Bill Text: IA SF186 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school districts, including by modifying provisions related to the executive officers of the boards of directors of school districts and authorizing residents and employees to request audits of school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-10 - Subcommittee: Campbell, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach. [SF186 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF186-Introduced.html
Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
186
BY
CAMPBELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
districts,
including
by
modifying
1
provisions
related
to
the
executive
officers
of
the
boards
2
of
directors
of
school
districts
and
authorizing
residents
3
and
employees
to
request
audits
of
school
districts.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.8,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
board
shall
make
rules
for
its
own
government
and
3
that
of
the
directors,
officers,
employees,
teachers
and
4
pupils,
and
for
the
care
of
the
schoolhouse,
grounds,
and
5
property
of
the
school
corporation,
and
shall
aid
in
the
6
enforcement
of
the
rules,
and
require
the
performance
of
duties
7
imposed
by
law
and
the
rules.
The
board
shall
annually
elect
8
an
executive
officer
of
the
board,
and
the
superintendent
shall
9
not
serve
as
the
executive
officer
of
the
board.
The
board
10
shall
include
in
its
rules
provisions
regulating
the
loading
11
and
unloading
of
pupils
from
a
school
bus
stopped
on
the
12
highway
during
a
period
of
reduced
highway
visibility
caused
13
by
fog,
snow
or
other
weather
conditions.
The
board
shall
14
have
the
authority
to
include
in
its
rules
provisions
allowing
15
school
corporation
employees
to
use
school
credit
cards
to
16
pay
for
the
actual
and
necessary
expenses
incurred
in
the
17
performance
of
work-related
duties.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
279.20,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
19
to
read
as
follows:
20
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
may
employ
21
a
superintendent
of
schools
for
a
term
of
not
to
exceed
22
three
years.
However,
the
board’s
initial
contract
with
a
23
superintendent
shall
not
exceed
one
year
if
the
board
is
24
obligated
to
pay
a
former
superintendent
under
an
unexpired
25
contract.
The
superintendent
shall
be
the
executive
officer
of
26
the
board
and
have
such
powers
and
duties
as
may
be
prescribed
27
by
rules
adopted
by
the
board
or
by
law.
Boards
of
directors
28
may
jointly
exercise
the
powers
conferred
by
this
section
.
29
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.87
Audit
of
school
district
30
spending.
31
If
a
resident
of
a
school
district
or
an
employee
of
a
32
school
district
believes
that
the
school
district
is
improperly
33
spending
school
district
moneys,
the
resident
or
employee
may
34
report
the
improper
spending
to
the
county
auditor
of
the
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county
in
which
the
school
district’s
central
administrative
1
office
is
located
and
request
that
the
county
auditor
audit
the
2
school
district’s
financial
condition
and
transactions.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
relates
to
school
districts,
including
by
7
modifying
provisions
related
to
the
executive
officers
of
8
the
boards
of
directors
of
school
districts
and
authorizing
9
residents
and
employees
to
request
audits
of
school
districts.
10
Current
law
provides
that
the
superintendent
of
a
school
11
district
is
the
executive
officer
of
the
board
of
directors
12
of
the
school
district.
The
bill
strikes
this
provision
13
and
requires
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
to
14
annually
elect
an
executive
officer
of
the
board
who
shall
not
15
be
the
superintendent.
16
The
bill
provides
that
if
a
resident
or
employee
of
a
17
school
district
reasonably
believes
that
the
school
district
18
is
improperly
spending
school
district
moneys,
the
resident
19
or
employee
may
report
the
improper
spending
to
the
county
20
auditor
of
the
county
in
which
the
school
district’s
central
21
administrative
office
is
located
and
request
that
the
county
22
auditor
audit
the
school
district’s
financial
condition
and
23
transactions.
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