275.51 Dissolution commission.
1. As an alternative to school district reorganization prescribed in this chapter, the board of directors of a school district may establish a school district dissolution commission to prepare a proposal of dissolution of the school district and attachment of all of the school district to one or more contiguous school districts and to include in the proposal a division of the assets and liabilities of the dissolving school district. A school district dissolution commission shall be established by the board of directors of a school district if a dissolution proposal has been prepared by eligible electors who reside within the district. The proposal must contain the names of the proposed members of the commission and be accompanied by a petition which has been signed by eligible electors residing in the school district equal in number to at least twenty percent of the registered voters in the school district.
2. The dissolution commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the board for a term of office ending either with a report to the board that no proposal can be approved or on the date of the election on the proposal. Members of the dissolution commission must be eligible electors who reside in the school district, not more than three of whom may be members of the board of directors of the school district. Members shall be appointed from throughout the school district and should represent the various socioeconomic factors present in the school district.
3. Members of the dissolution commission shall serve without compensation and may be appointed to a subsequent commission. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.
4. The board of the school district shall certify to the area education agency board that a commission has been formed, the names and addresses of commission members, and that the commission members represent the various geographic areas and socioeconomic factors present in the district.
[C81, §275.51]
88 Acts, ch 1263, §3; 93 Acts, ch 160, §14; 94 Acts, ch 1175, §6; 95 Acts, ch 49, §7; 2001 Acts, ch 56, §13; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Structure Iowa Code
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 275.4 - Studies, surveys, and plans.
Section 275.5 - Proposals for merger or consolidation.
Section 275.6 - Progressive program.
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 275.31 - 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 275.53 - Dissolution proposal.
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.