Iowa § 275.51 Dissolution commission

Iowa Statutes

§ 275.51 — Dissolution commission

Iowa § 275.51

Title VIIEDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE

Ch. 275REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS

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Iowa Code § 275.51 (2026).

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1.As an alternative to school district reorganization prescribed in this chapter, the board of directors of a school district may establish a school district dissolution commission to prepare a proposal of dissolution of the school district and attachment of all of the school district to one or more contiguous school districts and to include in the proposal a division of the assets and liabilities of the dissolving school district. A school district dissolution commission shall be established by the board of directors of a school district if a dissolution proposal has been prepared by eligible electors who reside within the district. The proposal must contain the names of the proposed members of the commission and be accompanied by a petition which has been signed by eligible electors res

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1. As an alternative to school district reorganization prescribed in this chapter, the board
of directors of a school district may establish a school district dissolution commission to
prepare a proposal of dissolution of the school district and attachment of all of the school
district to one or more contiguous school districts and to include in the proposal a division
of the assets and liabilities of the dissolving school district. A school district dissolution
commission shall be established by the board of directors of a school district if a dissolution
proposal has been prepared by eligible electors who reside within the district. The proposal
must contain the names of the proposed members of the commission and be accompanied
by a petition which has been signed by eligible electors residing in the school district equal
in number to at least twenty percent of the registered voters in the school district.
2. The dissolution commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the board 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 election on the proposal. Members of the dissolution commission must
be eligible electors who reside in the school district, not more than three of whom may be
members of the board of directors of the school district. Members shall be appointed from

throughouttheschooldistrictandshouldrepresentthevarioussocioeconomicfactorspresent
in the school district.
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 school district shall certify to the area education agency board 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 factors
present in the district.