Iowa HF501 modifies school district dissolution proposals and election dates for mergers, consolidations, or dissolutions.

Iowa HF501 amends provisions related to school district dissolution proposals and election dates for mergers, consolidations, or dissolutions. The bill requires that elections for mergers or consolidations be held in the calendar year prior to the year the merger or consolidation will take effect. It also mandates that the school district dissolution commission must send a copy of its dissolution proposal to the board of directors of the school district or inform the board that it cannot agree upon a dissolution proposal within one year after the date of the commission's organizational.

Iowa HF501 modifies school district dissolution proposals and election dates for mergers, consolidations, or dissolutions.

Iowa HF501 amends provisions related to school district dissolution proposals and election dates for mergers, consolidations, or dissolutions. The bill requires that elections for mergers or consolidations be held in the calendar year prior to the year the merger or consolidation will take effect. It also mandates that the school district dissolution commission must send a copy of its dissolution proposal to the board of directors of the school district or inform the board that it cannot agree upon a dissolution proposal within one year after the date of the commission's organizational.