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1.After the final hearing on the dissolution proposal, the board of the school district shall
submit the proposition to the voters at the next election held on a date specified in section
39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “c”. However, the date of the final hearing on the dissolution
proposal must be not less than thirty nor more than sixty days before the election. The
proposition submitted to the voters residing in the school district shall describe each separate
area to be attached to a contiguous school district and shall name the school district to which
it will be attached. In addition to the description, a map may be included in the summary of
the question on the ballot.
2.The board shall give written notice of the election to the county commissioner of
elections. The county commissi
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1. After the final hearing on the dissolution proposal, the board of the school district shall
submit the proposition to the voters at the next election held on a date specified in section
39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “c”. However, the date of the final hearing on the dissolution
proposal must be not less than thirty nor more than sixty days before the election. The
proposition submitted to the voters residing in the school district shall describe each separate
area to be attached to a contiguous school district and shall name the school district to which
it will be attached. In addition to the description, a map may be included in the summary of
the question on the ballot.
2. The board shall give written notice of the election to the county commissioner of
elections. The county commissioner of elections shall give notice of the election by one
publication in the same newspaper in which the previous notice was published about the
hearing, which publication shall not be less than four nor more than twenty days prior to
the election.
3. The proposition shall be adopted if a majority of the electors voting on the proposition
approve its adoption.
4. a. (1) If the proposition was approved by voters pursuant to this section prior to
January 1, 2025, the attachment is effective July 1 following its approval.
(2) If the proposition was approved by voters pursuant to this section on or after January
1, 2025, the attachment is effective July 1 in the calendar year immediately subsequent to the
calendar year in which the attachment was approved.
b. If the dissolution proposal is for the dissolution of a school district with a certified
enrollmentoffewerthansixhundred, theterritorylocatedintheschooldistrictthatdissolved
is eligible, if approved by the director of the department of education, for a reduction in the
foundation property tax levy under section 257.3, subsection 1. If the director approves a
reduction in the foundation property tax levy as provided in this section, the director shall
notify the director of the department of management of the reduction.
5. For bonds issued under section 423E.5* or 423F.4, the approval of the dissolution at
election creates a lien on the revenues from the secure an advanced vision for education fund
receivedbythedistricttowhichliabilityforpaymentofaportionofsuchbonds, subjecttothe
same priority as provided by the dissolving school district. However, such a lien is limited to
the extent required to satisfy payments for the portion of the liability assigned to the district.