297.9 Use for other than school purposes.
The board of directors of any school district may authorize the use of any schoolhouse and its grounds within such district for the purpose of meetings of granges, lodges, agricultural societies, and similar societies, for parent-teacher associations, for community recreational activities, community education programs, election purposes, other meetings of public interest, public forums and similar community purposes; provided that such use shall in no way interfere with school activities; such use to be for such compensation and upon such terms and conditions as may be fixed by said board for the proper protection of the schoolhouse and the property belonging therein, including that of pupils, except that in the case of community education programs, any compensation necessary for programs provided specifically by community education and not those provided through community education by other agencies or organizations shall be compensated from the funding provided for community education programs.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4371; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.9]
Schoolhouses as polling places, §49.24
Use by county conservation board, §350.8
Structure Iowa Code
Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 297 - SCHOOLHOUSES AND SCHOOLHOUSE SITES
Section 297.2 - Ten-acre limitation.
Section 297.3 - Thirty-acre limitation.
Section 297.4 - Vacancy notification.
Section 297.8 - Emergency repairs.
Section 297.9 - Use for other than school purposes.
Section 297.10 - Compensation.
Section 297.11 - Use forbidden.
Section 297.12 - Renting schoolroom.
Section 297.13 - Fence around schoolhouse sites.
Section 297.15 - Reversion of schoolhouse site.
Section 297.18 - Appraisement.
Section 297.20 - Sale of improvements.
Section 297.21 - Sale of unnecessary schoolhouse sites.
Section 297.22 - Power to sell, lease, or dispose of property — tax.
Section 297.25 - Rule of construction.
Section 297.26 - Sale by department.
Section 297.27 - Preference to owner of tract.
Section 297.29 - Report filed.
Section 297.31 - Improvements.
Section 297.32 - Equipment and supplies.