House
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573
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House
File
573
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
EXERCISE,
BY
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS,
OF
ANY
BROAD
AND
IMPLIED
POWERS
NOT
INCONSISTENT
WITH
THE
LAWS
OF
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY,
AND
TO
THE
CONSTRUCTION
OF
STATUTES
RELATED
TO
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
BOARDS
AND
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
274.3
Exercise
of
powers
——
construction.
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
operate,
control,
and
supervise
all
public
schools
located
within
its
district
boundaries
and
may
exercise
any
broad
and
implied
power,
not
inconsistent
with
the
laws
of
the
general
assembly
and
administrative
rules
adopted
by
state
agencies
pursuant
thereto,
related
to
the
operation,
control,
and
supervision
of
those
public
schools.
2.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
not
have
power
to
do
any
of
the
following:
a.
Levy
any
tax
unless
expressly
authorized
by
the
general
assembly.
b.
Charge
elementary
and
secondary
school
students
or
the
students’
families
a
mandatory
fee
except
as
expressly
authorized
by
the
general
assembly.
c.
Adopt
or
enforce
a
policy
that
would
unreasonably
interfere
with
the
duties
and
responsibilities
of
a
local,
state,
or
federal
law
enforcement
agency.
House
File
573,
p.
2
3.
This
chapter,
chapter
257,
chapter
257B,
and
chapters
275
through
301,
and
other
statutes
relating
to
the
boards
of
directors
of
school
districts
and
to
school
districts
shall
be
liberally
construed
to
effectuate
the
purposes
of
subsection
1.
4.
If
the
power
or
authority
of
a
school
district
conflicts
with
the
power
and
authority
of
a
municipal
corporation,
county,
or
joint
county-municipal
corporation
government,
the
power
and
authority
exercised
by
a
municipal
corporation,
county,
or
joint
county-municipal
corporation
government
shall
prevail
within
its
jurisdiction.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
573,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor