House File 2184 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2184 BY GOBBLE A BILL FOR An Act relating to the composition of the boards of directors 1 of school districts by including certain specified nonvoting 2 members. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6142YH (2) 89 jda/jh
H.F. 2184 Section 1. Section 274.7, Code 2022, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 274.7 Directors. 3 The affairs of each school corporation shall be conducted by 4 a board of directors, the members of which in all community or 5 independent school districts shall be chosen for a term of four 6 years , except for the nonvoting members appointed pursuant to 7 section 279.4A, subsection 1, who shall serve for a term of one 8 year . 9 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 279.4A Nonvoting members. 10 1. The board of directors of a school district shall appoint 11 all of the following nonvoting members to serve on the board of 12 directors for a term of one year: 13 a. A student who is enrolled in the school district. 14 b. The parent or guardian of a student who is enrolled in 15 the school district. 16 c. A teacher who is employed by the board of directors of 17 the school district. 18 2. The board of directors of a school district shall 19 develop an application process for the appointment of nonvoting 20 members. The application process shall require the consent 21 of the nonvoting student member’s parent or guardian if the 22 student is a minor. 23 3. A vacancy in the membership of a nonvoting member shall 24 not be filled until the expiration of the nonvoting member’s 25 term. 26 4. The nonvoting student member shall have been enrolled in 27 the school district for at least one year prior to the student 28 member’s appointment. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill relates to the composition of the boards of 33 directors of school districts by including certain specified 34 nonvoting members. 35 -1- LSB 6142YH (2) 89 jda/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 2184 The bill requires the board of directors of a school district 1 to appoint a student, the parent or guardian of a student, and 2 a teacher employed by the school district to serve as nonvoting 3 members on the school board for a term of one year. 4 The bill requires the board of directors of a school district 5 to develop an application process for the appointment of 6 nonvoting members. The process must require the consent of the 7 nonvoting student member’s parent or guardian if the student 8 is a minor. 9 The bill provides that a vacancy in the membership of a 10 nonvoting member shall not be filled until the expiration of 11 the nonvoting member’s term. 12 The bill requires the nonvoting student member to have been 13 enrolled in the school district for at least one year prior to 14 the student member’s appointment. 15 The bill makes conforming changes to Code section 274.7 (the 16 board of directors of school districts). 17 -2- LSB 6142YH (2) 89 jda/jh 2/ 2