Iowa HF 501: A bill for an act relating to licensed and registered child care provider reimbursement rates under the state child care assistance program.

Bill Text

House
File
501
-
Introduced

HOUSE
FILE
501

BY
SORENSEN

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
school
districts,
including
by
modifying
1

provisions
related
to
school
district
dissolution
2

proposals
and
election
dates
for
school
district
mergers,
3

consolidations,
or
dissolutions.
4

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
275.18,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
1

amended
to
read
as
follows:
2

1.
When
the
boundaries
of
the
territory
to
be
included
in
3

a
proposed
school
corporation
and
the
number
and
method
of
4

the
election
of
the
school
directors
of
the
proposed
school
5

corporation
have
been
determined
as
provided
in
this
chapter
,
6

the
area
education
agency
administrator
with
whom
the
petition
7

is
filed
shall
give
written
notice
of
the
election
to
the
8

county
commissioner
of
elections
of
the
county
in
the
proposed
9

school
corporation
which
has
the
greatest
taxable
base.
The
10

question
shall
be
submitted
to
the
voters
at
an
election
held
11

on
a
date
specified
in
section
39.2,
subsection
4
,
paragraph
12

“c”
in
the
calendar
year
prior
to
the
calendar
year
in
which
13

the
reorganization
will
take
effect
;
provided,
however,
that
if

14

the
question
relates
to
the
merger
or
consolidation
of
school
15

districts,
the
question
shall
be
submitted
to
the
voters
at
an
16

election
held
on
a
date
determined
by
the
county
commissioner
17

of
elections
that
is
in
the
calendar
year
prior
to
the
calendar

18

year
in
which
the
merger
or
consolidation
will
take
effect

.
19

Sec.
2.
Section
275.53,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
20

to
read
as
follows:
21

1.
a.

The
Within
one
year
after
the
date
of
the
22

organizational
meeting
of
the
commission,
the

commission
23

shall
send
a
copy
of
its
agree
upon
and
develop
a
dissolution
24

proposal
or
shall
inform
the
board
that
it
cannot
agree
upon
a
25

dissolution
proposal
not
later
than
one
year
following
the
date
26

of
the
organizational
meeting
of
the
commission
and
send
a
copy
27

of
the
dissolution
proposal
to
the
department
of
education
for
28

approval
.
The
department
of
education
shall
either
approve
the
29

dissolution
proposal
or
recommend
changes
to
the
dissolution

30

proposal.
If
the
department
of
education
recommends
changes
31

to
the
dissolution
proposal,
the
commission
shall
make
such

32

changes
and
send
the
revised
dissolution
proposal
to
the
33

department
of
education
for
approval.
Once
the
department
of

34

education
has
approved
the
dissolution
proposal,
the
commission
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shall
file
a
copy
of
the
dissolution
proposal
with
the
board.
1

b.

Notwithstanding
paragraph
“a”
,
if
the
commission
cannot
2

agree
upon
a
dissolution
proposal
within
one
year
after
the
3

date
of
the
organizational
meeting
of
the
commission,
the
4

commission
shall
inform
the
board
that
it
cannot
agree
upon
a

5

dissolution
proposal.

6

c.
If
the
dissolving
school
district
has
outstanding
bonds
7

issued
under
section
423E.5
or
423F.4
,
the
proposal
shall
8

require
each
school
district
receiving
territory
from
the
9

dissolving
district
to
assume
liability
for
the
payment
of
a
10

portion
of
such
bonds
that
is
equal
to
the
percentage
of
the
11

total
number
of
resident
pupils
from
the
dissolving
district
12

who
lived
in
the
territory
received
during
the
last
year
of
the
13

dissolving
district’s
existence.
14

d.

The
commission
shall
also
send
a
copy
of
the
approved
15

dissolution
proposal
to
the
boards
of
directors
of
all
school
16

districts
to
which
area
of
the
dissolving
school
district
17

will
be
attached.
If
the
board
of
a
district
to
which
area
18

of
the
dissolving
school
district
will
be
attached
objects
19

to
the
attachment,
within
ten
days
following
receipt
of
the
20

dissolution
proposal
the
board
shall
send
its
objections
21

in
writing
to
the
commission

department
of
education
.
The
22

commission
may

department
of
education
shall
consider
the
23

objections
and
may
direct
the
commission
to
modify
the
24

dissolution
proposal
if
the
department
of
education
determines
25

that
the
objections
are
reasonable
.
If
the
dissolution
26

proposal
is
modified,
the
commission
shall
notify
the
boards
27

of
directors
of
all
school
districts
to
which
area
of
the

28

dissolving
school
district
will
be
attached.
29

Sec.
3.
Section
275.55,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
30

to
read
as
follows:
31

1.
After
the
final
hearing
on
the
dissolution
proposal,
32

the
board
of
the
school
district
shall
submit
the
proposition
33

to
the
voters
at
the
next
election
held
on
a
date
specified

34

in
section
39.2,
subsection
4
,
paragraph
“c”
an
election
held
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on
a
date
determined
by
the
county
commissioner
of
elections
.
1

However,
the
date
of
the
final
hearing
on
the
dissolution
2

proposal
must
be
not
less
than
thirty
nor
more
than
sixty
days
3

before
the
election.
The