1. a. The board of directors of a school district may sell, lease, or dispose of, in whole
or in part, a schoolhouse, school site, or other property belonging to the district. If the real
property contains less than two acres, is located outside of a city, is not adjacent to a city,
and was previously used as a schoolhouse site, the procedure contained in sections 297.15
through 297.20 shall be followed in lieu of this section.
b.
(1)Proceeds from the sale or disposition of real or other property shall be deposited
into the fund which was used to account for the acquisition of the property. If the district is
unable to determine which fund was used to account for the acquisition of the property or
if the fund no longer exists in the district, the proceeds from the sale or disposition of
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1. a. The board of directors of a school district may sell, lease, or dispose of, in whole
or in part, a schoolhouse, school site, or other property belonging to the district. If the real
property contains less than two acres, is located outside of a city, is not adjacent to a city,
and was previously used as a schoolhouse site, the procedure contained in sections 297.15
through 297.20 shall be followed in lieu of this section.
b. (1) Proceeds from the sale or disposition of real or other property shall be deposited
into the fund which was used to account for the acquisition of the property. If the district is
unable to determine which fund was used to account for the acquisition of the property or
if the fund no longer exists in the district, the proceeds from the sale or disposition of real
propertyshallbeplacedinthephysicalplantandequipmentlevyfund, andtheproceedsfrom
thesaleordispositionofpropertyotherthanrealpropertyshallbeplacedinthegeneralfund.
Proceeds from the lease of real or other property shall be placed in the general fund.
(2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), the board of directors of a school district may take
action to deposit the proceeds from the sale or disposition of real or other property in any
account maintained by the school district after holding a public hearing on the proposed
action of the board. The board shall publish notice of the time and place of the public hearing
in the same manner as required in section 24.9.
c. Beforetheboardofdirectorsmaysell,leaseforaperiodinexcessofoneyear,ordispose
ofanypropertybelongingtotheschool, theboardshallholdapublichearingontheproposal.
The board shall set forth its proposal in a resolution and shall publish notice of the time and
the place of the public hearing on the resolution. The notice shall also describe the property.
A locally known address for real property may be substituted for a legal description of real
property contained in the resolution. The board shall publish notice of the time and place of
the public hearing in the same manner as required in section 24.9. After the public hearing,
the board may make a final determination on the proposal contained in the resolution.
d. However, property having a value of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, other
thanrealproperty,maybesoldordisposedofbyanyprocedurewhichisadoptedbytheboard.
Each such sale or disposal shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in
the district.
2. a. The board of directors of a school district may sell, lease, exchange, give, or grant,
and accept any interest in real property to, with, or from a county, municipal corporation,
school district, township, or area education agency if the real property is within the
jurisdiction of both the grantor and grantee.
b. The board of directors of a school district may lease a portion of an existing school
buildingorleaseaportionofexistingschoolproperty. Theleasemayberenewedattheoption
of the board. The notice and public hearing requirements of subsection 1 of this section do
not apply to the lease of a portion of an existing school building. A school district shall pay
out of the revenue from a lease to the state of Iowa, and to the city, school district and any
other political subdivision authorized to levy taxes, an amount as determined by this section.
The amount shall be determined by applying the annual tax rate of the taxing district to
the assessed value of the portion of the building leased, prorated for the term of the lease
during the appropriate taxing period. The provisions of this section relating to the payment
of property tax because of leases shall only apply to leases to private, for-profit entities which
lease a portion of a school building for a period of thirty or more consecutive days, but shall
not apply to property or equipment leased as part of a project designed to generate electricity
for the school district.
3. The provisions in subsections 1 and 2 relating to the sale, lease, or disposition of
school district property do not apply to student-constructed buildings and the property
on which student-constructed buildings are located. The board of directors of a school
district may sell, lease, or dispose of a student-constructed building and the property on
which the student-constructed building is located, and may purchase sites for the erection
of additional student-constructed structures, by any procedure which is adopted by the
board. The proceeds from disposition of a student-constructed structure shall be placed in
the school district’s student construction fund. Moneys remaining in the school district’s
student construction fund after the board discontinues the student construction program
shall first be used to reimburse the fund or funds from which the student construction
program’s start-up costs were paid and any moneys remaining after such reimbursement
shall be transferred by board resolution to the school district’s general fund.