiguous school corporations are changed by the concurrent action of the respective boards of directors, the secretary of the school corporation shall file a written description of the new boundaries of the school corporation in the office of the county auditor of each county in which any portion of the school corporation lies.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, §4193; C39, §4123.4; C46, 50, 54, §274.5; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.4]
Referred to in §275.22
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.5 - Action to test reorganization.

274.5 Action to test reorganization.
No action shall be brought questioning the legality of the organization, reorganization, enlargement, or change in the boundaries of any school corporation in this state unless brought within six months after the date of the filing of said written description in the office of said county auditor or county auditors. When the said period of limitations shall have passed, it shall be conclusively presumed that all acts and proceedings taken with reference to the said organization, reorganization, enlargement or change in boundaries were legally taken for every purpose whatsoever and that a de jure school corporation exists.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, §4192; C39, §4123.3; C46, 50, 54, §274.4; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.6 - Names.

274.6 Names.
School corporations shall be designated as follows:
1. The independent school district of (naming city, township, or village, and if there are two or more districts therein, including some appropriate name or number), in the county of (naming county), state of Iowa.
2. The consolidated school district of (some appropriate name or number), in the county of (naming county), state of Iowa.
3. The community school district of (some appropriate name), in the county (or counties) of (naming county or counties), state of Iowa.
4. The (some appropriate name) community school district, in the county (or counties) of (naming county or counties), state of Iowa.
[C51, §1108; R60, §2026; C73, §1716; C97, §2744; S13, §2744; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4124; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.6]
2017 Acts, ch 54, §39
Referred to in §278.1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.7 - Directors.

274.7 Directors.
The affairs of each school corporation shall be conducted by a board of directors, the members of which in all community or independent school districts shall be chosen for a term of four years.
[C97, §2745; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4125; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.7]
2008 Acts, ch 1115, §10, 21
School officers, §39.24
For transition provisions changing the terms of office for a seat on a board of directors, see
2017 Acts, ch 155, §45
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.13 - Attaching territory to adjoining corporation.

274.13 Attaching territory to adjoining corporation.
In any case where, by reason of natural obstacles, any portion of the inhabitants of any school corporation in the opinion of the area education agency administrator cannot with reasonable facility attend school in their own corporation, the area education agency administrator shall, by a written order, in duplicate, attach the part thus affected to an adjoining school corporation, the board of the same consenting thereto, one copy of which order shall be at once transmitted to the secretary of each corporation affected thereby, who shall record the same and make the proper designation on the plat of the corporation. Township or county lines shall not be a bar to the operation of this section.
[C73, §1797; C97, §2791; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4131; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.13]
Referred to in §274.14
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.14 - Restoration.

274.14 Restoration.
When the natural obstacles by reason of which territory has been set off by the area education agency administrator from one school district and attached to another in the same or an adjoining county, as provided in section 274.13, have been removed, such territory may, upon the concurrence of the respective boards, be restored to the school district from which set off and shall be so restored by said boards upon the written application of two-thirds of the electors residing upon the territory so set off together with the concurrence of the area education agency administrator and the board of the school district from which such territory was originally set off by the said administrator.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4132; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.14]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.37 - Boundaries changed by action of boards — buildings constructed.

274.37 Boundaries changed by action of boards — buildings constructed.
1. The boundary lines of contiguous school corporations may be changed by the concurrent action of the respective boards of directors at their regular meetings in July, or at special meetings called for that purpose. Such concurrent action shall be subject to the approval of the area education agency board but such concurrent action shall stand approved if the board does not disapprove such concurrent action within thirty days following receipt of notice thereof. The corporation from which territory is detached shall, after the change, contain not less than four government sections of land.
2. The boards in the respective districts, the boundaries of which have been changed under this section, complete in all respects except for the passage of time prior to the effective date of the change, and when the right of appeal of the change has expired, may enter into joint contracts for the construction of buildings for the benefit of the corporations whose boundaries have been changed, using funds accumulated under the physical plant and equipment levy in section 298.2. The district in which the building is to be located may use any funds authorized in accordance with chapter 75.
3. This section does not permit the changed districts to expend any funds jointly which they are not entitled to expend acting individually.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.37]
89 Acts, ch 135, §63; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §73
Referred to in §275.22
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.38 - Study of boundary changes requested.

274.38 Study of boundary changes requested.
Any school board may request a study and recommendations of the department of education relative to the adjustment of boundary lines and the recommendations of the department of education shall be submitted to those districts involved within sixty days after the request for such study and recommendations is made but such recommendations shall be advisory only and shall not be binding on the local districts.
[C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.38]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.39 - Sale of land to government.

274.39 Sale of land to government.
Whenever the federal government, or any agency or department of the federal government, locates in any county an ordnance plant or other project which may be deemed desirable for the development of the national defense or for the purpose of flood control, and for the purpose of so locating such plant or project determines that real property and improvements on the property owned by school districts are required, the board of directors of such school districts by resolution is hereby authorized to sell and convey the property at a price and upon terms as may be agreed upon. The instruments of conveyance shall be executed on behalf of the school districts by the president of each district.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.39]
2018 Acts, ch 1026, §89
Referred to in §274.40, 274.41
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.40 - Vesting of powers to convey.

274.40 Vesting of powers to convey.
Whenever a majority of the directors of any school district affected as in section 274.39 have moved from such district and have ceased to be residents thereof thereby creating vacancies on the school board and reducing it to less than a quorum, the powers vested by said section in the board of directors shall vest in the area education agency board and the instrument of conveyance shall be executed on behalf of such school district by the president of the area education agency board until an election is called pursuant to chapter 277.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.40]
Referred to in §274.41, 274.42
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.41 - Application of proceeds of sale.

274.41 Application of proceeds of sale.
The proceeds of the sale of the property of a school district under the authority granted in sections 274.39 and 274.40 shall be deposited with the treasurer of the county and applied so far as necessary to the payment of the outstanding indebtedness of such school district.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.41]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.42 - Adjusting of district boundaries.

274.42 Adjusting of district boundaries.
If the federal government, or any agency or department of the federal government locates a project which is desirable for the development of the national defense or for the purpose of flood control, and for the purpose of locating the project determines that certain real property making up a portion of a school district is required, the director of the department of education may by resolution adjust the boundaries of school districts in which the federally owned property is located and the boundaries of adjoining school districts so as to effectively provide for the schooling of children residing within all of the districts. A copy of the resolution shall be promptly filed with the board of directors of the adjoining school district or districts and with the board of directors of the school district in which the federally owned property is located unless the board has been reduced below a quorum in the manner contemplated in section 274.40, in which event the resolution shall be posted in two public places within the altered district.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.42]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1461
Referred to in §274.44, 274.45
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.43 - Relinquishing funds.

274.43 Relinquishing funds.
The officers of the altered district shall relinquish to the proper officers of such adjoining district or districts all funds, claims for taxes, credits, and such other personal property in such a manner as the director of the department of education shall direct, which said funds, credits, and personal property shall become the property of such adjoining district or districts as enlarged, to be used as the boards of directors of such districts may direct.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.43]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21
Referred to in §274.44, 274.45
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.44 - Determination final.

274.44 Determination final.
The determination of the director of the department of education in sections 274.42 and 274.43 shall be final.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.44]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §79
Referred to in §274.45
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 274 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL › Section 274.45 - Expense audited and paid.

274.45 Expense audited and paid.
The expense of the director of the department of education in respect to the carrying out of the provisions of sections 274.42 through 274.44, shall be paid from funds appropriated to the department of education.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.45]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §80
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.2 - Scope of surveys.

275.2 Scope of surveys.
1. The scope of the studies and surveys shall include all of the following matters in the various districts in the area education agency and all districts adjacent to the area education agency:
a. The adequacy of the educational program.
b. Pupil enrollment.
c. Property valuations.
d. Existing buildings and equipment.
e. Natural community areas.
f. Road conditions.
g. Transportation.
h. Economic factors.
i. Individual attention given to the needs of students.
j. The opportunity of students to participate in a wide variety of activities related to the total development of the student.
k. Other matters that may bear on educational programs meeting minimum standards required by law.
2. The plans shall also include suggested alternate plans that incorporate the school districts in the area education agency into reorganized districts that meet the enrollment standards specified in section 275.3 and may include alternate plans proposed by school districts for sharing programs under section 28E.9, 256.13, 280.15, 282.7, or 282.10 as an alternative to school reorganization.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.2]
84 Acts, ch 1078, §2; 93 Acts, ch 160, §4; 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §74
Referred to in §275.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.3 - Minimum size.

275.3 Minimum size.
No new school district shall be planned by an area education agency board nor shall any proposal for creation or enlargement of any school district be approved by an area education agency board or submitted to electors unless there reside within the proposed limits of such district at least three hundred persons of school age who were enrolled in public schools in the preceding school year. Provided, however, that the director of the department of education shall have authority to grant permission to an area education agency board to approve the formation or enlargement of a school district containing a lower school enrollment than required in this section on the written request of such area education agency board if such request is accompanied by evidence tending to show that sparsity of population, natural barriers or other good reason makes it impracticable to meet the school enrollment requirement.
[R60, §2105; C73, §1800, 1801; C97, §2794; SS15, §2794, 2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4143, 4161, 4173; C46, 50, §274.25, 275.3, 276.8, 276.20; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.3]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21
Referred to in §275.1, 275.2, 275.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.4 - Studies, surveys, and plans.

275.4 Studies, surveys, and plans.
1. a. In developing studies and surveys, the area education agency board shall consult with the officials of school districts in the area and other citizens, shall from time to time hold public hearings, and may employ such research and other assistance as it may determine reasonably necessary in order to properly carry on its survey and prepare definite plans of reorganization.
b. In addition, the area education agency board shall consult with the director of the department of education in the development of surveys and plans. The director of the department of education shall provide assistance to the area education agency boards as requested and shall advise the area education agency boards concerning plans of contiguous area education agencies and the reorganization policies adopted by the state board of education.
2. Completed plans shall be transmitted by the area education agency board to the director of the department of education.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4158; C46, 50, §275.1 – 275.3, 276.5; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.4]
84 Acts, ch 1078, §3; 85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 92 Acts, ch 1246, §43; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §40; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §90
Referred to in §275.5, 275.9, 275.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.5 - Proposals for merger or consolidation.

275.5 Proposals for merger or consolidation.
A proposal for merger, consolidation, or boundary change of local school districts shall first be submitted to the area education agency board following the procedure prescribed in this chapter. Following receipt of a petition pursuant to section 275.12, the area education agency board shall review its plans and determine whether the petition complies with the plans which had been adopted by the board. If the petition does not comply with the plans which had been adopted by the board, the board shall conduct further surveys pursuant to section 275.4 prior to the date set for the hearing upon the petition. If further surveys have been conducted by the board, the board shall present the results of the further surveys at the hearing upon the petition.
[C97, §2793; S13, §2793; SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4133, 4173; C46, 50, §274.16, 274.20, 275.1, 275.3, 275.4; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.5]
84 Acts, ch 1078, §4
Referred to in §275.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.6 - Progressive program.

275.6 Progressive program.
It is the intent of this chapter that the area education agency board shall carry on the program of reorganization progressively and shall, insofar as is possible, authorize submission of proposals to the electors as they are developed and approved.
[R60, §2097, 2105; C73, §1800, 1801; S13, §2820-e, -f; SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4141, 4188; C46, 50, §274.23, 275.8, 276.35; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.6]
Referred to in §275.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.7 - Budget.

275.7 Budget.
The area education agency board shall include in the budget submitted each year such sums as it deems necessary to carry on its reorganization work under this chapter.
[SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4139, 4177; C46, 50, §274.21, 275.9, 276.24; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.7]
Referred to in §275.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.8 - Cooperation of department of education — planning joint districts.

275.8 Cooperation of department of education — planning joint districts.
1. For purposes of this chapter the planning of joint districts is defined to include all of the following acts:
a. Preparation of a written joint plan in which contiguous territory in two or more area education agencies is considered as a part of a potential school district in the area education agency on behalf of which such plan is filed with the department of education by the area education agency board.
b. Adoption of the written joint plan at a joint session of the several area education agency boards in whose areas the territory is situated. A quorum of each of the boards is necessary to transact business. Votes shall be taken in the manner prescribed in section 275.16.
c. Filing said plan with the department of education.
2. For purposes of subsection 1, paragraph “a”, joint planning shall be evidenced by filing the following items with the department of education:
a. A plat of the entire area of such potential district.
b. A statement of the number of pupils residing within the area of said potential district enrolled in public schools in the preceding school year.
c. A statement of the assessed valuation of taxable property located within such potential district.
d. An affidavit signed on behalf of each of said boards of directors of area education agencies by a member of such board stating the boundaries as shown on such plat have been agreed upon by the respective boards as a part of the overall plan of school district reorganization of each such school.
3. Planning of joint districts shall be conducted in the same manner as planning for single districts, except as provided in this section. Studies and surveys relating to the planning of joint districts shall be filed with the area education agency in which one of the districts is located which has the greatest taxable property base. In the case of controversy over the planning of joint districts, the matter shall be submitted to the director of the department of education. Judicial review of the director’s decision may be sought in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A. Notwithstanding the terms of that Act, petitions for judicial review must be filed within thirty days after the decision of the director.
[C46, 50, §275.10, 276.4; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.8]
84 Acts, ch 1078, §5; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1462; 2001 Acts, ch 24, §43, 44; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §76
Referred to in §275.9, 275.16
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.9 - Methods of effectuating reorganization plans.

275.9 Methods of effectuating reorganization plans.
1. When any school district is enlarged, reorganized, or changes its boundaries pursuant to the plans provided for under sections 275.2 through 275.8, such enlargement, reorganization, or boundary change shall be accomplished by the method provided in this subchapter.
2. The provisions of sections 275.1 through 275.5, relating to studies, surveys, hearings and adoption of plans shall constitute a mandatory prerequisite to the effectuation of any proposal for district boundary change. It shall be the mandatory duty of the area education agency board to dismiss the petition if the above provisions are not complied with fully.
[C46, 50, §275.11; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.9]
2018 Acts, ch 1026, §91; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §81
Referred to in §275.23A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.11 - Proposals involving two or more districts.

275.11 Proposals involving two or more districts.
Subject to the approval of the area education agency board, contiguous or marginally adjacent territory located in two or more school districts may be united into a single district in the manner provided in sections 275.12 through 275.18, 275.20, and 275.22.
[SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4166; C46, 50, §276.13; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.11]
92 Acts, ch 1246, §44; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §145
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.13 - Affidavit — presumption.

275.13 Affidavit — presumption.
Such petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit showing the number of registered voters living in each affected district or portion thereof described in the petition and signed by a registered voter residing in the territory, and if parts of the territory described in the petition are situated in different area education agencies, the affidavit shall show separately as to each agency, the number of registered voters in the part of the agency included in the territory described. The affidavit shall be taken as true unless objections to it are filed on or before the time fixed for filing objections as provided in section 275.14.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4156; C46, 50, §276.3; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.13]
94 Acts, ch 1169, §64; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §92
Referred to in §275.11, 275.23, 275.24, 275.36
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.14 - Objection — time of filing — notice.

275.14 Objection — time of filing — notice.
1. Within ten days after the petition is filed, the area education agency administrator shall fix a final date for filing objections to the petition which shall be not more than sixty days after the petition is filed and shall fix the date for a hearing on the objections to the petition. Objections shall be filed in the office of the administrator who shall give notice at least ten days prior to the final day for filing objections, by one publication in a newspaper published within the territory described in the petition, or if none is published in the territory, in a newspaper published in the county where the petition is filed, and of general circulation in the territory described. The notice shall also list the date, time, and location for the hearing on the petition as provided in section 275.15. The cost of publication shall be assessed to each district whose territory is involved in the ratio that the number of pupils in basic enrollment for the budget year, as defined in section 257.6 in each district bears to the total number of pupils in basic enrollment for the budget year in the total area involved. Objections shall be in writing in the form of an affidavit and may be made by any person residing or owning land within the territory described in the petition, or who would be injuriously affected by the change petitioned for and shall be on file not later than 12:00 noon of the final day fixed for filing objections.
2. Objection forms shall be prescribed by the department of education and may be obtained from the area education agency administrator. Objection forms that request that property be removed from a proposed district shall include the correct legal description of the property to be removed.
[SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4157, 4166, 4170; C46, 50, §276.4, 276.6, 276.17; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.14]
85 Acts, ch 221, §1; 89 Acts, ch 135, §65
Referred to in §275.11, 275.13, 275.15, 275.23, 275.23A, 275.24
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.17 - Filing a petition.

275.17 Filing a petition.
If an area education agency board does not approve the change in boundaries of school districts in accordance with a petition, a petition describing the identical or similar boundaries shall not be filed for a period of six months following the date of the hearing or the vote of the board, whichever is later.
[C79, 81, §275.17]
83 Acts, ch 91, §2
Referred to in §275.11, 275.23, 275.23A, 275.24
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 275.18 - Special election called — time.

275.18 Special election called — time.
1. When the boundaries of the territory to be included in a proposed school corporation and the number and method of the election of the school directors of the proposed school corporation have been determined as provided in this chapter, the area education agency administrator with whom the petition is filed shall give written notice of the election to the county commissioner of elections of the county in the proposed school corporation which has the greatest taxable base. The question shall be submitted to the voters at an election held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “c” in the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the reorganization will take effect.
2. The county commissioner of elections shall give notice of the election by one publication in the same newspaper in which previous notices have been published regarding the proposed school reorganization, and in addition, if more than one county is involved, by one publication in a legal newspaper in each county other than that of the first publication. The publication shall be not less than four nor more than twenty days prior to the election. If the decision published pursuant to section 275.15 or 275.16 includes a description of the proposed school corporation and a description of the director districts, if any, the notice for election and the ballot do not need to include these descriptions. Notice for an election shall not be published until the expiration of time for appeal, which shall be the same as that provided in section 275.15 or 275.16, whichever is applicable; and if there is an appeal, not until the appeal has been disposed of.
3. The area education agency administrator shall furnish to the commissioner a map of the proposed reorganized area which must be approved by the commissioner as suitable for posting. The map shall be displayed prominently in at least one place within the voting precinct, and inside each voting booth.
[R60, §2097, 2105; C73, §1800, 1801; C97, §2794; SS15, §2794, 2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4142, 4164; C46, 50, §274.24, 275.4, 276.11; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.18]
83 Acts, ch 53, §2; 85 Acts, ch 221, §4; 98 Acts, ch 1123, §12; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §38, 71; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §77
Referred to in §257.11A, 275.11, 275.12, 275.23, 275.23A, 275.24, 275.27