House File 215 H-1019 Amend House File 215 as follows: 1 1. Page 48, after line 20 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION ___ 3 SCHOOL DISTRICT EXERCISE OF POWERS 4 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 274.3 Exercise of powers 5 —— construction. 6 1. The board of directors of a school district 7 shall operate, control, and supervise all public 8 schools located within its district boundaries and may 9 exercise any broad and implied power related to the 10 operation, control, and supervision of those public 11 schools except as expressly prohibited or prescribed by 12 the Constitution of the State of Iowa or by statute. 13 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the board of 14 directors of a school district shall not have power to 15 levy any tax unless expressly authorized by the general 16 assembly. 17 3. This section shall not apply to a research and 18 development school as defined in section 256G.2 or to 19 a laboratory school as defined in section 265.1. The 20 board of directors of a school district in which such a 21 research and development school or laboratory school 22 is located shall not exercise over such a school any 23 powers granted to the board by subsection 1. 24 4. This chapter, chapter 257 and chapters 275 25 through 301, and other statutes relating to the 26 boards of directors of school districts and to school 27 districts shall be liberally construed to effectuate 28 the purposes of subsection 1. > 29 2. By renumbering as necessary. 30 ______________________________ BYRNES of Mitchell -1- HF215.240 (2) 85 kh/rj 1/ 1 #1. #2.