§ 275.53 — Dissolution proposal

Iowa § 275.53

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 275: REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS

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1. The commission shall send a copy of its dissolution proposal or shall inform the
board that it cannot agree upon a dissolution proposal not later than one year following
the date of the organizational meeting of the commission. If the dissolving school district
has outstanding bonds issued under section 423E.5* or 423F.4, the proposal shall require
each school district receiving territory from the dissolving district to assume liability for
the payment of a portion of such bonds that is equal to the percentage of the total number
of resident pupils from the dissolving district who lived in the territory received during the
last year of the dissolving district’s existence. The commission shall also send a copy of
the dissolution proposal to the boards of directors of all school districts to which area of
the dissolving school district will be attached. If the board of a district to which area of the
dissolving school district will be attached objects to the attachment, within ten days following
receipt of the dissolution proposal the board shall send its objections in writing to the
commission. The commission may consider the objections and may modify the dissolution
proposal. If the dissolution proposal is modified, the commission shall notify the boards of
directors of all school districts to which area of the dissolving school district will be attached.
2. Notifications required under subsection 1 shall be delivered using one of the following
methods:
a. Mail bearing a United States postal service postmark.
b. Hand delivery.
c. Facsimile transmission.
d. Electronic delivery.
3. If the commission cannot agree upon a dissolution proposal prior to the expiration of
its term, the board may appoint a new commission.

Legislative History

[C81, §275.53]