House File 155

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  QUIRK


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to filing deadlines for school district petitions
  2    to join an area education agency or for release from a
  3    contract with an area education agency following approval of a
  4    reorganization or dissolution proposal and including effective
  5    date and retroactive applicability provisions.
  6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  7 TLSB 1925HH 80
  8 kh/pj/5

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 273.22, subsection 7, Code 2003, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    7.  Not later than fifteen days after the state board
  1  4 notifies an area education agency of its approval of the area
  1  5 education agency's reorganization plan or dissolution
  1  6 proposal, the area education agency shall notify the school
  1  7 districts located within the area education agency boundaries,
  1  8 the school districts and area education agencies that are
  1  9 contiguous to its boundaries, and any other school district
  1 10 under contract with the area education agency, of the state
  1 11 board's approval of the plan or proposal.  A petition to join
  1 12 an area education agency or for release from a contract with
  1 13 an area education agency, in accordance with subsections 4
  1 14 through 6, shall be filed not later than by April 1 or within
  1 15 sixty days after the following state board approves approval
  1 16 of a reorganization plan in accordance with section 273.21,
  1 17 subsection 4, or a dissolution proposal in accordance with
  1 18 this chapter section 273.27, subsection 3, whichever is later.
  1 19    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.  This
  1 20 Act takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively
  1 21 applicable to July 1, 2002, and is applicable on and after
  1 22 that date.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill permits a school district to file a petition to
  1 25 join an area education agency or for release from a contract
  1 26 with an area education agency by April 1 or within 60 days
  1 27 following state board of education approval of a
  1 28 reorganization or dissolution proposal, whichever is later.
  1 29 Currently, a school district has 60 days to file a petition.
  1 30 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively
  1 31 to July 1, 2002.
  1 32 LSB 1925HH 80
  1 33 kh/pj/5
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