House File 609 - EnrolledAn Actto legalize the participation in the instructional
support program by the Bennett community school district,
and providing an effective date.
WHEREAS, section 257.18 authorizes a school district to
participate in the instructional support program, if the board
of directors of the school district takes action by adopting a
resolution to participate in the program and after twenty-eight
days following the board’s action, the secretary of the board
does not receive a petition asking that the question to approve
or disapprove the board’s action be submitted to the voters of
the school district; and
WHEREAS, on April 9, 2018, the board of directors of the
Bennett community school district duly adopted a resolution to
participate in the instructional support program in compliance
with section 257.18; and
WHEREAS, on April 12, 2018, the action of the board of
directors of the Bennett community school district was
certified to the department of management; and
WHEREAS, the certification of the board’s action was
in error since it did not comply with the twenty-eight-day
requirement; and
WHEREAS, the secretary of the board has not received a
petition asking that the question to approve or disapprove
the board’s action be submitted to the voters of the school
district; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
   Section 1.   The Bennett community school district’s actions
to participate in the instructional support program as
described in this Act, and as authorized pursuant to chapter
257, including but not limited to section 257.18, is valid
and legal, in the same manner as if that school district
had complied with the twenty-eight-day requirement, and the
certification of the board’s action had not been in error,
nothwithstanding any provision in that chapter to the contrary.
   Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
importance, takes effect upon enactment.
______________________________
LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House
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CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate
   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 609, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.______________________________
CARMINE BOALChief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2019______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernor
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