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:
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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
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