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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 282.15 JOINT HIGH SCHOOL 1 2 AGREEMENTS. 1 3 1. The boards of directors of two school districts may 1 4 enter an agreement providing for establishment of a joint high 1 5 school, with a combined enrollment encompassing grades nine 1 6 through twelve of both school districts under the direction of 1 7 a joint board of directors. 1 8 An agreement made pursuant to this section shall include, 1 9 but not be limited to, all of the following provisions: 1 10 a. Combining enrollments for grades 9 through 12. 1 11 b. Sharing in the costs and expenses of instruction as 1 12 provided in section 282.16. 1 13 c. Sharing in the cost of facilities as provided in 1 14 section 282.16. 1 15 d. Providing for transportation of students. 1 16 e. Providing for the authority and liability of the 1 17 affected boards. 1 18 2. Only entire grades may be combined and any joint high 1 19 school must combine grades nine through twelve. If an 1 20 agreement for a joint high school is made, grades nine through 1 21 twelve in each of the districts participating in the agreement 1 22 shall be discontinued. A school district which has 1 23 discontinued grades nine through twelve under this section 1 24 shall be considered as complying with the requirements of 1 25 section 275.1 relating to the maintenance of kindergarten and 1 26 twelve grades by a school district. 1 27 3. School districts that have entered into a joint high 1 28 school agreement under this section may, for purposes of 1 29 implementing the agreement, jointly employ and share the 1 30 services of any school personnel, or acquire and share the use 1 31 of classrooms, laboratories, equipment, and facilities. 1 32 School districts that have entered into a joint high school 1 33 agreement under this section may jointly construct and own 1 34 facilities constructed for the purpose of providing school 1 35 services pursuant to a joint high school agreement. 2 1 4. A joint high school established pursuant to this 2 2 section shall be governed by a board of directors composed of 2 3 members of the boards of directors of the two school districts 2 4 involved in the agreement. The school district with the 2 5 larger general population of the two shall appoint three board 2 6 members to the joint board and the other school district shall 2 7 appoint two board members to the joint board. 2 8 5. A joint high school agreement shall be signed by the 2 9 boards of the districts involved in the agreement not later 2 10 than February 1 of the school year preceding the school year 2 11 for which the agreement is to take effect. 2 12 A joint high school agreement shall be for a duration of 2 13 not less than twenty years. However, two school districts 2 14 participating in an agreement may consolidate the districts 2 15 without regard to the twenty-year duration requirement. 2 16 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 282.16 FUNDING FOR JOINT HIGH 2 17 SCHOOLS. 2 18 1. The boards of directors entering into an agreement 2 19 under section 282.15 shall provide for sharing the costs and 2 20 expenses of the joint high school. For purposes of receiving 2 21 state foundation aid under chapter 257, each school district 2 22 that is a party to a joint high school agreement shall be 2 23 considered to have a separate high school located in each 2 24 district. 2 25 2. The boards of directors entering into an agreement 2 26 under section 282.15 shall provide for sharing in the costs of 2 27 jointly used facilities, including the costs of maintenance of 2 28 an existing facility or new construction of a facility. Each 2 29 board may agree to issue bonds to pay for construction of any 2 30 facility or may utilize any other type of financing available 2 31 to the districts for the purposes of this subsection. 2 32 However, costs shall be allocated on a pro rata basis in the 2 33 proportion that the number of students from each school 2 34 district attending the joint high school bears to the total 2 35 number of students attending the joint high school. For a 3 1 bond proposition to be considered approved by the electorate, 3 2 the vote in favor of the proposition must be equal to at least 3 3 sixty percent of the total vote cast in each school district 3 4 at the separate bond elections. 3 5 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This bill takes effect July 1, 3 6 1999. 3 7 EXPLANATION 3 8 This bill allows two school districts to enter an agreement 3 9 to establish a joint high school for both districts. The high 3 10 school must be for grades nine through 12, and those grades 3 11 must be discontinued in each of the school districts. 3 12 The bill allows the school districts to jointly employ and 3 13 share services of personnel and to jointly acquire, construct, 3 14 or share facilities for the joint high school. The school 3 15 districts may use any funding mechanism currently at their 3 16 disposal to pay for maintenance or construction of facilities. 3 17 However, the 60 percent majority required for general 3 18 obligation bonds is a requirement that must be met separately 3 19 by each school district in order for a bond issuance to be 3 20 considered approved. 3 21 The bill provides that a joint high school would be 3 22 governed by its own board of directors appointed from the 3 23 boards of the two school districts. The district with the 3 24 larger general population would appoint three of its members 3 25 to the joint board and the other district would appoint two 3 26 members. 3 27 For purposes of receiving state foundation aid, each school 3 28 district involved in a joint high school agreement would be 3 29 considered to have a separate high school located in its 3 30 district. 3 31 The bill requires that a joint high school agreement have a 3 32 duration of 20 years unless the two school districts involved 3 33 in the agreement consolidate during the duration of the 3 34 agreement. 3 35 The bill takes effect July 1, 1999. 4 1 LSB 4086HH 77 4 2 sc/sc/14
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