House File 323 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  BYRNES, KAUFMANN,
                                     WILLS, MOORE,
                                     PAUSTIAN, BRANHAGEN,
                                     KLEIN, and STANERSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the exercise, by school districts, of any
  2    broad and implied powers not inconsistent with the laws of
  3    the general assembly, and to the construction of statutes
  4    related to school district boards and school districts.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  274.3  Exercise of powers ====
  1  2 construction.
  1  3    1.  The board of directors of a school district shall
  1  4 operate, control, and supervise all public schools located
  1  5 within its district boundaries and may exercise any broad and
  1  6 implied power, not inconsistent with the laws of the general
  1  7 assembly, related to the operation, control, and supervision
  1  8 of those public schools.
  1  9    2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, the board of directors of
  1 10 a school district shall not have power to levy any tax unless
  1 11 expressly authorized by the general assembly.
  1 12    3.  This chapter, chapter 257 and chapters 275 through 301,
  1 13 and other statutes relating to the boards of directors of
  1 14 school districts and to school districts shall be liberally
  1 15 construed to effectuate the purposes of subsection 1.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 19    This bill relates to the exercise of powers by the board of
  1 20 directors of a school district.
  1 21    The bill authorizes a school board to exercise any broad or
  1 22 implied power, not inconsistent with the laws of the general
  1 23 assembly, related to the operation, control, and supervision
  1 24 of the public schools located within its district boundaries.
  1 25 However, the authority does not encompass the power to levy
  1 26 any tax unless expressly authorized by the general assembly.
  1 27 Statutes relating to school boards and school districts shall
  1 28 be liberally construed to effectuate the authority granted
  1 29 under the bill.
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