House File 260 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 260 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 47) (As Amended and Passed by the House February 16, 2011 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the exercise, by school districts, of any 1 broad and implied powers except as expressly prohibited or 2 prescribed by the Constitution of the State of Iowa or by 3 statute, and to the construction of statutes related to 4 school district boards and school districts, and providing 5 an exception. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 HF 260 (5) 84 kh/rj/mb
H.F. 260 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 274.3 Exercise of powers —— 1 construction. 2 1. The board of directors of a school district shall 3 operate, control, and supervise all public schools located 4 within its district boundaries and may exercise any broad 5 and implied power related to the operation, control, and 6 supervision of those public schools except as expressly 7 prohibited or prescribed by the Constitution of the State of 8 Iowa or by statute. 9 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the board of directors of 10 a school district shall not have power to levy any tax unless 11 expressly authorized by the general assembly. 12 3. This section shall not apply to a research and 13 development school as defined in section 256G.2 or to a 14 laboratory school as defined in section 265.1. The board of 15 directors of a school district in which such a research and 16 development school or laboratory school is located shall not 17 exercise over such a school any powers granted to the board by 18 subsection 1. 19 4. This chapter, chapter 257 and chapters 275 through 301, 20 and other statutes relating to the boards of directors of 21 school districts and to school districts shall be liberally 22 construed to effectuate the purposes of subsection 1. 23 -1- HF 260 (5) 84 kh/rj/mb 1/ 1