HF 410 (LSB 1824YH (3) 86)

HOUSE FILE 410

BY  HIGHFILL

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the dissemination of contact information pertaining to the boards of directors of school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 279.35, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   279.35  Publication of proceedings and certain other information.
   1.  Proceedings —— schedule of bills.  The proceedings of each regular, adjourned, or special meeting of the board, including the schedule of bills allowed, shall be published after the adjournment of the meeting in the manner provided in this section and section 279.36, and the publication of the schedule of the bills allowed shall include a list of claims allowed, including salary claims for services performed. The schedule of bills allowed may be published on a once monthly basis in lieu of publication with the proceedings of each meeting of the board. The list of claims allowed shall include the name of the person or firm making the claim, the purpose of the claim, and the amount of the claim. If the purpose for the claims is the same, two or more claims made by the same vendor, supplier, or claimant may be consolidated if the number of claims consolidated and the total consolidated claim amount are listed in the statement. However, the board shall provide at its office upon request an unconsolidated list of all claims allowed.  The secretary shall furnish a copy of the proceedings to be published within two weeks following the adjournment of the meeting.
   2.  Salaries.  Salaries paid to individuals regularly employed by the district shall only be published annually and the publication shall include the total amount of the annual salary of each employee. The secretary shall furnish a copy of the proceedings to be published within two weeks following the adjournment of the meeting.
   3.  Member contact information.  Within thirty days of the first regular meeting of the board of directors, each member of the board shall supply to the secretary, and shall update at least annually, the member’s contact information, which the secretary shall cause to be published on the school district’s internet site.
    Sec. 2.  Section 279.36, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   279.36  Publication procedures and fee.

   The requirements of section 279.35, subsections 1 and 2, are satisfied by publication in at least one newspaper published in the district or, if there is none, in at least one newspaper having general circulation within the district.

   For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1987, the fee for publications required under section 279.35, subsections 1 and 2, shall not exceed three-fifths of the legal publication fee provided by statute for the publication of legal notices. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, the fee for the publications shall not exceed three-fourths of that legal publication fee. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989, and each fiscal year thereafter, the The fee for the publications shall be the legal publication fee provided by statute set forth in section 618.11.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill amends Code section 279.35 to provide that within 30 days of the first regular meeting of the board of directors of a school district, each member of the board must supply to the board secretary the member’s contact information for publication on the school district’s internet site. Board members must update their contact information annually. The bill makes corresponding changes.