S.F. 2066 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— SCHOOL DISTRICT 1 REORGANIZATION WORKGROUP. 2 1. The department of education shall convene a workgroup to 3 utilize the 2010 United States Census Bureau population data 4 for Iowa to draw plans for school district boundaries designed 5 to improve student opportunity and achievement and attain 6 efficiencies in administration and operations. 7 a. The workgroup shall develop a preferred reorganization 8 plan and two alternative reorganization plans. Each plan 9 shall provide that each school district is wholly included 10 within a single congressional district established by the plan 11 enacted pursuant to chapter 42 following the 2010 federal 12 decennial census. The school districts shall be reasonably 13 compact in form. The school districts shall be composed of 14 contiguous territory and as nearly equal as practicable to the 15 ideal enrollment for the school districts, as determined using 16 evidence-based research methods. Consideration shall also be 17 given to student transportation times and costs and property 18 valuation. In general, reasonably compact districts are those 19 which are square, rectangular, or hexagonal in shape, and not 20 irregularly shaped, to the extent permitted by natural or 21 political boundaries. 22 b. The goal of the workgroup shall be to reduce the number 23 of school boards and administrators by correlating the number 24 of students enrolled in a school district to the geographic 25 size of the school district. The minimum enrollment for a 26 school district shall be one thousand students. The workgroup 27 may consider establishing a maximum enrollment for a school 28 district. 29 2. a. The director of the department of education shall 30 appoint members to the workgroup who represent communities, 31 education practitioners, education associations, and small, 32 medium, and large school districts throughout Iowa. The 33 membership shall include but not be limited to educational 34 technology and school transportation specialists, school 35 -1- LSB 5601XS (3) 83 kh/sc 1/ 3

S.F. 2066 business officials, a professional with experience or expertise 1 in state and local taxation matters, and other stakeholders as 2 appropriate. The workgroup shall also include four ex officio, 3 nonvoting legislative members. The legislative members are 4 two state senators, one appointed by the president of the 5 senate after consultation with the majority leader of the 6 senate, and one appointed by the minority leader of the senate 7 from their respective parties; and two state representatives, 8 one appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives 9 after consultation with the majority leader of the house of 10 representatives, and one appointed by the minority leader of 11 the house of representatives from their respective parties. 12 The legislative members shall serve for terms as provided in 13 section 69.16B. 14 b. The members of the workgroup are entitled to receive 15 reimbursement for actual expenses incurred while engaged in the 16 performance of official duties. 17 c. The workgroup shall elect a chairperson from among its 18 members. A majority of the workgroup constitutes a quorum and 19 an affirmative vote of the majority of the voting members is 20 necessary to approve the recommendations of the workgroup. A 21 vacancy in the membership does not impair the right of a quorum 22 to exercise all rights and perform all duties of the workgroup. 23 3. The workgroup shall submit the plans and its findings and 24 recommendations, including any recommendations for statutory 25 changes, to the general assembly and the governor by December 26 1, 2011. 27 EXPLANATION 28 This bill directs the department of education to convene a 29 workgroup to utilize the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau population 30 data for Iowa to draw plans for school districts boundaries 31 designed to improve student opportunity and achievement and 32 attain efficiencies in administration and operations. 33 The workgroup shall develop a preferred reorganization plan 34 and two alternative reorganization plans. Under any plan, 35 -2- LSB 5601XS (3) 83 kh/sc 2/ 3

S.F. 2066 each school district must be wholly included within a single 1 congressional district, be composed of contiguous territory 2 and as nearly equal as practicable to the ideal enrollment for 3 the school districts, and consideration must given to student 4 transportation times and costs, and property valuation. School 5 districts shall be reasonably compact in form. 6 The goal of the workgroup shall be to reduce the number 7 of school boards and administrators by linking the number of 8 students enrolled in a school district to the geographic size 9 of the school district. The minimum enrollment for a school 10 district shall be 1,000 students and the workgroup may consider 11 establishing a maximum enrollment number. 12 The director of the department of education shall appoint 13 members to the workgroup who represent communities, education 14 practitioners, education associations, and small, medium, 15 and large school districts throughout Iowa. The membership 16 shall include but not be limited to educational technology and 17 school transportation specialists, school business officials, a 18 professional with experience or expertise in state and local 19 taxation matters, and other stakeholders as appropriate. 20 The workgroup shall also include four ex officio, nonvoting 21 legislative members. 22 The workgroup shall submit the plans and its findings and 23 recommendations, including any recommendations for statutory 24 changes, to the general assembly and the governor by December 25 1, 2011. 26 -3- LSB 5601XS (3) 83 kh/sc 3/ 3