Iowa Code
Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Section 275.18 - Special election called — time.

275.18 Special election called — time.
1. When the boundaries of the territory to be included in a proposed school corporation and the number and method of the election of the school directors of the proposed school corporation have been determined as provided in this chapter, the area education agency administrator with whom the petition is filed shall give written notice of the election to the county commissioner of elections of the county in the proposed school corporation which has the greatest taxable base. The question shall be submitted to the voters at an election held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “c” in the calendar year prior to the calendar year in which the reorganization will take effect.
2. The county commissioner of elections shall give notice of the election by one publication in the same newspaper in which previous notices have been published regarding the proposed school reorganization, and in addition, if more than one county is involved, by one publication in a legal newspaper in each county other than that of the first publication. The publication shall be not less than four nor more than twenty days prior to the election. If the decision published pursuant to section 275.15 or 275.16 includes a description of the proposed school corporation and a description of the director districts, if any, the notice for election and the ballot do not need to include these descriptions. Notice for an election shall not be published until the expiration of time for appeal, which shall be the same as that provided in section 275.15 or 275.16, whichever is applicable; and if there is an appeal, not until the appeal has been disposed of.
3. The area education agency administrator shall furnish to the commissioner a map of the proposed reorganized area which must be approved by the commissioner as suitable for posting. The map shall be displayed prominently in at least one place within the voting precinct, and inside each voting booth.
[R60, §2097, 2105; C73, §1800, 1801; C97, §2794; SS15, §2794, 2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4142, 4164; C46, 50, §274.24, 275.4, 276.11; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.18]
83 Acts, ch 53, §2; 85 Acts, ch 221, §4; 98 Acts, ch 1123, §12; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §38, 71; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §77
Referred to in §257.11A, 275.11, 275.12, 275.23, 275.23A, 275.24, 275.27

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Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

Chapter 275 - REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Section 275.1 - Definitions — declaration of policy — surveys.

Section 275.2 - Scope of surveys.

Section 275.3 - Minimum size.

Section 275.4 - Studies, surveys, and plans.

Section 275.5 - Proposals for merger or consolidation.

Section 275.6 - Progressive program.

Section 275.7 - Budget.

Section 275.8 - Cooperation of department of education — planning joint districts.

Section 275.9 - Methods of effectuating reorganization plans.

Section 275.11 - Proposals involving two or more districts.

Section 275.12 - Petition — method of election.

Section 275.13 - Affidavit — presumption.

Section 275.14 - Objection — time of filing — notice.

Section 275.15 - Hearing — decision — publication — appeal.

Section 275.16 - Hearing when territory in different area education agencies.

Section 275.17 - Filing a petition.

Section 275.18 - Special election called — time.

Section 275.20 - Separate vote in existing districts.

Section 275.22 - Canvass and return.

Section 275.23 - Frequency of change.

Section 275.23A - Redistricting following federal decennial census.

Section 275.24 - Effective date of change.

Section 275.25 - Election of directors.

Section 275.26 - Payment of expenses.

Section 275.27 - Community school districts — part of area education agency.

Section 275.28 - Plan of division of assets and liabilities.

Section 275.29 - Division of assets and liabilities after reorganization.

Section 275.30 - Arbitration.

Section 275.31 - Taxes and appropriation to effect equalization.

Section 275.32 - School buildings — tax levy.

Section 275.33 - Contracts of new district.

Section 275.35 - Change in number of directors — change in method of elections.

Section 275.36 - Submission of change to electors.

Section 275.37 - Increase in number of directors.

Section 275.37A - Decrease in number of directors.

Section 275.38 - Implementing changed method of election.

Section 275.39 - Excluded territory included in new petition.

Section 275.41 - Alternative method for director elections — temporary appointments.

Section 275.51 - Dissolution commission.

Section 275.52 - Meetings.

Section 275.53 - Dissolution proposal.

Section 275.54 - Hearing.

Section 275.55 - Election.

Section 275.55A - Attendance in other district.

Section 275.56 - Increasing enrollment.

Section 275.57 - Changing director district boundaries following dissolution.

Section 275.59 - Early retirement following school reorganization or dissolution.