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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
SORENSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
attachment
of
the
territory
of
a
1
school
district
that
is
subject
to
an
approved
dissolution
2
proposal,
and
including
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
275.55,
subsection
4,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
The
attachment
is
effective
July
1
following
its
approval
3
in
the
calendar
year
immediately
subsequent
to
the
calendar
4
year
in
which
the
attachment
was
approved
.
If
the
dissolution
5
proposal
is
for
the
dissolution
of
a
school
district
with
a
6
certified
enrollment
of
fewer
than
six
hundred,
the
territory
7
located
in
the
school
district
that
dissolved
is
eligible,
if
8
approved
by
the
director
of
the
department
of
education,
for
9
a
reduction
in
the
foundation
property
tax
levy
under
section
10
257.3,
subsection
1
.
If
the
director
approves
a
reduction
in
11
the
foundation
property
tax
levy
as
provided
in
this
section
,
12
the
director
shall
notify
the
director
of
the
department
of
13
management
of
the
reduction.
14
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
propositions
15
that
are
approved
by
voters
pursuant
to
section
275.55
on
or
16
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
relates
to
the
attachment
of
the
territory
of
21
a
school
district
that
is
subject
to
an
approved
dissolution
22
proposal.
23
Current
law
provides
that
the
attachment
of
territory
of
24
a
school
district
that
is
subject
to
an
approved
dissolution
25
proposal
is
effective
July
1
following
such
approval.
The
bill
26
modifies
this
provision
to
provide
that
such
attachment
is
27
effective
July
1
in
the
calendar
year
immediately
subsequent
to
28
the
calendar
year
in
which
the
attachment
was
approved.
29
The
bill
applies
to
school
district
dissolution
propositions
30
that
are
approved
by
voters
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
31
the
bill.
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