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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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