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1 1 Section 1. Section 257.18, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. An instructional support program that provides
1 4 additional funding for school districts is established. A
1 5 board of directors that wishes to consider participating in
1 6 the instructional support program shall hold a public hearing
1 7 on the question of participation. The board shall set forth
1 8 its proposal, including the method that will be used to fund
1 9 the program, in a resolution and shall publish the notice of
1 10 the time and place of a public hearing on the resolution.
1 11 Notice of the time and place of the public hearing shall be
1 12 published not less than ten nor more than twenty days before
1 13 the public hearing in a newspaper which is a newspaper of
1 14 general circulation in the school district. At the hearing,
1 15 or no later than thirty days after the date of the hearing,
1 16 the board shall take action to adopt a resolution to
1 17 participate in the instructional support program for a period
1 18 not exceeding five years or to direct the county commissioner
1 19 of elections to submit the question of participation in the
1 20 program for a period not exceeding ten years to the registered
1 21 voters of the school district at the next regular school
1 22 election or at a special election. If the board adopts a
1 23 resolution to participate in the instructional support program
1 24 for a period not exceeding five years, the board shall certify
1 25 its action to the department of management and the district
1 26 shall participate in the program. If the board submits the
1 27 question at an election and a majority of those voting on the
1 28 question favors participation in the program, the board shall
1 29 adopt a resolution to participate and certify the results of
1 30 the election to the department of management.
1 31 Sec. 2. Section 257.18, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
1 32 amended by striking the subsection.
1 33 EXPLANATION
1 34 This bill provides that a school district board of
1 35 directors may adopt a resolution to participate in the
2 1 instructional support program pursuant to Code section 257.18
2 2 for a period of five years and certify this action to the
2 3 department of management without providing for a reverse
2 4 referendum. Currently, a decision by the board to participate
2 5 in the instructional support program for a five-year period is
2 6 subject to the subsequent receipt by the board of a petition
2 7 containing a specified number of signatures, asking that an
2 8 election be called to approve or disapprove the action of the
2 9 board. Upon receipt of the petition, the board may either
2 10 rescind its action or direct the county commissioner of
2 11 elections to submit the question to the registered voters of
2 12 the school district at the next following regular school
2 13 election or a special election. If a majority of those voting
2 14 on the question at the election favors disapproval of the
2 15 action of the board, the district shall not participate in the
2 16 instructional support program. The bill provides that the
2 17 decision of the board to participate shall not be contingent
2 18 upon a subsequent receipt of a petition and an election.
2 19 LSB 2925SS 79
2 20 rn/cls/14
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