HOUSE FILE 391

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 81)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the use of school district physical plant and equipment levy revenue for certain joint infrastructure projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 297.22, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  The board of directors of a school district may sell, lease, exchange, give, or grant, and accept any interest in real property to, with, or from a county, municipal corporation, school district, community college for the purpose specified in section 298.3, subsection 1, paragraph “n”, township, or area education agency if the real property is within the jurisdiction of both the grantor and grantee.
   Sec. 2.  Section 298.3, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  n.  Notwithstanding the requirement that a school district have exclusive jurisdiction in all matters within the territory of the school district under section 274.1 and the limitation on joint buildings under section 28E.41, joint infrastructure projects with one or more school districts or one or more school districts and an Iowa community college for buildings or facilities constructed or leased for the purpose of offering classes under a district-to-community college sharing agreement or concurrent enrollment program that meets the requirements for funding under section 257.11, subsection 3.
EXPLANATION
   This bill authorizes the use of revenue from the regular and voter-approved physical plant and equipment levies to be expended for joint infrastructure projects with one or more school districts or one or more school districts and an Iowa community college for buildings or facilities constructed or leased for the purpose of offering classes under a district-to-community college sharing agreement or concurrent enrollment program that meets the requirements for funding under Code section 257.11(3).
   The bill adds community colleges to the list of entities that a board of directors of a school district may sell, lease, exchange, give, or grant, and accept any interest in real property to, with, or from if the real property is within the jurisdiction of both the grantor and grantee and it is for a joint infrastructure project with one or more school districts and an Iowa community college for buildings or facilities constructed or leased for the purpose of offering classes under a district-to-community college sharing agreement or concurrent enrollment program that meets the requirements for funding under Code section 257.11(3).