HF 10 (LSB 1742YH (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE 10

BY  SORENSEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the attachment of the territory of a school district that is subject to an approved dissolution proposal, and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 275.55, subsection 4, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The attachment is effective July 1 following its approval in the calendar year immediately subsequent to the calendar year in which the attachment was approved. If the dissolution proposal is for the dissolution of a school district with a certified enrollment of fewer than six hundred, the territory located in the school district that dissolved is eligible, if approved by the director of the department of education, for a reduction in the foundation property tax levy under section 257.3, subsection 1. If the director approves a reduction in the foundation property tax levy as provided in this section, the director shall notify the director of the department of management of the reduction.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to propositions that are approved by voters pursuant to section 275.55 on or after the effective date of this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the attachment of the territory of a school district that is subject to an approved dissolution proposal.
   Current law provides that the attachment of territory of a school district that is subject to an approved dissolution proposal is effective July 1 following such approval. The bill modifies this provision to provide that such attachment is effective July 1 in the calendar year immediately subsequent to the calendar year in which the attachment was approved.
   The bill applies to school district dissolution propositions that are approved by voters on or after the effective date of the bill.